one of my fave things to do is drag along various condiments to food outlets...an ex-S.O. went so far as to make a "holster" for me, as i refered to my tagalongs as "cap" guns<s>... anywho, the ONLY place i ever got any flak for it was at Subway(TM). any of you in the know will appreciate it when i say that their "vegetarian delight" is only such if you like to consume a half inch slab of warm tile grout with some veggies added for colour....so i bring my own flavour...a manager refused to let me douse my footlong, spouting drither about liability and such...so i sez, being one o' them dere lier/attorney types myself<g>, "don't worry, no court in the world let me sue you; i came to the nuisnace<g> myself....but alas, with gram gram suing mcdonalds over the hot brown stuff they pass for coffee, everyone's a victim... that aside, i have had a WUNNERFUL time introducing owners, chefs and, teehee, waitstaff to the vibrant world of hot condiments. while i usually drag along the ely twins (my term for yucateco) cuz they are cheap and travel well, i make more of a habit to drag along my own hab concoctions...some know of what i speak. my green sauce has been the great equalizer in many instances, reducing even the biggest braggart to a milk-guzzling infant <G>, and my orange prairie fire (called such before the Major Label debut) is always a crowd pleaser. One place has made a shrine to me in their fantasy pie rack, where i leave bottles for my own future reference.... warm regards to all, 'specially rael HAK Robert A Reed wrote: <<snip>> > I take a box of hot sauces ( curently 17 bottles ) and > we usually get everyone in the place involved. we almose always find > someone who think he can handle anything > until we find something to put him in his place. > <<snip snip snip>> > >I've read here for I don't know *how* long, how so many of you'd > >gather > >up your sauces/powders and head out to whatever restaurant you were > >planning on going to. Once there, you'd doctor-up your food. > > > >I've always thought, "How BALLSY!" Man, I could never do THAT!" <<snip snip snip>> > >>green