On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:39:32 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> "jmcquown" > wrote:
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>> Smoked meat is one thing, but "smoked veggies" just sounds gross to me.
>
>Yeah. I'm not a chipotle fan, but the rest of the family is. Our usual
>split pea soup has chipotles in it.

Stephan Pyles recommends lightly smoking veggies intended for sauces
in his New Tastes of Texas cookbook. I've done it a time or two.
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modom