Since I have been a member of the group this subject has been mentioned several times. I think we can all agree that putting whole chiles in oil is an invitation to botulism, but here's a new twist. I was watching "East Meets West", a cooking show hosted by Ming Tsai and he made chile oil by roasting chile powder in a heavy skillet to release the essential oils, letting it cool, and adding it to canola oil. I think he used a combination of Ancho and Thai chile powder, but imagine that any varieties would work. Since the chiles were dehydrated, then heated, maybe they are sterile to the point that nasty organisms have been eliminated. Have any of you tried doing this? I'm sorry, but I don't know the quantities of ingredients. The recipe might be posted at http://www.foodtv.com Dave Anderson Tough Love Chile Co. http://www.tough-love.com e-mail Chilehead@tough-love.com