On 1/1/2013 6:44 PM, cshenk wrote:
> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On 1/1/2013 5:23 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> l not -l wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1-Jan-2013, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I will add though you can seriously throw off a recipe if it
>>>>> says to serve with cornbread and you use the wrong one. They
>>>>> seldom will mean jiffymix type (exceptions are a cornbread and
>>>>> milk with sweetner and fruit).
>>>>
>>>> I can't think of any recipe I've ever served "the wrong" cornbread
>>>> with. Perhaps because the recipes I serve with cornbread are
>>>> pretty much those of the same region as the cornbread so they are
>>>> well matched.
>>>
>>> Probably! Try Jiffymix with Texas Chili though for a mismatch
>>> (grin).
>>>
>> Depends on how hot that chili is... might need the sweetness of the
>> Jiffy Mix to offset the heat Then again, I've never understood
>> making chili (or any food) so searingly spicy/hot you can't taste
>> what you're eating.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Me either. I've seen folks brag how hot their chili is. I could care
> less. Food is about flavor, not heat. My personal take is if the chili
> is so hot i need a sweet jiffy mix to make it edible, then the chili is
> a bad one.
>
>
On this ng it seems to be a "guy" thing. If you need that much heat the
chili (or whatever) is probably very bad.

That reminds me of a funny story, though. My ex-husband didn't believe
the tiny Thai chili peppers my father grew could *possibly* be hot.
(Dad was just growing them in a pot as a pretty ornamental plant.) We
warned my ex- but no. He just had to pick one and took a bite... "He
said see? It's not..." <gasp> "OMG..." <gasp> (laughing)

Jill