Re: [CH] Pests don't have to be groundhogs...

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Birds in general do not react to the heat in peppers.  This allows them to be a
dispersal agent for the seeds.  I'm not sure if the capsaicin would concentrate in the
meat.  Unless the CH turkey you describe was one prepared by a CH, like jerk turkey or
something.

<< Jim >>

Calvin Donaghey wrote:

> chatfield_sl@penco.com wrote:
>
> > I have one lamb who is quite a 'leaper' (as in 'leaps over the fence.')
> > First time I've ever heard of a chile head sheep....
>
> Chat, et al,PS-
> In the northern part of the Texas Hill Country, the Tepins I am so fond of still
> grow wild.
> The folks there call them "Turkey Peppers", because (they claim) some wild turkeys
> develop a taste for the peppers and take on the heat and flavor as well.  The
> rancher who originally gave me Tepin seeds says his wife won't eat the CH turkey
> meat because it's too spicey.  I have heard the same claim from probably a dozen
> local inhabitants.
>
>             "YOU, TOO CAN TRAVEL TO EXOTIC COUNTRIES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE
> PROTECTED FROM CONSUMPTION BY CANNIBALS.  TRY OUR NEW AND IMPROVED PEPPER PROTECTION
> GIFT PAK."
>         (Void where prohibited, not valid if cannibals are ChileHeads)

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