I don't want to sound like a broken record here, but please, please, please be very careful when making flavored oils wherein you leave garlic cloves in the oil. This is a breeding ground for botulism. Oil should be refrigerated and used with a couple of weeks. When in doubt, make vinegar. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you wanna make a gift for someone by putting oil, peppers, garlic, etc in a bottle, do you have to cook the peppers in the oil first or can you pick them from your plant and just drop them into the pot??? (I'm using orange habaneros here)