Any Hot pepper works. according to Richard Schulze in "Curing with Cayenne" page 119 IMO, however cayenne does have properties others don't (that we know about)
Ed Kasper LAc. Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist Acupuncture is a jab well done www.HappyHerbalist.com Santa Cruz, CA. -----Original Message----- From: M. G. Devour [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 7:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Tabasco peppers... Yumm. Sounds good, Dennis. I miss gardening. Haven't done so since I was about 14. Remember the question I was asking was whether the tabasco sauce many folks would have in the cupboard would be useful first aid for a heart attack, as is reported about cayenne pepper. It's not cayenne but frutescens. One can assume, or use whatever's at hand, I suppose, but we don't know for sure. Anything would be better than nothing? What about other hot sauces? Be well, Mike D. > Mike, > I grow "chili" peppers every year to be dried an ground up and the pods > look like the tabasco variety but the plant is not as big or bushy. They > are about a foot high with about 50 pods per plant. There is some good > info and pictures at Pepper Profile: Capsicum Frutescens > <http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/profile_frutescens.html> According to > this site, the species name "frutescens" means shrubby or bushy. Dennis > > M. G. Devour wrote: > > >Well, I got an answer to my question about the peppers used in Tabasco > >sauce. Don't know exactly what it means, though... > > > >Mike D. > > > >------- Forwarded message follows ------- > >To: "M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Simple ingredient question... > >From: "Whats Cooking" <[email protected]> > >Date sent: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:33:25 -0500 > > > >Thank you for your email of recent date. No, TABASCO(R) Peppers are > >Capsicum frutescens, TABASCO(R) variety. Cayenne peppers are Capsicum > >annum. Thank you for your interest in our company and our products. > > > > > >"M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> > >08/31/2006 07:59 AM > > > >To: [email protected] > > > >Subject: Simple ingredient question... > > > > > >Are the peppers you use a variety of cayenne, or some other pepper > >entirely? > > > >Be well, > > > >Mike D. > > > >------- End of forwarded message ------- > > > >[Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > >[[email protected] ] > >[Speaking only for myself... ] > > > > > >-- > >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > > >The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ]
