Virginia, yes, chiles are great when you have a cold or flu bug. I just had a cold and between the chiles and all the fruit I've been eating, it has gone away pretty quickly. DH's is still hanging in there after 1-1/2 weeks. Hee Hee Hee...maybe he should eat more chiles! RisaG, Zone 6, NJ Risa's Food Service http://www.geocities.com/radiorlg Updated 7/20/01 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Anderson" <assembly1@waitrose.com> To: "Chile Heads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:30 AM Subject: [CH] Chiles and colds > Hi all, > > Just getting over the worst of a streaming summer cold/bronchitis, which has > been eased somewhat by 1) a beef madras, made extra hot (my extra hot!) by > my husband (see below - as this was in a recent discussion someone might > like this, as the ingredients are available anywhere> Virginia > --