Here's an easy grape-pear salad of fully adjustable warmth that's addictive as all hell. Sorry, I never measure stuff like this--judge by eye and taste as you go, Equal am't sour cream and un-packed brown sugar Cayenne, Thai or habanero powder to taste Seedless grapes, white or red Diced fresh pears, not too soft (slightly underripe Anjous are fabulous!) Pecans, cashews or hazelnuts Coconut OPTIONAL: one pinch (no more!) of curry powder per cup of dressing Dissolve sugar in a little sour cream over heat, Mix that and powdered chile (and curry if using) with the rest of the sour cream. Dress remaining ingredients with this mixture. Refrigerate any leftover dressing to dip orange or apple slices into, or carrot sticks. Or in the case of the uncurried version, chocolate cookies. Or an intimate friend's toes. Source: Loosely based on a recipe from my friend Lavanda's Aunt Hattie Keep on rockin', Rain @@@@ \\\\\\ ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.