I was blessed with a huge crop of apricots from my single tree this year (must be the El Niņo). I have frozen, dried, etc, apricots. Now there were so many dead ripe ones I decided to cook up some apricot butter - I had a brainstorm and added some scotch bonnet chiles to the pureé and cooked it down to a thick smooth consistancy. I took about a third of the batch and added fresh grated ginger to it for an extra kick. (a bit of overkill, maybe) This stuff is awesome. Hot, sweet, tangy, rich. It is very tasty on biscuits. I am trying to think of what else I can do with it. maybe use it as a filling between cake layers, as in applesauce cake......???? Anybody got any ideas? -- Andie Paysinger & the PENDRAGON Basenjis,Teafer,Cheesy,Singer & Player asenji@earthlink.net So. Calif. USA "In the face of adversity, be patient, in the face of a basenji, be prudent, be canny, be on your guard!" http://home.earthlink.net/~asenji/