Ya -shure, Ya-betcha. The closest I found to hot food was in a Green Mill on the NW side of Minneapolis. They have a fairly good (not real hot) shrimp pasta, and a fairly hot hamburger. A couple of the Hunan restaraunts I've been to will bring you Sambal Oelek if you ask for it. Many of the waiters/waitresses are suprised if a person can eat much of the sambal. > Oh Margo...you're venturing into Norweigian territory (sorry Nels) and I > don't think most of them use anything hotter than black pepper. I have > eaten in a great Kurdish restaurant in St. Paul as well as an Afghan > restaurant, also in St. Paul, but I'm assuming you won't have wheels. Wish > I could tell you there are lots of chile places but I've never found them. > > SandyO > CH #1146 of the moderate persuasion living two hours south of > Minneapolis/St. Paul > > >