Hi C-H's, FYI: Byron.Bromley@Gsd-Co.Com wrote: Subject: [CH] pH "Any easy, inexepensive way of testing for acidity. Add a pinch of Baking soda, if it fizzes, its acidic, if it don't its neutral or akaline" For your own well being please ignore the above.The unit "pH" is a well defined measurement of the acidity or basicity of a solution. (Negative log. hydrogen ion concentration if you really want to know.) Do not rely on hearsay and guesswork if you are doing any food canning or preserving. Test papers for measuring pH are cheap and easy to use. From: Judith Stone <madpepco@gte.net> Ancho or Chipotle? "Dave is leaning towards the ancho pepper for its raisiny flavor but I tend to think that the chipotle pepper.........." Chipotle is not a type of pepper. It is smoked jalapeno. Now "discovered" by the restaurant business in the US. Sorry that 2 copies of my last post appeared. No idea why. Regards, Cameron.