Re: [CH] What spices were in Calvin's Powder?
hecowan (hecowan@islandnet.com)
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:25:08 -0700
Tom Greaves wrote:
>Does anyone know what was in Calvin's Powder? That was the best
>tasting hot powder ever, and I just used the last that I had.
>
>I'd like to try to make some if I can get an idea of what all was in
>it. I remember a few years ago where he listed about 10 peppers
>that he had just bought for it, but it wasn't all that was in it.
>
>Tom Greaves
Jim Campbell supplied a lot of the chiles that Calvin used in his
mix. He began with his own home grown stuff from his garden beside
their house. He and I were back and forth a lot over the years, I
would send him canned salmon from here in BC. He was bitten by a
snake while out on the job in the oil patch and it left him
seriously allergic to nightshade which precluded his even touching
peppers, or potatoes, tomatoes, in short all the various veggies of
the nightshade family.
Then to compound his problems he ran into a huge partner kefuffle,
and he told me that he was just going to move to another location. So
it was that he disappeared, and he has not re-appeared. If you have
one of his little packages with the ingredient list, Jim will attempt
to build the same powder, and a couple of folks were going to find
one and let Jim know. I know that I did not keep one of his
ingredient lists, but someone out there must have one.
Cheers,
Doug in BC