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Market Report June 28, 2009 Taste of Chicago is starting this weekend. It’s a great place if you like crowds of people, so-so food and long lines to get it. If the weather stays hot & humid like it is today, you can also expect to see problems related to the heat. The Taste is not my cup of tea, and my wife is especially against going because of the crowds. Some people love the taste and others not so much, either way, it kills my downtown business & snarls traffic. They should only do it for 5 days more... |
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What am I? Originally from Malaysia, I grow in clusters on a small evergreen tree. While several of my relatives have smooth or moderately bumpy skin I am wild, out of control. Maybe that way you’ll leave me alone. But no such luck for me. Though I try to portray a hedgehog to discourage you I am plucked from my family. My yellowish-brown shell is split open to reveal a white translucent pulp. I even grow a seed in my center in hopes of being passed by but to no avail. You just cannot seem to get enough of my super sweet flesh. more... Last week's answer | ||
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Ask the produce man What is the hottest chili pepper? Red Savina Habanero is believed to be the hottest chili pepper. This pepper originated in 1994 in the U.S.A. This pepper is twice as hot as your average orange habanero and 65 times hotter than the hottest jalapeno chile pepper. |