[CH] Some thoughts
Jim Weller (jweller@ssimicro.com)
Wed, 4 Dec 2002 17:33:41 -0700
> From: "T. Matthew Evans" <matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu>
> Subject: [CH] Breast Feeding....
> My wife and I are expecting our first little chile harvester on January
3rd.
> My wife plans to breast feed. We have read that the belief that one
should
> not eat spicy foods while breast feeding is, essentially, an old wives'
> tale.
> Does anyone have any experience with this?
> From: =Mark <mstevens@exit109.com>
> Honestly, I figure there is half the world out there that does not engage
> in the politically correct BS that says they should avoid their native
diet
> in order to prevent the child from experiencing spicy food. Do mothers in
> India, China and Africa really change their native diet to accommodate the
> impending Rugrat? I think not.
You beat me to it. My thoughts exactly.
And once the baby is on solid foods there are some things that should be
avoided until it is 18-24 months old and its digestive tract fully
functioning, notably peanuts and chocolate, but chilies will not harm it. My
granddaughter has been eating and enjoying hot food since she was 8 months
old, without ill effect. Her first taste of El Grande was in a truck stop. I
had mixed equal parts of table condiments (ketchup, Tobasco and
Worchestershire) as a dip for my French Fries. She sampled it and liked it.
Her little mouth made a big "O" of shock, then she smiled, then she had some
more. Her Dad let her have Frank's sauce from that day on although he tried
to keep her away from hotter stuff for a few months. He couldn't.... she
used to pick cayennes from my plants and nibble them! Her critiqueof
cayennes, at age 12 months, "Hut! Hut! Hut! Good!" And of a stolen habanero
shortly thereafter, "Too Hut! Mouf hurts!". But she didn't cry.
> From: "Snyder, Curt" <CSnyder@ligand.com>
> Subject: [CH] Haggis
I had my first taste of haggis two years ago at my Christmas Eve buffet. The
theme (we have a different one every year) was Scottish and Welsh foods and
a friend brought a haggis to it. Given the cuisine, the only hot stuff at
the table was sharp mustard. My haggis doner, a fellow Chile Head, made a
sauce of lamb drippings (au jus) from the roast, Keen's hot mustard and
Rooster sauce. It may not be authentically Scottish but it went really well
with the haggis.
I remember seeing him at my fridge putting a drop of various hot sauces on
his finger tip and licking it while deciding what to put in the haggis
sauce.... and my granddaughter, then two, standing beside him and doing the
same thing! We three were the only ones at the party to partake of his
sauce, although almost everyone there at least had a small taste of the
Haggis. A sad state of affairs when more people are willing to sample a
notorious offal dish than wholesome chilies.
> From: "bradley ellis" <h0t5auce@mchsi.com>
> Subject: Fw: [CH] Breast Feeding....
> my 2-year-old son HAS to have hot sauce on his mac-n-cheese just like
daddy.
> He discovered he liked it one day when he started eating out of my bowl
> while I was getting him a refill of juice.
My grandaughter wants to meet him! She can't understand why the other kids
at the Day Care centre don't share her tastes or swap lunches with her.
(She's also a freak for smoked oysters, sour pickles and blue cheese.)
> My wife still freaks out
As does my DIL but we pay her no attention.
Jim in Yellowknife