Should chiles be considered a controlled substance? Or, if not all chiles, then certain goods manufactured with certain varieties of chiles... goods, for example, like... The Bread? I got my box today! After waiting till I could give it the ritualistic attention it deserved (when the mailman called me to come down for a package I was hunched over my computer working), I opened it. Having read others' reviews, I resisted the temptation to take a huge bite. Smart move. It's just as other initiates have written: Dense and deceptively wholesome in appearance and texture. Sort of like whole wheat bread a country Mom might make. Tasty, rich and a little sweet. Then a slow onset of heat. Oh my, isn't this is lovely. Then more heat building. My *goodness*! Then...HOly JUMPin'! Mom never made bread like this! A total explosion of glorious glorious delcious heat. The cliche "party in my mouth" comes to mind, though I've never had occasion to use it before. Then came the tears (not tears of sorrow, not tears of joy... what do you call the CH variety?). And then an undulation down the back of my neck to mid-spine that was, like, cosmic man. What a flavour. What a rush! Purveyor of The Bread, you Da Man. To any hoserheads who haven't been blessed with a sample of The Bread, I would recommend offering to pay the postage (It's expensive -- $5.85 US, which converts to roughly 1,000,000 beaver pelts) if your name is chosen from Jim's lucky hat. I'm going to send him a cheque to cover his mailing costs -- the experience is worth every hundreth of a loon. Thanks, Jim. I've sampled a lot of heat in my day, but this was unique. Truly it was the epiphany I'd imagined. Apologies again about my previous post's whining and moaning... but I knew I had to get a hold of this stuff somehow, so despite the fact that I may have offended some, I'm glad I did (whine and moan, not offend). (: Currently sitting up straight at my computer, zipping right along, praising El Grande and mentally faxing Mr. Campbell hardcore good karma vibes... Oh yeah, and did I mention? I love this list! (Stop me before I get sloppy.)