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On 10/27/2011 2:58 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
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> I can offer a tip on the above. When a recipe calls for 2 large hot red
> peppers to make red pepper jelly, and you cannot find those, 4 little
> Scotch Bonnets is not a good substitute. Not only was it hot as blazes,
> but the pot boiled over and the mixture burned and sent up plumes of
> smoke that were like mace. I could have quelled a prison riot in my
> kitchen.


Reminds me of the time I decided to grind my own horse-radish. <vbg>

Even now, the story brings tears to my eyes!

George L