Rich McCormack wrote ""...but she's a Canadian and Canadians, with the exception of Doug Irvine of course, don't seem to have much tolerance for truly "chile hot" food."" ---------- Rich, careful with those offhand over-generalizations. LOTSA Canadians like chile-hot foods ! self included. and while i'm not known for being a particularly tolerant-type ... "I Am Canadian" & therefore ... oughta know. several other Canadian CH'ers might quietly agree, if they're not too busy feeding their sled dogs & cutting ice blocks for igloos. ever hear of Rick Mercer ? :-> http://www.22minutes.com/breakingnews.php regards peter g