OK, time for me to come out of the closet here. I'm a lurker, only been on the list for a few weeks. I LOVE all peppers, hot or not. I'm not so much in it for the heat, I love the taste. Sure, the heat is nice, but if it tastes like crap I really don't see the point of eatting it. Just my $.02. Flame away, I'm used to it from being on the Jeep-L. ;o) Rich 76/79 CJ5 --- Jeff Thompson <jeffthompson@mac.com> wrote: > I'd bet that just about everyone's first exposure to > hot sauces is Tabasco > Sauce. Sure, it's the Budweiser of hot sauces, but > it gets people interested > in all things hot and spicy. It's sort of like a > gateway drug for > chile-heads. > > I think the segment was valid from a historical > perspective as well. The > creator of Tabasco Sauce was the innovator that > created the market for hot > sauces in general. Whether or not you like the > product, you have to at least > acknowledge the pioneer as being a proto chile-head. > > <I feel a rant coming on...> > > There seems to be a minority on the mailing list > that won't eat anything but > habaneros: habanero salsa, habanero sauce, habanero > cookies, habanero cheese > cake, habanero egg salad, habanero ice creame, > habanero stuffed habanero > with habanero cream cheese and a side order of > habanero dipping sauce served > with a chilled glass of habanero cabernet... > habanero, habanero, habanero, > habanero. It's like that Monty Python SPAM sketch. > While I respect the heat > of the noble hab, I also like other pepper flavors > and heat levels too. > > I got a huge rash-of-shit when I asked about the > heat-less jalapenos. You'd > think I'd walked into a Southern Baptist convention > and suggested that Jesus > was an alien (not my metaphor, I borrowed it from a > friend). I thought this > was the chile-head board, not the habanero-head > board. Isn't the point of > this group to discuss all things chile? > > A lot of people say they don't like the taste of > jalapenos, or Tabasco, or > that mild peppers are evil, ok fine, that's your > opinion, well here's my > next blasphemy: I think habaneros taste like feet, > and nasty unclean > fungus-y feet at that. Their only saving grace is > their heat. The flavor is > fine when used to augment or contrast other flavors, > but by themselves > they're just plain nasty. > > <deep breath> > > Let the stoning begin. :^) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text