For similar purposes, I have been using a stainless steel "tea-egg" as they call it in Germany. It's ideal for infusing spices such as cinnamon bark that can be nasty in a finished dish. Wonder if this would work for chilis, too... Klaus > > I need a source for small (cotton?) bags. Like the bags used for > > tobacco > >in old-fashioned > >"roll-your-own" cigarettes. I need something like this for chiles to > >drop into my soups, stews, whisky, etc., to infuse the flavor of > >chiles. Ideas please. Thanky, Tom in Paris, TX > > Tom- What I use are those large tea bags, "family size" I believe. > Just empty them out, fill with peppers or other spices and restaple. > Works pretty well. > > Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------- Klaus Schwienhorst Language Modules Co-ordinator Centre for Language and Communication Studies Arts Building Trinity College Dublin 2 Ireland Phone: Ireland +1 6083525 FAX: Ireland +1 6772694 Email: kschwien@tcd.ie MOO: Klaus at CLCS Campus (http://kontakt.tcd.ie:8000) Homepage: http://www.tcd.ie/CLCS/assistants/kschwien.html -------------------------------------------------------