is it Chilihead of Chilehead?

[thakswet]

I've been seeing this each and every way...but which one would be considered to be correct (so to say).

I think Chilihead is a chili eating nut and Chilehead is a hot sauce nut.

toughts?

[bubbaschili]

i cook chili and my bumpersticker on the back of my car says im a casi chilihead. :banghead:

[willard3]

Chili is the gemish with red beans and hamburg, chile is the fruit of the chile plant.

[tinner666]

I thought chile was a country without a Capitol. :twisted:

[P_Schneider]

Chili = the dish you eat
Chile = the pepper / the country

So while that is the offical line I've seen both words used both ways in print. I think both are acceptable.

[DEFCON Creator]

So I guess Chilly-peppers are ones you left in the fridge? :rolleyes:

[MSK]

"The Red Hot Chilly Peppers"!

I love their music :roll:

[willard3]

Further on this subject:

The English names chile or chilli are borrowed from N�huatl (native Mexican), where the plant's name chilli allegedly derived from a root meaning �red�.

There is considerable zeal in the discussion whether the spice should be called chile, chili or chilli in English. The form chilli is probably closest to the N�huatl original, and it is the preferred form among historically minded USians and in Australia. The word chili has come to mean almost exclusively the Tex-Mex-food chili con carne in the USA, but is used for the spice in British English. The variant chilly (also the adverb of chill) has become obsolete; it bears connotations to the British Colonial Era and sometimes appears in brand names of products that go back to the first half of the 20.th century. Lastly, chile is the name of the spice in contemporary Mexican Spanish, and it is also quite popular in the USA. To make things worse, chiles are often referred to as peppers in English, which is of course a never-ending source of culinarily fatal misunderstandings.

[Cap'n Bones]

Say Whaaaat!OMG! The word chilly is obsolete?! I must be going nuts. Try running around the block in 24" of snow while only wearing your skivies and I think that you'll find that the word chilly still holds a place in the English language.

[DEFCON Creator]

Oh yes, speaking of 2 feet of snow, we got it Sunday, and yes, it's chilly!

[sweatnspice]

It's more slushy then chilly now

[Tina Brooks]

I look out the window and see slush too. The weather forecaster says -15 celcius this weekend... You lot don't know from chilly!

As for what to call the hot pepper fan, my short answer is:

Chile is a country and Chili is a food. And my style of English being somewhat obsolete vis-a-vis American English anyway, (mostly because I'm Canadian -- which archaically used to mean British), I say Chilihead.

Short of everyone learning to speak Aztec, and because I think everyone pretty much pronounces it the same way verbally, I personally think how one writes it is a matter of choice.

To be a smart aleck and to add even more confusion to the mix, in French, it's Acro de Piment; and guess what... we coined that term. haha

Add that to your pipe and smoke it.

T

[LBTC]

Would any of you get upset if I told you it was high 80's low 90's here last weekend? 8)

[Tina Brooks]

Well now... seeing as how I'm an official hot sauce reviewer and I have YOUR sauces up on the line to review... (Tried the 8 pepper the other night on sushi grade red tuna)... I might get upset over that fact. Except that I'm feeling exceptionally generous, having just come back from a month on the beach in the Bahamas.

Here's where I stayed:

http://www.pepperfire.ca/images/archer_cottage.jpg

Here's the back yard:

http://www.pepperfire.ca/images/south_palmetto_point.jpg

:)

There. I feel much better now, I'm not upset at all.

T

[DEFCON Creator]

HEY! How do you attach pics?

[Tina Brooks]

use "blah blah" tags.

[Cap'n Bones]

OOH NOO!Images to go along with the Creators verbage! We are in lots of trouble folks...

[Tina Brooks]

I gather you think that telling John how to add pics to his posts is a bad idea??? :shock:

[Cap'n Bones]

The answer to your question Tina remains to be seen. oops..no pun intended :wink:

[DEFCON Creator]

http://www.defconsauces.com/Creator%20pics%20004.jpg

Testing 1...2...3...,
AHHHH, I feel as if I have been reborn!

[Tina Brooks]

OMG... I was afraid of that.

Reborn, H E double hockey sticks... I've unleashed a monster!

T

[bubbaschili]

thank you in advance for the nightmares i will have tonight

[sweatnspice]

This one scares me more (probably the kid too)
http://www.hotsauceblog.com/images/Defcon/Gate5.jpg

[bubbaschili]

are you kidding me?? look at that kid hes dumping a load in terror as we speak :shock:

[DEFCON Creator]

A Load of Terror, now that's funny! :lol:

[Tina Brooks]

John, step away from the baby!

T

[Cap'n Bones]

That's not a baby! Its an ompa lompa from the Creators lair. :D

[Tina Brooks]

An oompa loompa you say... Well, alrighty then.

[willard3]

Say Whaaaat!OMG! The word chilly is obsolete?! I must be going nuts. Try running around the block in 24" of snow while only wearing your skivies and I think that you'll find that the word chilly still holds a place in the English language.

You know, I thought tha same of chilly....never heard it.

The info was from a Brittish website and I expect they don't speak 'Merican.

[bubbaschili]

well i guess we will have to agree to disagree but im sorry if your running around in your skiveys(sorry about the spelling) in 24" of snow...that my friend is not chilly
thats fn cold

[Cap'n Bones]

Here's a pic of the Cap'n and my old pal Chilly Willy chillin on a beach in Baja a few years back. http://capefearpeppercompany.com/images/chillywilly.jpg

Chilehead and Chillyhead!!

[Tina Brooks]

Those look like Peppermaster Raspberry Daquiris you're drinking.

T

[Hephaestos]

Those look like Peppermaster Raspberry Daquiris you're drinking.

T

OK...gotta ask...WTF is a peppermaster Raspberry Daquiris?

[Cap'n Bones]

It's a girlie man drink...I wasn't gonna go there...thanks for asking!

[Tina Brooks]

Girly man h e double hockey sticks.

It's 1 part blue agave tequila and 1 part Peppermaster Raspberries in heat served over ice.

Although I suppose if you put it into crushed ice, decorated it with a sprig of mint and a paper umbrella, it could become a girly drink.

T

[Hephaestos]

Girly man h e double hockey sticks.

It's 1 part blue agave tequila and 1 part Peppermaster Raspberries in heat served over ice.

Although I suppose if you put it into crushed ice, decorated it with a sprig of mint and a paper umbrella, it could become a girly drink.

T

I like the raspberries in heat...good on crackers with cream cheese...never thought of a drink...you and your blue agave...might as well be Johnny Walker Blue! cause i can't affor that either! lol! :roll:

[Cap'n Bones]

The Cap'n has never had the opp to try any Peppermaster products...maybe one day the postman will deliver me some :wink:

[Hephaestos]

The Cap'n has never had the opp to try any Peppermaster products...maybe one day the postman will deliver me some :wink:

I've been impressed with everything I've tried so far...

[Tina Brooks]

I'm not above making trades, Cap.

T

[Cap'n Bones]

I'm not above making trades, Cap.

T

Hmmmm...I was thinkin along the lines of a freebie..butt... if it's a trade you want, I'd be up for it. I'll pm you soon to work out a few details.
Cap'n

[Hephaestos]

I'm not above making trades, Cap.

T

Hmmmm...I was thinkin along the lines of a freebie..butt... if it's a trade you want, I'd be up for it. I'll pm you soon to work out a few details.
Cap'n

I'd be up for that too!

[Tina Brooks]

Chuck, we're trading hot sauce.