[Basilissa]

Re: Who wants to try my chili?

Oh yes, I certainly wasn't casting any aspersions on your man Enrique. I'm sure he's a Godly man of pure-blooded Spaniard heritage without any Injun taint,

Of course he is! Just - um - please do NOT send him any of these "find your ancestry" DNA kits, OK? They are an abomination in the eyes of the Lord, that's why.

If that's the case, someone should call ICE and the DEA immediately. Our national security is at risk. This is why we need that wall ASAP people!!!

Indeed, Brother!

I doubt even a Mexican or an Injun (the cow-worshipping kind) could survive eating ten ghost peppers at once, and they eat spicy filth all the time.

That is a good point, Brother. Now, there are ways of preparing really hot peppers to make them slightly less fiery - diligently removing the internal veins, soaking in milk, boiling with salt and/or sugar, etc, but there's only so much that can be done with the torture-hot peppers.

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Who wants to try my chili?

Now, there are ways of preparing really hot peppers to make them slightly less fiery - diligently removing the internal veins, soaking in milk, boiling with salt and/or sugar, etc, but there's only so much that can be done with the torture-hot peppers.

I suspect that the best way to prepare them is to put them directly into the pigfeed bin - and then wash your hands! Or better still, cut out the middle man by not buying them in the first place?

[Basilissa]

Re: Who wants to try my chili?

I suspect that the best way to prepare them is to put them directly into the pigfeed bin - and then wash your hands! Or better still, cut out the middle man by not buying them in the first place?

Well, there are some irresistibly delicious fiery recipes. What can I say, some food is so good that it melts in your mouth, and some food is so good that it melts your mouth. And this is what Enrique likes, so what can I say. I obey the Lord by obeying my beloved.

Case in point, rocoto relleno calls for a pepper which may look like a harmless bell pepper but actually packs habanero-level heat.

Now, when preparing this recipe in Godly United States of America rather than in ungodly South America, I have no choice but to substitute the fiery rocoto pepper with the very bland poblano pepper. Which means I have to stuff it with some finely chopped serrano peppers (capsaicin-high veins included) in addition to the regular ground meat and vegetable stuffing. Making the same dish with bell peppers gives a tasteless, bland thing which is barely edible.

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Who wants to try my chili?

And this is what Enrique likes, so what can I say. I obey the Lord by obeying my beloved.

Enrique (by the way, did you ask if we could call him Henry, or Hal, or maybe Hank?) is a very lucky man, Sister. Although we all obey our husbands in matters of culinary preference, I salute you as a brave woman in this case and hope that he appreciates you. (He is extraordinarily handsome, by the way - I really loved the engagement photos. So unconventional!)

[Basilissa]

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Enrique (by the way, did you ask if we could call him Henry, or Hal, or maybe Hank?)

It was our Mayor Hold who discovered that the name Enrique actually comes from Erik, making Enrique a clear descendant of the Vikings who originally discovered America. Very tan Vikings with thick black hair and gorgeous dark brown eyes.

is a very lucky man, Sister. Although we all obey our husbands in matters of culinary preference, I salute you as a brave woman in this case and hope that he appreciates you.

He certainly does - all of his ex girlfriends come in varying shades of brown, so he knows I'm a huge upgrade.

(He is extraordinarily handsome, by the way - I really loved the engagement photos. So unconventional!)

Umm, I was not aware that these pictures were already circulating - I meant to photoshop out some of his family members - especially his mother, grandmother, and sisters, who insist on wearing these funny clothes and stupid hats!

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Who wants to try my chili?

Umm, I was not aware that these pictures were already circulating - I meant to photoshop out some of his family members!

Whoops! The person who circulated them presumably didn't realize. I won't embarrass her husband by naming her. We did wonder about some of the women, and concluded that they were probably from a passing traveling carnival.

[Basilissa]

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Whoops! The person who circulated them presumably didn't realize. I won't embarrass her husband by naming her. We did wonder about some of the women, and concluded that they were probably from a passing traveling carnival.

Well, at least for this occasion they wore new clothes, their every day clothes look even weirder. The grandmother refuses to speak in Spanish and insists she only knows the local Aymara language. It must be some weird Viking custom, I suppose.