Re: straight into anaphylaxis or, if I eat more than a few bites, full-blown anaphylactic shock...*VERY* bad juju. Depends on how you make your living ;-) :-P Fortunately, anaphylaxis is easily treatable *IF* gotten at early. It's one of the "big three" problems that we go on that truly impresses the public, that we seem to have the power to raise the dead. The other two are D50 (dextrose, 50%) for diabetics with their sugar too low, and Narcan for opiate overdoses. All three are "routine" runs for us and take folks from near 'outta here' status to walking/talking in a matter of minutes. The power of sugar water (D50) is truly impressive for such an amazingly simple thing. I still shake my head in awe at it. I trust you have a medical ID bracelet that has your info on it. We *do* look for those things. I appreciate your openess on the matter- may it serve as inspiration for other folks to make sure people around them know of any potential problems! I also enjoyed the discussions with you Jim, on the "overkill". I certainly didn't mean to appear like I was arguing it- you are *entirely* correct: no one is *ever* wrong for 'overkill'! It's just an intimidating step that dissuades many a home sauce maker from attempts at their own stuff and is usually not necessary. Re: Next it'll be onions, after that it'll be cilantro... No Jonathan, the greater fear is that next it will be yet *another* massive round of Federal regulations and beaurocratic nonsense designed to attack a problem for which they haven't as yet identified :-( The Gov is already near over-regulating most of us out of existence. Hope y'all like Tabasco ;-) -Jim C http://www.StepUpForCharity.org Mild to Wild(R)