RE: [CH] Another useless survey
Pieters, Rob (Rob.Pieters@Netherlands.honeywell.com)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 15:05:32 -0500
> 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.)
I don't know precisely, I like Tabasco but is a mild sauce for me.
> 2. What is the hottest pepper you routinely eat? What is your favorite
> chile?
I like most of them but depending in which dish I'm making.
Use hab and bonnet's for only hot and more fruity ones for heat and taste.
But I'm very funned of the Schot Bonnet, specially some of the sauces.
> 3. How many times a week do you normally eat something you'd consider hot?
More a less every day at dinner
> 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...)
I can't remember but I suppose I was 5 or 6 years, so 30 years ago...
already
> 5. What is the first hot food you remember eating?
Indonesian cooking made by my father, he spend some years in Indonesia....
> 6. How long ago, in hours, did you eat something hot?
It's 21:30 writing this, had my dinner at 19:00 hours.....
> 7. Approximately what percent of your hot food comes from:
> - Fresh peppers
> - Dried peppers
> - Sauces and salsas
> - Restaurant meals
> - Second-hand consumption and inhalation
20%-10%-60%-10%-0%
> 8. Do you grow your own peppers?
Yes
> 9. Do you cook with chiles?
Yes
> 10. Do you dry chiles for later consumption?
Yes
> 11. Do you make your own powders?
Not yet
> 12. What is the most unusual thing you've ever done with chiles (that you
> want to talk about)?
Didn't know there were unusual things.....
> 13. Have you "converted" people to the ways of chile? How many?
I'm doing my very best, some of my friends and neighbors were pointed in the
'right' direction by me, and some are still mad at me.. so 10-20 people
> 14. Do people consider you crazy (for more that just chiles)? Is it a good
> thing or a bad thing?
Only the weak, I feel sorry for them..
> 15. How would you describe your cultural heritage? Is it a culture which
> typically eats chiles?
We are supposed to walk on wooden shoes an eat potato's....
> 16. Indicate which fits best:
> - I am a radical vegan
> - I am a vegetarian
> - I tend towards vegetarianism
> X- 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.
Yes, one time a couple of years ago I visit a Caribbean restaurant the
served as a starter some tortilla chips and bread with a few sauces, there
was one almost black looking like soy sauce.
This was like liquid fire and I was to greedy, they told me it was made from
concentrated chili's, no body liked it they say.... you should have seen the
beer-bill.
> 18. Have you ever entered a hot substance eating contest? How did you do?
No
> 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?
Besides of sweating and belching, no
> 20. Do you grow your own chiles? Lots or a little?
Yes only a dozen plants
> 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 one year
> 23. Are you a knuckle-dragger? (If you've been on the list a short time,
> you
> may not understand this...)
I'm to short I think (on the list, but would like to know what it is)
> 24. How do you spell the name of our favorite fruit?
GRAPES
> 25. Do you use chiles for anything other than eating? What? (rael, control
> yourself...)
No
> 26. Where do you live?
The Netherlands, very close to the North Sea.
> 27. Is it hotter in the Summer or the city?
In the sun... yes, in the shadow...no
> So, once the replies drop off, I'll tabulate this, and post a summary to
> the
> list. I'll give a detailed summary (with everyone's ages...not) on my web
> page.
>
> scott@I really have something better to do
>