Peter Aitken wrote:

> "Frogleg" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:26:27 GMT, "Dimitri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"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?
>>
>> >A spicy stew which uses any variety of capsicum either in fresh or
> powdered
>> >form.
>>
>> Amen. As I recently posted in another group, chile/chilli/chilie
>> discussions have been the longest wrangles in usenet history.
>> Dimitri's definition covers it nicely.
>
> I am not sure this definition is any good. It would include many Hungarian
> dishes that use paprika, Spanish dishes that use smoked, dried, powdered
> peppers, etc. It would also include a lot of Chinese dishes, particularly
> those from Szechuan and Hunam. I can't offer anything better, though.
>
> Peter G. Aitken

Well, to be precise, Dimitri's definition said "*A* spicy stew...", not
"*Any* spicy stew...".

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