[Sca-cooks] re:long peppers, etc.

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

Phlip suggests:
>Well, it may be that YOU can't taste anything but the capsaicin, but that's 
>not necessarily true of the rest of us ;-) 

there are some flavors taht people are genetically able to taste or not.

I wonder if the chili family is one of those? I swear I dont taste anything but nasty bitter burn 
when I eat most "hot" foods. And I think I have a pretty refined palate and am not afraid of strong 
flavors, no way, not me! :) 

even "not that hot" stuff is unpleasant. I often will have to ask the waiter "how hot is 
this?" "oh, not that hot". "hmm" say I. "not hot for you, or not hot for me, seattle white girl 
that i am?" 9 times out of ten they'll recommend another dish ;)

I know the judicious application of a bit of capseicum can really augment flavors (paprika, say?) 
and I'm todl that theres chilis ot there that are sweet rather than hot, but I have to admit being 
a chicken.

so I wonder if some folks are just more sensitive to the nuances of the chilis than others?

-_AM