Guess you've never tried jalapeno frosting then.

MMMMM mmmm...Them's good eatin!

Errr... BigK.... I was talking about KETCHUP! Your personal life is your business and, from my perspective, that was WAY TMI.

I tried to wrap my mind around M&M curry, but it went:MrEEk::crosseyedcrazy::crosseyedcrazy::crosseyedcrazy::MrEEk:.

tl

So was I

You WERE not.

I guess that's something you'd want to eat when you're both frosted AND hot?

tl

lol t&l. Chilli and lime chocolate is great though.

OK, I'll bite (but in a non-tasting sort of way). Where on earth did you find a recipe for THAT, or are you just making that up, metaphorically and/or literally?

tl

Chocolate is a traditional addition to chilli con carne. I tell you, the taste of chilli and lime mixed with chocolate is out of this world delicious. There is a WONDERFUL chocolate maker here who makes chilli and lime chocolates, along with other WONDERFUL handmade chocolates. They are to DIE FOR. Each one is a taste sensation.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I guess I must not have been paying attention when THAT tradition was passed out. I've never heard of it before. Are you sure it isn't another-side-of-the-world tradition? And is it served with a side of curry gingerbread house?

tl

Sounds to me like they are more to DIE FROM!! But I never have been a particularly adventurous eater. I found what I liked early on, and didn't branch too fat out in any direction. It's worked OK so far!!

tl

Actually, that should have read "too far", but "fat" isn't that inaccurate either. I'd say "pleasingly plump" except that it doesn't please ME. On the plus side, at 60, a little extra pudge DOES fluff out a few of the wrinkles...

tl

Obviously you've never had mole in Mexico.

Never had rodent anywhere! :MrEEk: Are Mexican moles superior to North American moles? Are they anything like gophers? We've got LOTS of those...

tl

P.S. I take it back. Guaca moles are tasty, but hard to catch.

Izzat like possum?

You mean whack-a-mole? The kids play that at He-who-must-not-be-named's place (CEC is it's initials).

Seriously, my mil made mole for my wedding dinner.

It was the only thing she didn't get around to teaching me how to make.

(sniff)

I miss her.

Squirrel perhaps?

Look. The issue was chocolate and chili - together. If the Mexicans choose to make it out of blind rodents...well...that's their business. It's still darn good! Heck even Walmart sells it now (at least the sauce).

Peace offering:

Subject: Warning for Yankees
WARNING Issued By The Southern Tourism Bureau To All Visiting Yankees

1) Don't order steak at the Waffle House. They serve breakfast 24 hours day, so let them cook something they know.

2) Don't laugh at southern peoples’ names. (Merleen, Bodie, Gertrude, Joe Boy, Sudie, Luther Ray, Tammy Ann, Mari Beth, Billy Bob etc.) These people have been known to whup a man's butt for less.

3) Don't order a bottle of pop or a can of soda. This can lead to a beating. Down south it’s called Coke. It don't make a darn whether it's Pepsi, 7-Up or whatever else; it’s a Coke.

4) Don't show allegiance to any college football team that isn't in the SEC. (Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, etc.) All the others are just a bunch of pansies that play teams like Wyoming.

5) Don't refer to Southerners as a bunch of hillbillies. We know our heritage. Most of us are more literate than you (e.g. Welty, Williams, Faulkner). We are also better educated and generally lots nicer. We have plenty of business sense (e.g. Fred Smith of Fed Ex, Turner Broadcasting, MCI Worldcom, MTV, Netscape). Naturally, we do sometimes have a small lapse in judgment (e.g. Clinton, Fordice, Duke). We don't care if you think we are dumb, because we will whup your butt.

6) We are fully aware of how high the humidity is, so shut the heck up, spend your money, and get the heck out of here.

7) Don't order wheat toast at Cracker Barrel. Everyone will instantly know that you're from Ohio. Eat your biscuits like God intended and don't put sugar on your grits.

8) Don't fake a southern accent. This will incite a riot.

9) Don't talk about how much better things are at home because we don't give a darn. If you don't like it here, take your butt home.

10) We don't play lacrosse, hockey, or any of those other sissy northern games. So don't come down here asking the score because we don't give a darn.

11) We know how to speak proper English. We talk this way because we want to and because we can. We don't care if you don't understand what we are saying. All other southerners do understand what we are saying and that's all that matters. Now, go home.

12) Last but not least. DO NOT come down here trying to tell us how to make Bar-B-Q. This will get your butt shot. You're lucky we let you come down here. Question our Bar-B-Q and go home in a pine box.