I was just talking to a co-worker about various pepper pickling methods. He mentioned someone who cores out banana peppers, inserts hot dogs into them, and pickles them for eating as a snack. Anyone ever heard of pickling peppers with sausage in them? He told me about making salsa yesterday. Sounds like he was working with either habs or datils, among other things. He hasn't tasted the finished product, but he thinks it'll be pretty hot. He was describing hunan hand to me - must have been a new experience for him. I made my second and possibly last salsa batch for the year, Sunflower Salsa, yesterday. Mom closed the tomato garden, saying she wants to use whatever is left. So I used tomatoes from my apartment garden, plus a mix of peppers I had on hand, ranging from Hungarians to habs. Since the tomatillos are taking over (thanks to all who issued warnings, now I know what you mean) I may make a batch of green salsa before the season is over. The Sunflower batch has toms and key lime juice in it, making it a little tangy. Oh, and the cilantro is crowding the garden path, so now it smells like it when you walk by. - A _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.