On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:52:33 -0400, Peggy
> wrote:

>We've recently heard about chile verdi on this list. There's chile with
>beans, turkey chile, cashew chile, vegetarian chile, etc. What,
>exactly, defines something as a chile?

An enlongated country in South America.

Chili (or chilli) is a stew or soup whos predominant flavor comes from
chiles.

-sw