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"Some like it Hot" A Hot Pepper that is

“Some like it Hot” A Hot Pepper that is

By Joan McDaniel                   

Remember that great American comedy about an all-girl band? The Movie Some like it Hot was made during the 1950’s.  It was released in 1959, directed by Billy Wilder and featured Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft and Marilyn Monroe.

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It had a great cast with Marilyn playing the Hot part. Well I’m not going to talk about that movie, nor about its great all-star cast -- I’m going to talk food, of course, and this hot is about the Hot Pepper. 

In an attempt to replace my addiction to a high sugar, high carb diet, I began to look to herbs and spices as a replacement.  I started by growing my own herbs and began to experiment with the dried Korean red chili pepper.  I found it didn’t kill me and it tasted rather nice.  So I decided to plant and grow my own pepper.  I went to the same Asian Market where I had gotten the dried pepper and found they also were selling pepper plants. I asked for a “hot pepper plant”.  With a broken English response, the owner said “No, You no want Hot Pepper plant” and he pointed to the milder “Medium Hot pepper plant”. 

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I bought the plants, put them in the ground and have enjoyed the summer eating my fresh peppers right from my own garden.  Thank Goodness I didn’t get the Hot Pepper for the Pepper I did get is hot enough. If these peppers are medium then what is considered Hot? I decided to do some research and found out what hot really means in the Hot Pepper World.

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