RE: [CH] Chili Powder as a weapon?

fmccarter@cinci.rr.com
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 7:20:01 -0400 

Where do you live where you have rats chewing the house and intruders in your bedroom at night?
Maybe it is time to move!

---- RLRuss <rlruss@mindspring.com> wrote: 
> I have two bottles of Dave's Insanity Sauce that I've had for about 10
> years. Since nobody I know (including myself) can tolerate the stuff, I use
> it to annoy, harass, and chase off critters. I mix a teaspoon of it into
> housepaint, and use that to repaint spots on the house where
> treerats/squirrels are chewing on the siding. Works great, but listening to
> 'em crying afterwards is a bit disconcerting.
> 
> I also keep a waterpistol filled with a water/sauce mix next to the bed -
> really has an effect on intruders, which I've had to use a time or two.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Uncle Steve
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:29 PM
> To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [CH] Chili Powder as a weapon?
> 
> 
> I have been using Naga Jolokia powder as a weapon
> in the war against critters eating my chile
> plants and beans. Works very good, but you need
> to reapply after each rain. Wish I could capture
> on video a deer munching off the top of a plant
> coated with the Naga powder!  Be a big hit on
> youtube until peta sees it. Then I may be labeled
> as an animal abuser. (no knuckle dragging
> intended)
> 
> >
> >Chili Powder Added to Grenades
> >
> >Move over pepper spray. India's security forces
> >are planning to make hand grenades that replace
> >explosives with powder made from one of the
> >world's hottest chilies. The chili, bhut
> >jolokia, is said to generate 1,000,000 heat
> >units on the Scoville scale, which measures
> >hotness or piquancy of a pepper as defined by
> >the amount of capsaicin in the pepper. (A bell
> >pepper registers as a 0 on the Scoville scale,
> >with almost no capsaicin; Habañero chilies and
> >Scotch Bonnet peppers registers between
> >100,000-350,000; pure capsaicin registers on the
> >scale at 15,000,000.) "We are working on a
> >project on how to use the hottest chili in
> >different applications in defense forces," said
> >R.B. Srivastava, a senior scientist at the
> >state-run Defense Research and Development
> >Organization. Another idea percolating in the
> >DRDO: the concept of using the hot chili as a
> >food supplement as a means of raising the body
> >temperatures of soldiers stationed in cold
> >locales.
> >Read it at Reuters
> >Posted at 10:34 PM, Jun 30, 2009
> >
> >http://www.terryanddave.com/Terry
> >"My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in the
> >kitchen, peeling, chopping, and stirring while
> >the words of a good book fill the air around
> >me." Ruth Reichl
> 
> 
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> Enjoy the heat,
> Uncle Steve
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