hey CHers, found this interesting page, part of a website devoted to foods and exotic food ingredients. the chiles page is ... http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/Caps_fru.html chiles in many languages! the site features indices alphabetical, botanical, geographical, & morphological. as well, a spice mixture index and a german text version. lotsa great chemical component info, and some history of the various ingredients listed. the main page is at ... http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/spice_welcome.html ignore the web-author's bizarre headgear / pose, & check-out the site. the info is pretty good. regards peter g