On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:48:11 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"Bruce" wrote in message ...
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>On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:19:26 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>wrote:
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>>"Bruce" wrote in message
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>>On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 09:48:56 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>"jmcquown" wrote in message news >>>
>>>Surely you know by now Ophelia and her husband don't like pepper. I
>>>don't mean chili peppers, just plain ground pepper, which *is* a spice.
>>>
>>>To me, life without pepper would be very bland indeed. But we can't all
>>>like the same things.
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>>I think I could live without spices.
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>>I do I don't understand the desperation to cover up the flavour of
>>whatever people are cooking.
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>>I use herbs and seasoning and that is fine for us
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>Yes, I don't need cinnamon, cloves, mace, even pepper and what else
>have you? But I love me hot chillies and garlic
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>Oh yes, I love garlic too As for hot chillies, each to his her own

I make a paste (sambal) of cooked medium heat chillies and use that
instead of butter when I have bread for breakfast or lunch. You
wouldn't like it