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My Favorite Chile story My Favorite Chile story involves a good friend (also the President of the Local Chile growers association) who'd prefer to remain anonymous (for obvious reasons...)
He is a big strong South African farmer that has been growing some of the finest chilies in the country, and prides himself that he oversees the very labor intensive harvesting of his lands himself. Because the During the most recent harvest, he was in the field with his workers, proudly wandering around and merrily inspecting the crop of Peri-Peri's ( African Birds Eye) Chiles, picking a chile here and there breaking them open to check the insides ( he farms organic and needs to check for pests) , and tossing the remains back into the field when nature called.. Forgetting that he had been handling Peri-Peri's all morning, he found the closest tree, and did the necessary.... when he started to burn, where normally one shouldn't burn.... He later told me “We we're about a mile away from the house, but it was the quickest mile I've ever run in my life!" "What did you do when you got into the house?” I asked, as I'm always curious to learn new rescue remedies against the burn. "Well,” he said, "I ran straight into the kitchen and opened the fridge..... And there in front of me was the glass milk jug, covered with a fresh milk cloth ..." "And then?” I curiously asked... "And then I just opened my zipper and let it swim" He sheepishly confessed... Since then I've never drunk milk from an open jug again...And the vision of this big bulky farmer with his jewels in the milk jug has been humoring me ever since... With kindest regards, kris 9/13/2006 7:00:54 PM
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