In reply to the feeding hot peppers to pets thread, no to household pets, but a resounding yes to wild birds in the winter. I have been playing around making suet cakes for wild birds for a coupla years now and the clear favorites of the birds are the ones in which I throw some flakes of dried chiles ....jalapeno, thai, habenero, whatever into the mix. Cheers! Dale Hitchcock Bethesda, MD dhitchco@zzapp.org