On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:31:50 -0600, Arri London >
wrote:

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>On another note, had a cookbook about Vietnamese food out of the
>library. The American author only ever specified jalapenos where green
>chiles were called for, rather than the thin green chiles which would be
>more typical. Talk about two different tastes!

that's a little strange. was it an older book, assuming maybe the
proper chiles were too hard to get? (though usually such books note
that this would be a necessary substitution, not optimal.)

your pal,
blake