"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 22:50:21 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 20:00:33 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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>>>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:48:18 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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>>>>>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:10:47 -0800, sf > wrote:
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>>>>>>>>On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 06:14:15 +1100, Bruce >
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>>>>>>>>> Is it a toned down version for the western palate, replacing the
>>>>>>>>> chillies with "bell peppers"?
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>>>>>>>>I doubt it. Tomatoes originated in the New World, as did chilies.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know, but most Americans don't like their food very spicey, do
>>>>>>> they?
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>>>>>>Where did you get that idea from?
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>>>>> I thought white Americans would be like white English and Australians.
>>>>> Most of the ones I know look scared when I show them habanero chillies
>>>>> that I've grown.
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>>>>Hardly. Mexican food is commonly eaten here. Habaneras are not
>>>>commonly
>>>>eaten though. Jalapenos would be more common.
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>>> But jalapenos aren't spicy and habaneros are.
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>>They sure can be! I just ate some that were.
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> But were they spicy like a habanero or a bird's eye chilli?

They had a good heat to them. I would refer to that as heat and not spice.