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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sialia" data-source="post: 1183019" data-attributes="member: 1025"><p><strong>the results are in . . .</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: red">Ok, so if I'd told you all what I was really up to to begin with, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: red">I'd have been shipped off to the Meta cave.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red">I'm just as glad I didn't, because in addition to getting what I wanted, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red">I got a whole bunch of new ideas for other fun projects.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red">Anyway, the results are in.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: darkorange">"</span><span style="color: red">Curiously Strong Salsa" just won third prize at my company's annual </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red">Salsa taste off. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: red">There were 15 entries, of which I think mine was about the <em>second</em> hottest.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">It was pretty wild stuff. LOTSA garlic, lotsa roasted red peppers and </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">about 6 types of chilis, including a dash of chipotle and some thai peppers, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">but mostly roasted red and green serranos, which I love beyond all reason. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">It was the sort of sweet, salty salsa that burns your lips and tongue, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">fills your sinuses with sensation, and then slips away without ripping up </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">your throat, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">leaving behind a long lingering finish with a whiff of smoke, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">and then, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">a few moments after you've swallowed it, </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">you start thinking that </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">another chipful would be a really <em>really</em> good idea. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange">Which is exactly the effect that I wanted.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: yellow">I didn't win the prize for best presentation, but I certainly did get </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: yellow">a lot of complements on the box and the name.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: lemonchiffon"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Many thanks for all your suggestions. </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I may find uses for more of them--I never waste anything if I can help it.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: white">Sending you all kisses with lips of fire. . . </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: blue">Sialia</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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