Guest guest Posted January 4, 2003 Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 At 05:41 PM 1/4/03 +0000, you wrote: >While living in Hawaii during the 80s we had a small chili >shrub outside our house. The chilis were tiny... like the >size of the end of our pinky. They were hot buggas, and >our Vietnamese pals loved adding them to their bowl of >noodles when they were at my house for lunch. Are those >the Thai kind? That could be them. They're pretty small and you can get great quantities (hm, 40 to 80 or so probably) on one bush at one time. If I can find a picture I will post it on the web (or point you to one already there) and send the URL. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2003 Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 An amusing pepper story: My four-year-old won a 6-pack of pepper plants at a fair and brought them home to plant. We are not allowed to have vegetable gardens here, so I let her use a large pot on the deck to plant in. Every day she would ask if she should water them, and even if they didn't need it, she would go out and hug (gently) the plants, kiss the new little peppers, and carry on the most amazing conversations with them (I'm not convinced she didn't have a fairy or two living it there too). Well, these were " ordinary sweet bell peppers, " but they ended up being 6-8 inches long and the most delicious peppers in the world. And they were shaped in a hook shape-- hooking toward where she would stand every day to converse! -dawn , Gary Mattingly <gsmattingly@a...> wrote: > At 05:41 PM 1/4/03 +0000, you wrote: > > >While living in Hawaii during the 80s we had a small chili > >shrub outside our house. The chilis were tiny... like the > >size of the end of our pinky. They were hot buggas, and > >our Vietnamese pals loved adding them to their bowl of > >noodles when they were at my house for lunch. Are those > >the Thai kind? > > That could be them. They're pretty small and you can get great quantities > (hm, 40 to 80 or so probably) on one bush at one time. If I can find a picture > I will post it on the web (or point you to one already there) and send the URL. > > Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2003 Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 Thai chillies - fantastic little devils. Just picked up another pack yesterday. We buy them at our Greek greengrocer's place - quite a few at a time ;=) - but then we eat a lot of spicy food! Hot, but with a good flavour too - for those who can taste past the heat. best, pat -- PAT (In London, Ontario) Email List: townhounds- (townhounds/) Personal Email: SANTBROWN Personal Webpage: http://www.angelfire.com/art/pendragon/ ---------- * " Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. " - Albert Schweitzer * " Don't be afraid. Just start the tape. " - Anne Rice * " I don't do pawprints. " -- Snoopy ---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2003 Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 Cool. I also believe that peppers (and other plants too) react to the temperament of their, um, care-givers. Some people at work have terrible luck with peppers. I have a plethora of peppers. Of course, I love my peppers. Gary At 09:02 PM 1/4/03 +0000, you wrote: >An amusing pepper story: >My four-year-old won a 6-pack of pepper plants at a fair and brought >them home to plant. We are not allowed to have vegetable gardens >here, so I let her use a large pot on the deck to plant in. Every >day she would ask if she should water them, and even if they didn't >need it, she would go out and hug (gently) the plants, kiss the new >little peppers, and carry on the most amazing conversations with them >(I'm not convinced she didn't have a fairy or two living it there >too). Well, these were " ordinary sweet bell peppers, " but they ended >up being 6-8 inches long and the most delicious peppers in the >world. And they were shaped in a hook shape-- hooking toward where >she would stand every day to converse! >-dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 That is such a charming story. Loved it and I bet she did have much to do with that plant's success. They are truely sentient beings.... ~ P_T ~ Love is a great beautifier. - Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) ~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> , " skgpeace <skgpeace> " < skgpeace> wrote: > An amusing pepper story: > My four-year-old won a 6-pack of pepper plants at a fair and brought > them home to plant. We are not allowed to have vegetable gardens > here, so I let her use a large pot on the deck to plant in. Every > day she would ask if she should water them, and even if they didn't > need it, she would go out and hug (gently) the plants, kiss the new > little peppers, and carry on the most amazing conversations with them > (I'm not convinced she didn't have a fairy or two living it there > too). Well, these were " ordinary sweet bell peppers, " but they ended > up being 6-8 inches long and the most delicious peppers in the > world. And they were shaped in a hook shape-- hooking toward where > she would stand every day to converse! > -dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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