At 5:42 PM -0400 9/14/01, T. Matthew Evans wrote: > >SOURCE: _Quick Pickles: Easy Recipes with Big Flavor_ by Chris >> Schlesinger, John Willoughby, and Dan George [ISBN >> 0-8118-3015-2] >> >> > >Allow me to preface this by saying that Chris Schlesinger is perhaps my >favorite cookbook author. I have four of his books and rarely a week goes >by that I don't use at least one of them. That said, this is not a recipe >for pickled chiles, but rather a recipe for botulism. I have to admit, I completely forgot about that "pesky" botulism while reading this book. I re-read _Quick Pickles_ after getting your e-mail. I can't find ANY mention of botulism anywhere in the book. Since the book covers both fresh & fermented pickles primarily, with a few oil-type pickle recipes too, at least a degree of acid (in the form of vinegar) is added to the fresh & fermented pickles. I'll write to the authors to find out what they say about this. -- Bob Batson L 39 12 14 N 94 33 16 W rcb@kc.rr.com Kansas City TCS - Mystic Fire Priest USDA Zone 5 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Under the most controlled conditions, the experimental apparatus will do exactly as it pleases.