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The OP and I do finally agree on something: I do love me some Depeche Mode
I have to say that this thread is a breath of fresh air. It's great getting to 'know' my fellow posters better.
My son is stationed at Ft. Bragg and he and his wife have a lovely home about 45 minutes from the base, so, I am familiar with the area between Raleigh and Fayetteville. I don't get east often - much prefer the dry heat of my new desert hometown - but, I do love the way that part of NC smells. The humidity about kills me though.
Anyway, right now, I am enjoying the view of the Robledo mountains from my home office window while finishing up my second, no, probably third, cup of Cafe Le Llave and counting the hours until tonight's installment of "Torchwood: Children of Earth."
Whoa Domer, you're scaring me. Never came across a "rabid" gardner before. Must be pretty intense. So, you're an Indiana girl are you. That's cool. And hey, I wouldn't worry about being called out. I guess it just means you have your own opinions and don't care what others think about it. I get attacked on occasion, but I do pretty well on the defense. And besides, I really try to play things as fairly as possible while discussing the issues. Hope the salsa turns out well. Are you going for hot or mild? Good friend of mine makes salsa every year, but damn that stuff is ridiculously spicy. I'm more of a "medium" guy myself. Just enough kick without needing a gallon of water.
A sip of milk will actually do better with even the spiciest foods than that gallon of water. Don't know why - I only know it works! My late husband was one who really liked spicy hot foods and was willing to try almost anything. We once got a dish called hunan beef from a Chinese take out restaurant. I tried to tell him what the guy at the restaurant had told me - DO NOT BITE INTO THE TINY PEPPERS! I have no idea what those peppers were (not much bigger than a celery seed) but my spice loving husband turned beet red and had to go looking for milk before he could even THINK of eating anything else! With whatever pepper they used in that dish, it took him two full glasses of milk before his tongue stopped burning!
Milk dilutes the chemicals in food that makes it spicy ... capsaisin or something like that. Water makes the particles spread all over your mouth. Dairy dilutes on the spot.
Hey, I'm making some salsa tonight. Too bad I get my veggies from the grocery store & not my nonexistent backyard.
Just whipped it up ... never tried making salsa before ... unfortunately, I cut up 2 jalapenos and then itched my nose .... owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!
I put some wasabi powder in it too ... c'est si bon! Muy bueno!
Just whipped it up ... never tried making salsa before ... unfortunately, I cut up 2 jalapenos and then itched my nose .... owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!
I put some wasabi powder in it too ... c'est si bon! Muy bueno!
Pain! Do you know how often I have cut up jalapenos & then the next day melt my eyeballs off when I stick my contacts in? Yes, the next day even after washing my hands vigorously, coating my fingers w/oil while cutting the peppers. It's hopeless. I had to buy a new box of contacts once because I completely destroyed like 3 pairs of contacts after a pepper incident.
Pain! Do you know how often I have cut up jalapenos & then the next day melt my eyeballs off when I stick my contacts in? Yes, the next day even after washing my hands vigorously, coating my fingers w/oil while cutting the peppers. It's hopeless. I had to buy a new box of contacts once because I completely destroyed like 3 pairs of contacts after a pepper incident.
I have heard others say just what you said here. I am very glad that my wife can't stand jalapenos so won't use them.
Pain! Do you know how often I have cut up jalapenos & then the next day melt my eyeballs off when I stick my contacts in? Yes, the next day even after washing my hands vigorously, coating my fingers w/oil while cutting the peppers. It's hopeless. I had to buy a new box of contacts once because I completely destroyed like 3 pairs of contacts after a pepper incident.
That's bad but I have something even worse.
A roommate of mine ate some hot wings one night. A little later on he and his girlfriend were getting a little frisky. I'll let you imagine why she suddenly had to stop and run to the shower.
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just wanted to start a thread for us all to relax. sometimes the debate gets a bit heated in the forums, and this is a place to chill. it's the coffee lounge. also, this might be a good tread to post meetups or the like. I'll start the conversation. I live in coastal NC, and I would love to buy one of our fellow posters a cup of coffee!!! leave the partisan garbage out the door. we're all humans.
Good thread Final
I used to haul cattle out of the eastern side of S.C. and probably not TO far from where you live....I hauled them from there to Texas and Nebraska and I really liked the Carolinas.I was down there at least once a week for awhile.
A roommate of mine ate some hot wings one night. A little later on he and his girlfriend were getting a little frisky. I'll let you imagine why she suddenly had to stop and run to the shower.
LMAO
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