At 7:28 AM +1000 9/9/98, Zaze wrote: >My hubby gets stomach pains from just black pepper. No relationship to Chillies at all. In fact Black Pepper desensitises your taste buds unlike chilli A real live pepper >lays him out cold. Not good for him living in a house with 3 pepper >eaters...zaze It is possible to be allergic to almost anything but perhaps if you started him on VERY mild peppers? Bell capsicans to start? Michael Bailes. Herbarist **************************************************************** The Fragrant Garden, Portsmouth Road, Erina. N.S.W. 2250 Australia. (OZ) International fax 61 243 651979 Phone 61 243 677322 Bookshop, nursery, media, school, garden, medical herbalist, cafe, herbal products, gift gallery, insanity. EMAIL: frgntgar@ozemail.com.au Web page at: http://www.fragrantgarden.com.au/ **************************************************************** "The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot. And, though I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either. So what I'm left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I can't quite remember" - George Carlin ****************************************************************