Nooooow I'm getting it! If you had a recipe that called for "horried store bought" chili powder, say a tea spoon, and you were using Hab powder, would you adjust the amount? < Humm, I bet _real_ CH's are rooling on the floor at that one> Thanks Garth Rex GarryMass@aol.com wrote: > Rex, > Chiles is what we're all about. > Chilies is a confusing spelling which we don't use because we don't know if > it means peppers or the plural of things like "Texas Red Chili" the meat and > sauce dish. > We spell the "dishes" as chili. > And chili powder is that horrid store bought sawdust that we don't use, we > make our own. > Red chiles really means any dehydrated red, brown, green, or black chile > (Habs, Jalapenos, Thais, Serranos - anything). > Gareth the ChileKnight