Re: [CH] Another useless survey

IEATCHILES@aol.com
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 19:23:23 EDT 

In a message dated 9/21/98 12:57:37 AM Central Daylight Time,
Scott.Ashkenaz@kla-tencor.com writes:

> 1. Not everyone likes red Tabasco sauce, but most people on the list have
>  probably tried it. If Tabasco rates a 5, how would you rate the hottest you
>  can tolerate? (Higher is hotter.)

Dislike it. 9 to 9.5, also dislike extract based sauces

>  2. What is the hottest pepper you routinely eat? What is your favorite
>  chile?

Habs and habs

>  3. How many times a week do you normally eat something you'd consider hot?

At least every day

>  4. How long ago did you first start eating hot stuff? How old were you?
>  (Yeah, yeah, I know that I can then calculate how old you are...as if I
>  care...)

15 yrs ago  

>  5. What is the first hot food you remember eating?

Jalapeno peppers on nachos... thought "It's got to get better than this!"

>  6. How long ago, in hours, did you eat something hot?

Less than 1

>  7. Approximately what percent of your hot food comes from:
  	20- Fresh peppers
 	50- Dried peppers
  	20- Sauces and salsas
  	0- Restaurant meals
  	10- Second-hand consumption and inhalation
 
>  8. Do you grow your own peppers?
 
No.
 
>  9. Do you cook with chiles?

All the time
  
>  10. Do you dry chiles for later consumption?

Absolutely
  
>  11. Do you make your own powders?

I make a good jerk seasoning (which a few of the CH Listmembers can attest
to).
  
>  12. What is the most unusual thing you've ever done with chiles (that you
>  want to talk about)?

X-Ray them.  Check out my website at http://members.aol.com/ieatchiles
  
>  13. Have you "converted" people to the ways of chile? How many?
 
Lots of people at work.  Many liked hot foods already but had never heard of
habaneros.
 
>  14. Do people consider you crazy (for more that just chiles)? Is it a good
>  thing or a bad thing?
 
I'm crazy alright... even my wife and son think so. I guess it's a good kind
of crazy cause we've been married 12 yrs now.
 
>  15. How would you describe your cultural heritage? Is it a culture which
>  typically eats chiles? 

Polish/German family... Mother's bland cooking credited with converting me to
chiledom.  

>  16. Indicate which fits best:

I like meat and potatoes
  
>  17. Have you ever eaten something which you would consider too hot?
Describe
>  the case.

Lousy experience with Endorphin Rush.  Tastes like crap and just too hot.
  
>  18. Have you ever entered a hot substance eating contest? How did you do?

No, it's a waste of good peppers, unless it's jalapenos, in which case it's
just a waste.
  
>  19. Have you ever had an unusual strong reaction to eating peppers? What
was
>  it? If so, have you had gastrointestinal problems, such as an ulcer?

No ulcer but extract-based sauces tend to upset the old belly.

>  20. Do you grow your own chiles? Lots or a little?

No.
 
>  21. Is your profession related to chiles? If yes, what is it?

 No.
 
>  22. How long have you been on the Chile Heads list?

About 3 years, more or less.
  
>  23. Are you a knuckle-dragger? (If you've been on the list a short time,
you
>  may not understand this...)

I'm such a knuckle-dragger that I'm almost knuckleless.
 
>  24. How do you spell the name of our favorite fruit?

Chile, of course.
  
>  25. Do you use chiles for anything other than eating? What? (rael, control
>  yourself...)

Just decorating.
 
>  26. Where do you live?

Sheboygan, WI
  
>  27. Is it hotter in the Summer or the city?

Summer