In a message dated 4/9/01 3:00:24 PM, owner-chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com writes: << I can understand that it may have been an unpleasant experience, but I'm baffled by this. It's hard for me to to believe that food of any heat an American chain restaurant would ever serve, even as its most challenging item, could put even a complete non- chilehead in the hospital. Doesn't it take a pretty extreme amount of capsaicin to do actual physical damage as opposed to simply causing discomfort? >> Did you see Mrs. Doubtfire. The scene in the restaurant (Bridges in Danville/3 miles from me) where there was pepper sprinkled on wanna be fiance's meal could actually happen I guess to some folks. Can't imagine life without Chiles, hummmmm or would that be no life and thus no more Chiles. Mary-Anne,