Sounds like you are doing pretty well - Habaneros, serranos, jalapenos, cayenne, and Caribbean red. Tomatillos, altho' not hot, make a fabulous salsa. Check the archives - lots of recipes. I started with the jalapenos on the nachos at Chi-Chi's and with the chile paste at restaurants in Chinatown. Everyone starts somewhere. My first year growing from seed, I grew Anaheim, Poblanos and Jalapenos and was very happy. Yes, you will be swimming in peppers in the next week or two. Chop them up and freeze them or dry them. Make powder with the dry ones. Cook with them, obviously, salsas, chili, green chile stew, chinese food, thai food, Mexican food. Yikes, so much to do with chiles. Go to http://www.pepperfool.com/recipes/risag_idx.html (me) http://www.pepperfool.com/recipe_home.html (Doug Irvine) http://www.pepperfool.com (click on Recipes for everyone elses recipes) This will just get you started. RisaG Risa's Food Service http://www.geocities.com/radiorlg Updated 7/27/01 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lora Bannan" <stitch@lakemac.net> To: "chile" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:40 PM Subject: [CH] Chile-head wannabe > Hiya! I've been lurking for about a week and decided it was time to "come > out". My name's Lora and I'm not sure I'm crazy enough to keep up with you > guys but I'll give it a shot. > >