Subj : NM Chile
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Jan 20 2024 14:00:38

Hi Dave,


 RH> That's the whole thing--she can't take any heat. Once while we were
 RH> both in HI, we (her & our husbands) went to one of the small Korean
 RH> places that are all over Oahu. She got some kim chee, not knowing what
 RH> it was, just that it looked good to her. She took one bite, the rest
 RH> either stayed on her plate or was given to her husband, I forget which.
 RH> Meanwhile Steve and I enjoyed ours.

 DD> As it says in the "facts" that I posted  - the bell pepper HAS NO
 DD> HEAT. Zero Scoville units, None, not a one.

You know and I know but to this lady they had a slight amount of heat,
more than she would have enjoyed, but she tolerated bells.

 DD>      8<----- G'Bye" ----->8

 DD> Cumin I buy from one of my local Asian stores as that cuisine uses
 DD> more cumin in more dishes than the normal run of prepared food for
 DD> "round eyes" and, thus, tends to be fresher than what's on my
 DD> stupormarkup shelves.

 RH> We've gotten whole cumin and ground it ourselves--major difference,
 RH> even from Asian places. A little bit goes a loooooooooooooooong way.

 DD> I can also buy whole, in the spiky husk, durian should I be so
 DD> inclined.

We can too, but choose not to.

 DD> Sunday I didn't set foot outside of the house. High temp for the
 day DD> was -1.F. Yesterday it got all the way to +5.F. Supposed to
 reach DD> the freezing point tomorrow (Wednesday).

 RH> Right now (1:30 pm) it's 36 and rainy. Temps have been falling all day
 RH> but we've got a brisket on the smoker.

 DD> Yesterday (Wednesday) we got almost to the freezing point. And saw sun
 DD> light finally which helped melting snow/ice left on the dark asphalt
 DD> of the local highways and byways. Today is guesstimated to reach
 DD> 34.F. Then right back into the deep freeze.

 RH> Our high temperature yesterday was 39, supposed to be a bit warmer
 RH> today and then the bottom will fall out on Friday.

 DD> Climatge is what you expect. Weather is what you get. The only benefit
 DD> I can see in this cold snap is that many of the plants need to go
 DD> through a hard freeze to trigger essential parts of their life cycle.

We had a slightly warmer day yesterday, turned cold after dark. We'd
gone down to Raleigh for a NC Symphony concert (Christmas gift from
older daughter) and it was COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLD! when we
got out about 10pm. Had supper at Outback before going to the
concert.Right now it's just after 2pm and 29 degrees.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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