Pods, You know how, in a cartoon, some finger of aroma will waft under a character's nose? I'm waiting for the can of chipotles to do that. I started a crockpot full of dried brown beans, water, a can of El Pato sauce, and a can of San Marcos chipotles (left whole, why stain a cutting board?) - stir. Now I'm in the next room, waiting for that first moment I get a whiff of the chipotle. I look forward to having the whole house smell like them soon. Later I'll add cumin and garlic and oregano. It's snowing on the daffodils here, good weather to have a pot of soup going. Maybe I'll get some smoked ham hocks, or else some chunks of lamb from the halal grocer. Hmmm, lamb and chick peas.... - A _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_042009