At 8:57 PM -0800 11/3/01, peter g wrote: >Folks , > there i was at Vancouver's "Granville Island Market" ; browsing >thru the local "exotic ingredients" stall . >hey, some interesting fresh chiles here ... well sorta fresh. >withered stems, some dimpling, some obviously aged. >names were ... Werri-Werri (alt Marie-Werie) & some Trinidad >Christmas chiles, and some red & orange Habs mis-labeled as >Jamaican Scotch Bonnets . get this tho' ... they're $5.00 / 100g ! >put into perspective ; that's $50.00 per kilo , roughly $22.75 a Pound! > i looked around for the "hidden-video candid-camera" type setup, >but nothing ... apparently they're serious about the price. >so was i ... i declined buying any ... can't believe the nerve ! >regards >peter g sheesh...add in some real andouille sausage, some crawfish (fresh...yeah, wrong time of year, but work with me folks), some hormone/antibiotic/free range chicken, some organically file'/okra/celery/onion/bell pepper (damn, i'm forgetting some things...), and BAM, you've got a couple gallons of Gumbo worth somewhere around 1000K!!! Now that's rich eatin'... -- Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles....... Rael"...eat the rich...wait, uh...hmmm...?...64 Monk of the TCS Order of Enlightened Twister