On 3 Feb 00, Andrew & Trish Hood wrote: > dream mode on: > I was also wondering if it would be possible to ferment the chillies > themselves, as in make a chilli wine, the reason being this could then > be distilled to make something like genuine chilli schnapps! dream > mode off: I have seen recipes of chile wine somewhere... can't now recall where, but I am sure someone here knows. Ask the British... they are notorious for making wine from anything from rootbeets to old socks.... Ooops... sorry, you are an aussie, right... ;) <boring mode> ... but destilling that would probably not make sense, guess you would lose all the capsicain. After all we can cook our chili and it is still hot. </boring mode> Now back out to the freezing cold, Kristofer