>And hey, besides jals, habs and serranos, what peppers *could* you >smoke-dry whose flavor would hold up well? Dunno, but smoke and chiles go together so well that I bet it would be a shorter list if you were asking which chiles DIDN'T hold up well. <g> I'm right in the middle of restoring an antique wood-fired smoker I found at a flea market; when it's finished (and I've test-fired it a time or two to work out the temperature regulation) I plan to try smoking a wide variety of chiles to explore your question. === Dave Sacerdote davesas@ntplx.net Resist or Serve. "I am so mighty, I do not have to kill you all." -- Flaming Carrot Visit Dave's New England Almanac at http://www.ntplx.net/~davesas/