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> If you don't put chile products in Hot and Sour soup, then you won't
> have the "Hot"!!!
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> Chinese Hot and Sour soup MUST HAVE Chile peppers and vinegar in them,
> otherwise it won't be Hot nor Sour.
>

You're quite wrong. The "hot" comes from black (or white) pepper.

Hal Laurent
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