Gawd, Just Finished A Home Made Chilli Con Carne

[Tilly2]

I overdid it with the crushed chillies. Will my sinuses survive?

[Tilly2]

Shoota, white wine spritzers, chilli con carne and a glass of milk seems like a recipe for throwing up to me.

Not even semi skimmed, Daisy.

[Old_Geezer]

They'll survive and your tubes will be all the better for a good clear out.

Enjoy.

[shoota]

If you don't/won't drink milk, what do you put on your sugar puffs?

[Tilly2]

Thanks, OG. My tubes have settled. I'm fine now.

[Tilly2]

Shoota, water. On my porridge.

Milk, yeuk, yeuk, yeuk!

[jno]

milk or bread are the best things to calm the frazzled mouth.

Was it a Trinidad moruga scorpion?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_moruga_scorpion

[Tilly2]

Nah, jno. Just a handful of crushed dried chilies. (Is it one 'l' or two?)

[seadogg]

Those little piri piri chilli peppers need careful handling too.

[shoota]

Chillies

[Psybbo]

Shoota, where have you just come back from?

[Tilly2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper

Confusing, or what?

[Old_Geezer]

Er... you just finished it at 9pm. Come back and tell us tomorrow that your tubes are settled and fine ;-)

[jno]

my OED and Chambers both give chilli as the lead spelling. OED says chili is American. From the Nahuatl.

[Tilly2]

Seadog, how can something so small be so powerful?

[Tilly2]

OG, By 9.30pm my tubes had settled. We finished eating at 9.00pm.

I think I will survive!

[shoota]

Everywhere and nowhere baby, that's where I'm at.....

(Lancashire actually - leaking roof problems...)

[shoota]

There may be a sting in the tail tomorrow Till....

[shoota]

jno knows y'know.
Chili is Yankspeak.

[Tilly2]

' Chille-Chille-hassenpfeffer-catch-an-Allan-Bogen-by-the-sea.

[seadogg]

Don't know the botanical reason Tilly but small peppers are invariably hotter than large ones. The dried peppers I use are about 10 mm long and are best handled with a latex glove in case the fingers touch the eye afterwards. One, minus the seeds, is plenty and combines well with turmeric, cumin etc. to make a good curry.