This is an interesting article. If it has been posted before, I apologize. http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu:80/070spice/5.html Judy "MsChile" Howle Flavors of the South; Recipes for "heat lovers" http://www.ebicom.net/~howle Hot and Spicy Food Editor at Suite 101 http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/462