[CH] Questionnaire
R. Solarion (galaxy37@1starnet.com)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:26:01 -0600
>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.)
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>2. What is the hottest pepper you routinely eat? What is your favorite
>chile?
Normally I eat jalapenos on a daily basis. However, I often buy habaneros,
especially when I see some nice orange ones. I love bright red jalapenos.
>3. How many times a week do you normally eat something you'd consider hot?
Twice a day or more.
>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...)
When I was a child, many years ago. I grew up on hot peppers.
>5. What is the first hot food you remember eating?
In Honolulu, at some Thai Restaurant. The green papaya salad, which I told
the waiter to make especially hot. They outdid themselves. It was HOT!
>6. How long ago, in hours, did you eat something hot?
Two hours ago for dinner.
>7. Approximately what percent of your hot food comes from:
- Fresh peppers -
- Dried peppers -
- Sauces and salsas -
- Restaurant meals -
Hard to say. But MOST of it comes from raw peppers. I prefer raw, but I
might also recommend the San Marcos brand of pickled jalapenos from Mexico.
Delicious!
>8. Do you grow your own peppers?
Not at present.
>9. Do you cook with chiles?
Whenever I cook.
>10. Do you dry chiles for later consumption?
No.
>11. Do you make your own powders?
Sometimes.
>12. What is the most unusual thing you've ever done with chiles (that you
>want to talk about)?
You mean, like, forgetting to wash my hands before I take a pee????? :-(
>13. Have you "converted" people to the ways of chile? How many?
Several.
>14. Do people consider you crazy (for more that just chiles)? Is it a good
>thing or a bad thing?
I can show off and people are more amazed than crazy.
>15. How would you describe your cultural heritage? Is it a culture which
>typically eats chiles?
French, and not too many of this family eats terribly hot food.
>16. Indicate which fits best:
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>17. Have you ever eaten something which you would consider too hot?
> Describe the case.
Maybe two <?> out of 10,000 times. Not very often.
>18. Have you ever entered a hot substance eating contest? How did you do?
No, but I have thought about it. Here in Texas they have a jalapeno eating
contest every year, down in the Valley, usually won by some Mexican named
Jesus or Angel. I've often wanted to challenge Jesus. However, the
contest is held too far away from my home to be convenient.
>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?
NEVER! That is an old wives' tale. Scientifically, and I kid you not,
drinking a glass of milk does more damage to your stomach lining than
eating some hot peppers. My aunt has told me that - people like us, inc.
her and my uncle - never get cancer because we eat hot peppers. She is in
perfect health at about 90 years old, eating mainly cayennes all her life.
>20. Do you grow your own chiles? Lots or a little?
Sometimes.
>21. Is your profession related to chiles? If yes, what is it?
No.
>22. How long have you been on the Chile Heads list?
Couple months. Mostly I lurk at the digest.
>23. Are you a knuckle-dragger? (If you've been on the list a short time,
> you may not understand this...)
Guess I am too much of a newbie to know what you are talking about.
>24. How do you spell the name of our favorite fruit?
Avocado (eaten sprinkled with garlic salt, freshly ground black pepper and
lots of raw jalapenos on the side). Eaten daily, religiously, unfailingly.
>25. Do you use chiles for anything other than eating? What? (rael, control
> yourself...)
Yes. If you get a sore throat, go out to the store and buy some Louisiana
Trappey's brand pickled Santa Fe chiles. Gargle with some of the hot
vinegar, then spit it out, and gargle again and again this way. You will
be amazed at how it relieves a sore throat!
>26. Where do you live?
ArkLaTex, near Texarkana
>27. Is it hotter in the Summer or the city?
Say what? Roberto Solarion near Texarkana
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