The Joneses wrote:

> George Shirley wrote:
>
>
>>The Joneses wrote:
>>
>>>Scott wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article >,
>>>>George Shirley > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Ran the fermented chiles through the blender and then the food mill
>>>>>today. Three gallons of red and one gallon of yellow. I ended up with 96
>>>>>ounces of red pulp and juice and 64 ounces of the yellow.
>>>>>Sitting in their respective non-reactive pots and mixed with 40% white
>>>>>vinegar. Will get stirred four times a day for the next week or two to
>>>>>ensure the mix "melds" properly and will then bottle it. A taste of each
>>>>>says this will be a good batch of hot sauce, not so hot you can't enjoy
>>>>>it and mild enough you can taste the chiles.
>>>>
>>>>Do you think there's a point to saucemaking for those who don't grow
>>>>their own peppers--i.e., those with access only to what's available in a
>>>>supermarket?
>>
>>. I wanta go live in George's
>> neighborhood (eggplant zucchinimania and all) except it's too damp.
>> Edrena in the desert
>>
>>We do have our occasional moments Edrena. One day this past fall the
>>humidity actually fell below 96% for a couple of hours. ISTR that it was
>>also raining at the time so maybe the rain just condensed out the
>>humidity. <VBG> If it ever quits raining here I would probably turn into
>>a shriveled up little old man instead of the portly gentleman I am.
>>George
>
>
> Take a deep breath, Ahboouut FACE. In cadence, EXhale. We have
> 6' rains - 1 drop of rain every 6'. We had some rain last month but it
> wasn't hardly enuf to mess up the windshield.
> Edrena, all dry and a little portly myself. Speaking of port, should I make
> red wine jelly or port jelly? Hah! I'll make sangria jelly!
>
>
>
We lived on the west coast of Saudi Arabia for 5 years. We got exactly
one half of one millimeter of rain in all that time. The day before we
got there it flooded but the rain fell in the mountains 70 kilometers
away and then flowed down to Yanbu. Old joke: Reporter asks American in
Saudi if his kids had ever seen rain. He answered, "Once my son and I
ran out to see it rain and a drop hit him right between the eyes and
knocked him out. After I threw some sand in his face he came to pretty
quick." Lived in Sana'a, Yemen once also, at 8200 feet elevation,
rained every day for about two minutes, real gentle and some of it never
hit the ground. I lost 27 lbs in water weight the first month. <VBG>

George