I've normally smoked them for a few hours and then finished the drying in an oven - maybe not 'purist' approved, but works for me, and somewhat less work required. Can't help ya if yer down to 'stems & seeds' though...(heh heh heh) B >Lastly, I've seen quite a few posts here about smoking chiles -- are you >able to smoke them until dry (e.g., chipotle or chile pasilla de Oaxaca) or >do they still have some liquid left to them? I've smoked chiles before (not >seeds & stems, though) but I always pulled them out when they were the >consistency of, say, a roasted chile -- i.e., I had to use them within about >a week or so. > >Matt > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >T. Matthew Evans >Graduate Research Assistant >Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering >Georgia Institute of Technology >URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/