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Woo hoo! You should save some seeds and try to grow some of your own.wolram said:
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Woo hoo! You should save some seeds and try to grow some of your own.wolram said:
There maybe something to this. Everyone around me (family, coworkers and colleagues) has been pretty ill recently, but I have managed to avoid illnes. I been in contact or close to people who've had the flu. I've been eating a lot of hot sauces, including several of turbo's relishes, over the past few months, so I wonder if it's a coincidence or I'm actually getting a benefit. Last year at this time, I had a really bad cold that developed into walking pneumonia.During a recent “60 Minutes” interview, Senator Hillary Clinton unveiled a surprising weapon in her fight to become the Democratic presidential nominee: hot peppers.
“I eat a lot of hot peppers,'’ she told CBS News anchor Katie Couric, who had asked her how she maintains her stamina on the campaign trail. “I for some reason started doing that in 1992, and I swear by it. I think it keeps my metabolism revved up and keeps me healthy.”
Nutritionists say Mrs. Clinton may be on to something. Although the scientific study of hot peppers is limited, there are some suggestions that capsaicin, the active ingredient in peppers, has numerous health benefits.
For starters, peppers contain several important nutrients, including beta-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin and vitamin C, said Jonny Bowden, a board-certified nutritionist and author of “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth.'’ In fact, peppers contain about twice the amount of vitamin C found in citrus fruits, which may help explain why they have emerged as a popular home remedy for fighting colds.
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Woolie, you've got to make chili relishes with blends of chilies! It's fun to cook stuff when you've got a range of hot stuff to cook with. You have to learn how to process them safely for long-term storage, but these are skills well worth mastering.wolram said:I find chili perks me up, in fact it is the only food i would not want to do without, i am still experimenting to get the perfect blend of spicy hotness using fresh chilies, the powder is to bland.
wolram said:I would love to go on a chili harvest, even better i would love to grow my own, but i am sure the plants would not get enough sun, if you know of any that would do well in our climate i will give them a try.
Yep! Great stuff! I have arthritis in my knees, and capsaicin cream is very helpful when they get achy.lisab said:I sprained my back a few months ago. My doctor suggested capsaicin cream - the results were AMAZING. It stopped both the ache and the acute sharp pains in just one day! Who knew a topically-applied lotion could to that?!?
Capsaicin rocks!
Chilies love the heat, so if you can buy/build a little greenhouse and restrict the venting to keep the temperatures up, you may be able to grow them, even in your climate. We rarely get 90 deg F temps here, and the nights are often cool. Still, the peppers grow really well in my garden.wolram said:Dagnabit, i am blending like crazy, my latest has scotch bonnet, birds eye and finger chilies
in it, it tasted well hot to start with but mellowed with cooking, i can get the burning back of the throat effect but not the sweat inducing effect.
I would love to go on a chili harvest, even better i would love to grow my own, but i am sure the plants would not get enough sun, if you know of any that would do well in our climate i will give them a try.
I hesitate to claim medicinal powers for chilies, but anecdotally, since we have had our own garden spot and I've been able to grow my own, I haven't had a cold or flu. I have always loved chilies, but the ones in the store are inconsistent in quality and are VERY expensive. My garden-grown chilies are far tastier and hotter, and when properly processed, I can enjoy them all year long at little cost.Astronuc said:Hot Stuff is Good for You!
There maybe something to this. Everyone around me (family, coworkers and colleagues) has been pretty ill recently, but I have managed to avoid illnes. I been in contact or close to people who've had the flu. I've been eating a lot of hot sauces, including several of turbo's relishes, over the past few months, so I wonder if it's a coincidence or I'm actually getting a benefit. Last year at this time, I had a really bad cold that developed into walking pneumonia.
lisab said:I sprained my back a few months ago. My doctor suggested capsaicin cream - the results were AMAZING. It stopped both the ache and the acute sharp pains in just one day! Who knew a topically-applied lotion could to that?!?
Capsaicin rocks!
Math Jeans said:I prefer to just fake the pains and use the Capsaicin in food.
Thanks, Woolie. It's nothing really serious - she had a bunion removed, so the doctor had to break and cut away bone and disturb skin, muscle tissue, etc. She's sitting around with her foot propped up and will not be able to return to work for a month or so until she's healed up. Luckily, I'm a good cook, because all she's getting to eat is stuff that I prepare. Tomorrow it's supposed to rain, so I'll spend part of the day trying to faithfully re-create the spicy soup I described a few posts back, and brining a pork rib roast to cook on Sunday.wolram said:Sorry to hear your wife is ill Turbo, i send my very best wishes for a quick recovery.
"Disciples?" What are we doing here? Running a chili cult? :rofl:wolram said:It is a move to the dark side and there can be no rehab for the chili addict, once you have become one of Turbos disciples you doomed to devilishly heavenly food.
turbo-1 said:Mine comes out with less liquid, Woolie,
Have fun with the hot dogs. I fry mine in butter and grill the rolls in butter while I am cooking chopped onions. Mmm! Hot dogs with onions, chili relish, and mustard!
Yep. I fry them in a heavy cast-iron frying pan until they get a little browned - they taste much better than boiled hot dogs. I like them cooked on the grill best, but we're still in the clutches of winter, so frying them is a good alternative.wolram said:The taste is good, i used smoked garlic, but yes i do need to adjust things a bit.
You fry hot dogs? i thought you were only supposed to boil them.
Often, I do, but I like fried hot dogs really well, and the convenience of cooking them in the house where it's warm is nice. Of course, if the wife brings home a nice steak, or if I get a craving for cheeseburgers, I bundle up and start the grill.NeoDevin said:You mean you don't bbq through the winter? I'm farther north than you are, and I never stop bbq-ing.
WASHINGTON - Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico are implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop.
The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to avoid raw Mexican jalapenos and the serrano peppers often confused with them, or dishes made with them such as fresh salsa.
But the big question is how those who love hot peppers would know where the chiles came from, especially in restaurant food.
"You're going to have to ask the person you're buying it from," said Dr. David Acheson, the FDA's food safety chief, who is advising restaurants and grocery stores to know their suppliers and pass that information to customers.
The big break in an outbreak that now has sickened nearly 1,300 people came on Monday, when FDA announced it had found the same strain of salmonella responsible for the outbreak on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno in a south Texas produce warehouse.