Re: [CH] "Eat the Heat" on FoodTV
AutumnRhea@aol.com
Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:09:18 EST
Cameron you have to remember the show "Eat the Heat" was an introduction
to sharing a passion for eating hot foods, for the publics interest and not
persay a show for Chileheads....I think it was an excellent start! The show
brought the hot sauce industry to the public's eye, and talked about Tabasco,
only because the public was familiar with it, that was a personal touch of
hot sauce history, for the family that started the hot sauce craze........I
don't do Tobasco much either.......but to get the public picking up that
bottle of hot sauce that sits at the restaurant table, you have to introduce
it first........ you have to take baby steps to educate the world. If they
were to have a show just on Chileheads, the public would think we're all nuts
<EG>. Tyler was showing the public the passion some folks have for hot, it
was fun to watch! As for the duels you mentioned, and Chileheads being laid
back.....I've seen some mighty macho wars won over who could handle the
heat..lol~
As for your six recomendations, these I agree with the most:
4 Many C-H's grow their own. How about a bit on chile gardening and
some of the more unusual varieties that we grow?
5 The last comment (4) above leads right into drying, smoking,
preserving, making hot sauces etc.
6 TWISTER!!
No offense at all taken, just my 2 cents....you can't throw the public
into the life of a Chilehead without starting out with the basics
first.....and it has to be fun for the public to take interest! I think the
show did just that!
p.s I want to be in the 'Eat the Heat" segment, when they share the
interest of the chile growing, making sauce and jam, collecting pepper
everything crew!! :O)
Debra~ zone 8b Southeast Texas
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they are until they get into hot water."
--Eleanor Roosevelt
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