Thank you Curt and Susie... Patti and I took off early yesterday morning for the Temecula Wine and Balloon Festival, so we haven't had a chance until today to thank Curt and Susie Snyder for hosting the Hotluck on Saturday, June 9th. It takes real special people to invite a bunch of chile-heads into their home for the day. I was finally able to put some faces and email names together...besides the food, that is what makes Hotlucks such a wonderful experience. All the food was tasty...especially Marilyn's lemon bars with the apricot and habanero filling. They were great, and that comes from someone who isn't really a big fan of desserts. I snacked on chips 'n dips and spicy nuts; then filled my plate with a helping of everything (I hope) including layered bean dip, pasta, and chile verde; filled a bowl with Susie's Thai soup...forget the name, but I know it had ginger, lots of ginger; enjoyed it all as I washed it down with Curt's Chipotle Ale (just enough heat to make it interesting but not enough to grab you by the throat); and then went back for desserts of habanero (I think) chocolate cake and the habanero 'n apricot filled lemon bars. I look forward to seeing recipes for all the tasty things I ate. Oh...and, the blue color finally disappeared from my tongue sometime during the day on Sunday while Patti and I tasted some of the really excellent wines now being produced by the San Diego/Riverside County wineries, especially Orfila in San Pasqual Valley...which, lucky us, is only a 20 minute drive from our home in Poway. Rich -- Rich McCormack (Poway, CA) macknet@pacbell.net Who is Rich McCormack? Find out at... http://home.pacbell.net/macknet/