The recipes have been great...can't wait to fix some of that chili. It will have to be in a few weeks, however. Partly because it's darn hot in Iowa right now and a bowl of chili doesn't sound near as good as a bowl of guac. Also, we're heading to Germany for a two week river boat cruise. I don't think anyone in Germany has ever eaten hot food unless they are expats from a warmer clime or hotter frame of mind. Please correct me if I'm wrong as this is my first venture into that country with the exception of passing through the Frankfurt airport on the way home from Russia two years ago. That's another nation where black pepper is the spice of choice. Even those of us who sport the moderate corp armbands prefer something a bit more pungent than that ;^) They do eat a lot of root veggies! Back around the middle of August. SandyO CH #1146 of the traveling persuasion