Re: [CH] Another useless survey

Suz (spnsp@ix.netcom.com)
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 19:52:12 -0700 

Ok, I'll bite


>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.)

ummmm Tabasco ... I use it when nothing else is available at the restaurant.
Howver, most of the time I pack my own Calvins with me.  I rate Tabasco
about a 5.
>
>2. What is the hottest pepper you routinely eat? What is your favorite
>chile?

Habs and japaenos, habs are the favorite

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

As much as possible.  Truthfully ... daily, cause like I said, I pack my
Calvins, and more recently, my own hab powder.
>
>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...)


Started eating hot stuff many years ago, yeah, yeah, I'm ageless :)  See pic
on page 2 and 3 of my webpage http://members.freehp.net/suz and tell me how
old you THINK I am.

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

salsa, made by my sister-in-law, who came from Mexico.
>
>6. How long ago, in hours, did you eat something hot?

It's 7:21 p.m., haven't had anything to eat since noon, that was 7 hours
ago.
>
>7. Approximately what percent of your hot food comes from:
> - Fresh peppers
> - Dried peppers
> - Sauces and salsas
> - Restaurant meals
> - Second-hand consumption and inhalation

Fresh = 80%
Dried = 80%
Sauces/Salsas = 20%
Restaurant meals = 0%   ... that is of course unless I open my own bottle of
Calvins or, like I said, recently, my own hab powder.

>8. Do you grow your own peppers?

ABSOLUTELY!!!!

>9. Do you cook with chiles?

ABSOLUTELY!!!!
>
>10. Do you dry chiles for later consumption?

ABSOLUTELY!!!
>
>11. Do you make your own powders?

ABSOLUTELY!!!


>12. What is the most unusual thing you've ever done with chiles (that you
>want to talk about)?

Burned my hands  :)
>
>13. Have you "converted" people to the ways of chile? How many?

ABSOLUTELY!!!  At least people.

>14. Do people consider you crazy (for more that just chiles)? Is it a good
>thing or a bad thing?

Yes, a few of my family members consider me crazy.  This is NOT a bad thing,
as far as I'm concerned.


>15. How would you describe your cultural heritage? Is it a culture which
>typically eats chiles?

Nope, born, raised in Iowa.  Moved to Arizona, where I ate my first taco at
age 13.  Little different than the meat & spud stuff that Iowans considered
a meal.

>16. Indicate which fits best:
> - I am a radical vegan
> - I am a vegetarian
> - I tend towards vegetarianism
> - I'm an omnivore
> - I like meat and potatoes
*******  - I didn't get to the top of the food chain for nothing



>17. Have you ever eaten something which you would consider too hot?
Describe
>the case.

lol, my fingers after chopping a pound of habs!!  Actually, I just sucked on
them, but ... WOWSIES!!!

>18. Have you ever entered a hot substance eating contest? How did you do?

N/A

>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?

Sweating.  Is that an unusual reaction?  No ulcers.
>
>20. Do you grow your own chiles? Lots or a little?

As many as I can with limited garden space.  I have 2 acres here, but
because of "critters" (bunnies, chipmonks, squirrels, etc.) I have to limit
the garden space to the area which can be covered anti-critter material.


>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 a year and a half.

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

I KNOW a lot of knuckle-draggers ... I don't consider myself in their league
... *sigh*  but it might be nice ... I digress ...

>24. How do you spell the name of our favorite fruit?

Habernero

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

Nope

>26. Where do you live?

Southern California, High Desert, not far from Andy Paysinger and his
puppies.

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

City is smoggy


I'm copying to the list, cause the list seems to be under-active today.

:)



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