[CH] The Bread, rain, datils, etc.

PATTI MURPHY (Patti.B.Murphy@maf.nasa.gov)
26 Jun 1998 13:19:24 -0500 

     Hey Chile-Heads,
     
     I'm in heaven!  I was lucky enough to find a gift of The Bread in my 
     mailbox yesterday.  What can I say?  It is AWESOME!!!  Thanx Jim!
     
     And to top it off, when I got up this morning, it was raining and has 
     been off and on all day.  I realize a lot of you CHs have had your 
     fill of crying skies, but in So. MS, we've been near drought - only 
     had a couple days of rain in the last 2 1/2 months, coupled with upper 
     90 degree heat/humidity, it's been brutal.
     
     As for the datil question, I overwintered one in a pot last year & 
     it's been growing really well.  As a matter of fact, a few have 
     ripened in the last few days & the one I ate last night is real close 
     to the heat of a hab, with just a slight difference in flavor.  Being 
     in a pot & our lack of rain, it gets major stressed between waterings.
     
     A friend just came back from Florida with a Red Savina plant that has 
     chiles on it - said he'd bring me some when ripe.  As slow growers as 
     they are, I'm going to plant some seeds ASAP & keep in pots, so maybe 
     by early next spring, I'll be getting fruit.  The potted hab I have is 
     a big beautiful healthy plant, but hasn't set any fruit.  I think it's 
     just been too damn hot.
     
     While I'm rambling, one more thing:  As I was eating that datil with 
     last night's meal, my husband made the remark (saying he wasn't trying 
     to make any wrong impressions), but he said "I hope when you die, you 
     go to hell".  Me: "Gee thanks, hon."  He: "What I mean is, when you 
     meet the devil, and you hand him a pepper, it'll blow him away."  I 
     took it as a compliment.  He thinks I'm crazy.
     
     Hope all your chiles are doing well.  Back to lurk.
     
     pMurphy