> > > So, can anybody point out any ideas for something > > relatively easy, can be served cold, and will have > > some mild spice level > > Not a meal but a good appetizer: > > 1 block cream cheese > 2 - 4 chipotles from a can, in adobo sauce > > Soften the cream cheese, mix in the seeded, chopped > chipotles, mix in some of the sauce, refrigerate, > serve with crackers. Along the same lines: We brought this to a Hot Luck a couple of years ago: Get a big log of goat cheese. The gather a good assortment of your favorite peppers. Slice up the peppers & arrange in a nice pattern on a plate around the goat cheese. Take a cracker slather the goat cheese, top with a few slices of the peppers...yum. It's a great way to taste all the different peppers & for the folks that aren't into really hot peppers (go figure), the goat cheese cuts some of the heat. Helen