I can vouch for this. I have to Canadian women friends who can cook up a mean Hotluck. Woohoo! I'm telling you.... -----Original Message----- From: Rich McCormack [mailto:macknet@pacbell.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:36 AM To: peter g; CH List Subject: Re: [CH] Mexican heat (was law) peter g wrote: > 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. I figured I might get a rise out of you chile-head Canucks out there. But seriously, with perhaps the exception of the fairly recent Asian immigrants, could you say the average Canadian is a hot-head? I'd have to say no...and I'd say it's for two basic reasons: 1) The early east to west migration to Canada came from European cultures not known for spicy-hot food; and 2) Growing chiles in the northern latitudes takes considerable extra effort that we here in the more southerly latitudes don't have to deal with. My "offhand over-generalizations" didn't just pop up without any qualifications. I've visited friends and relatives in Canada and they've visited me here in sunny SoCal. I can't recall any of 'em that didn't think My Chile was a little too hot to handle...and, I make My Chile on the mild side of medium so everyone can enjoy and those who like can add some salsa, hot sauce or jalapenos to jack it up a notch or two. Well, there is the exception of one of my younger cousins. She had occasion to try My Chile and really liked...though I don't think she added any extra heat. She asked me if I'd send her the details of how I make it, and I did. "...chop up some fresh poblano, jalapeno and seranno chiles...add some ground dried ancho, chipotle, New Mex and California chiles..." "Year, right," she writes back, "and just where am I gonna find all those things here in Yellowknife..." -- Rich McCormack (Poway, CA) macknet@pacbell.net Who is Rich McCormack? Find out at... http://home.pacbell.net/macknet/