http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens/thebread.html Be sure to check out the Youtube links at the bottom... On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:40:20 -0700, Doug Irvine wrote > Sandy Olson wrote: > > <Jim Campbell, moderate? Okaayyy...> > > > > > > Well, Mark...that is by his own admission! There are levels of > > moderations too, ya' know. Bell pepper people are NOT moderate; they > > are mild. Within the moderate persuasion, there are degrees of heat > > that the fire-eaters would not consider worth mentioning but that light > > the fires of our taste-buds. Patron Saint Jim makes sauces that are > > most definitely moderate...flavorful, complex in depth and with a nice > > heat that sometimes lingers, sometimes disappears with the food it's > > attached to. True...his hab powders and sauces are on the upper end of > > moderate and even lap over into hot but I haven't yet eaten one that has > > taken the skin off the roof of my mouth ;^) Of course, I haven't eaten > > all of them but I DO like his "Firey Hot Habanero" which is nestling in > > my refrigerator door as we speak. > > > When we had him visit and we served him dinner, I did my spicy > version of Greek Chicken. Which I obviously did NOT make spicy > enough, for he mentioned that he thought anything I served would be > really hot! So I remedied that at breakfast! I still have some of > his hab powder that he labeled 10 HOT, and believe me, it is! After > over 10 years or so, I still have more than half that bottle. And > let me disavow anyone of the mistaken thought that chile powder at > least Red Savina(tm), loses potency after years! IT DOES NOT! At > least Mr Campbell's!! ;-) But, yeah...I do believe that his personal > preference is for flavor as opposed to heat just for the sake of > heat. He does get enough heat with his daytime job! But then I > should not comment on Jim's personal preference's.... Cheers, old > Doug in BC -- =Mark http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens