FW: [CH] Somebody should'a told me...and...I LIKE it!!!!!

Britt, Robert K (rkbritt@novanthealth.org)
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 10:47:11 -0400 

Thanks for the warning there Anne but this grinder was bought solely for the
purpose of grinding dried peppers.  Wife even commented last night (while I
was cleaning it up...) that we definitely ONLY use it for peppers ( I got
her to taste the powder also!!!).

Robert
 Mild Chile Head and 4x4 enthusiast


			-----Original Message-----
		From:	Anne Lafond-Walker [mailto:alafwalk@welch.jhu.edu]
<mailto:[mailto:alafwalk@welch.jhu.edu]> 
		Sent:	Friday, September 24, 1999 10:39 AM
		To:	Britt, Robert K
		Cc:	chile-heads
		Subject:	Re: [CH] Somebody should'a told me...and...I
LIKE it!!!!!

		>Well here's the story:  Last night when I got home I
decided to whip up
		>another batch of salsa to help get us through the winter.
I also had my
		>first batch of habs in my electric dehydrator.  I had
purchased a small
		>coffee grinder to make powder and while the salsa was
simmering I decided to
		>give it a try with the habs.  Well, it was GREAT!!!  The
habs were nice and
		>dry and the grinder worked fine.  I did this outside so as
not to negatively
		>affect my wife and kids.  I sniffed the powder and it
really cleared my
		>sinuses!!!  I tasted and boy was it great!!!  So I ended up
with two and a
		>half small jars of hab powder (with many more to dry!!!)
and 6 pints of
		>freshly canned salsa.
		>
		>Nest part:  This morning I decided to put my contacts back
in.  I figured
		>the powder would not have the same negative affect as
cutting fresh
		>peppers...WRONG!!!  I wore a food prep glove for the
cutting when making the
		>salsa but not for grinding the habs!!!  When I inserted my
contacts....HUNAN
		>EYE!!!!  Thought my eyeballs were gonna jump right outta my
head!!!  I
		>danced, couldn't see, cried, danced some more, blinked,
doused my eyes with
		>saline solution, cried some more...'bout 20 minutes later
it subsided...I
		>figured it would be worse to try to remove them than to
just leave them in
		>and suffer.
		>
		>Well, that's it.  Hope y'all enjoy my little escapades!!!
I'm gonna have
		>lots of powdered peppers around so I need some suggestions
now as how to
		>best enjoy this new-found joy!!!!
		>
		>Robert
		> Mild Chile Head and 4x4 enthusiast

		Robert, wait until you grind some coffee beans in the hab
grinder (even if you cleaned it out),  Your morning coffee will REALLY wake
you up!   It's not bad tasting, but a surprise.
		Anne