Americans, Brits & Food

Originally posted by RJHinds
Herbert W. Armstrong of the Worldwide Church of God wrote a book called
"The United States and Britain in Prophecy" in which he gives evidence for
his theory that the descendants of Ephraim and Menasseh established the
United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
fulfilled the prophecies and blessings given to Jacob's son Joseph a ...[text shortened]... and the flag represents something of importance to me, especially
on this Thanksgiving Day.

Sir,
This deserves a separate thread.
Any Biblical references for this one?
Or any other reference apart from Mr Armstrong?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
yes i know this thing, that corruption is endemic and it usually hurts the very poorest.
I have seen the rickshaw wala have his whole days wages taken by the policeman as a
kind of tax, he shall take a cut, pass it to his superior, he shall take a percentage and
pass it up the line. Its the Indian cotton farmers and the unprecedented rate of ...[text shortened]... it India but have no plans, the people I have found to be the most
hospitable I have ever met.

Yes, that is why the cops don't get any respect here.

I just heard that the farmer suicides in India reached 1.25 million. The banks have had a hand in this by giving them loans with impossible interest rates and then asking "collection agents" (read goons) to collect the loans.

Originally posted by shahenshah
Sir,
This deserves a separate thread.
Any Biblical references for this one?
Or any other reference apart from Mr Armstrong?

If you are really interested here is a link to the book you can read
and another link with a different opinion.

http://www.thetrumpet.com/?page=book&b=44

http://www.gci.org/prophecy/usb

Originally posted by RJHinds
If you are really interested here is a link to the book you can read
and another link with a different opinion.

http://www.thetrumpet.com/?page=book&b=44

http://www.gci.org/prophecy/usb

Thanks

Originally posted by RJHinds
Our national flag is much older than 50 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States

As usual you show your gross ignorance.
The current USA flag dates from July 4th 1960.

The current UK flag dates from 1st january 1801.

Originally posted by RJHinds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZuvUWJRRbc

P.S. Happy Thanksgiving!

Wrong dude (Robbie Carrobie)
He's a JW, they dont celebrate holidays,not even birthdays 🙁

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i]Originally posted by Suzianne[/i]
BTUs? Really? British Thermal Units? Really?

I think you mean Scoville units.

I am not aware of what BTU is an acronym for,as I do believe it is an acronym (but I may be wrong), but I do not thats that how they measure the the "hotness" of a chilli.
As I said what most people consider a really hot chilli is usually only about 15-20 btu's
where as the hottest ones are upto (or even more in some cases) 10 times as hot!!

Originally posted by shahenshah
Okay guys, Happy Thanksgiving.
In India, we have McDonalds, Coke, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dominos, Pizza Hut, Christmas and Easter is firmly established (regardless of your religion). On our Independence day, after the regular parade,etc we would watch some Bollywood patriotic movie. But of recent years, we have had to watch "Independence day" starring ...[text shortened]... freedom.

I am sure, Thanksgiving will also be adopted... it's global, pop culture thing.

Not to mention every one loves an extra day off work😀

Originally posted by karoly aczel
I am not aware of what BTU is an acronym for,as I do believe it is an acronym (but I may be wrong), but I do not thats that how they measure the the "hotness" of a chilli.
As I said what most people consider a really hot chilli is usually only about 15-20 btu's
where as the hottest ones are upto (or even more in some cases) 10 times as hot!!

Suzianne is right. I have learned from my wife to listen to women on
such matters.

Originally posted by RJHinds
Suzianne is right. I have learned from my wife to listen to women on
such matters.

I hope you're implying that I am wrong here (?)
I dont know why you would, there is nothing "evolutionary" about it .🙂

Originally posted by karoly aczel
How many BTU's are we talking here?
(A fairly hot Jalepeno chilli is about 15 BTU's (if I remember correctly),which many consider a fairly hot chilli, where some chillis can be 100+ BTU's !! ouch!!)

The British Thermal Unit is not used to measure the intensity of the burn of a pepper. It is measured in Scoville units and specifically, the amount of capsaicin is what is taken into account.

That part I knew, but, I googled to find you a link (supplied below) and what I just learned is, the Bhut Jolokia Chili is about the same intensity as most government grade pepper sprays!

What that tells me is, not that the Bhut Jolokia is really intense, but that the gov't used pepper spray is WAY more dangerous than I thought. Liquid bhut jolokia in the eyes? That would be enough to take down a dinasour.

Even the quite tame (by wiki standards) serrano pepper is enough to make some people's mouth and lips blister. The Bhut Jolokia is about 65 times hotter! YIKES. It sure seems that it could do damage to the eyes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

[i]Originally posted by sumydid....shortened...
The Bhut Jolokia is about 65 times hotter! YIKES. It sure seems that it could do damage to the eyes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale[/b]

Hot, spicy food will certainly wake you up! heh heh

Originally posted by shahenshah
I thought the degree to which a chilli was hot was the amount of tears, sweat or in my case hiccups produced.

I didn't know the "hotness" of a chill could be measured but it seems it can.
I found the below link....

It seems that the Bhut Jolokia is the hottest.

http://thecookingfrogblog.com/2010/12/03/hot-chili-peppers-get-your-btus/

I do not know if you know that there are two especially hot varieties of Chili, called Lavangi Mirchi and Byadgi Mirchi. Mirchi is the Marathi word for Chili, Mirch being the Hindi word. Both these varieties are small. The pods of Lavangi are about 3 to 4 mm in diameter and 3 to 4 cm in length. Byadgi Mirchi is bigger than Lavangi Mirchi, but not much. These are grown in the western and southern states of India. Best used when it is green,freshly picked from the plant. However,the pods are also used after sun-drying, after which the pods turn red. The red pods lose some of the fiendishly hot flavour but the red colour is a good decoration to the curry. I request all RHP posters to try green chili pickle as a seasoning to any food item. They will never go back to Tabasco or any other sauce.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
yes i know this thing, that corruption is endemic and it usually hurts the very poorest.
I have seen the rickshaw wala have his whole days wages taken by the policeman as a
kind of tax, he shall take a cut, pass it to his superior, he shall take a percentage and
pass it up the line. Its the Indian cotton farmers and the unprecedented rate of ...[text shortened]... it India but have no plans, the people I have found to be the most
hospitable I have ever met.

You are most welcome ! The winter season is THE season for tourists !

Originally posted by rvsakhadeo
I do not know if you know that there are two especially hot varieties of Chili, called Lavangi Mirchi and Byadgi Mirchi. Mirchi is the Marathi word for Chili, Mirch being the Hindi word. Both these varieties are small. The pods of Lavangi are about 3 to 4 mm in diameter and 3 to 4 cm in length. Byadgi Mirchi is bigger than Lavangi Mirchi, but not much. Th ...[text shortened]... i pickle as a seasoning to any food item. They will never go back to Tabasco or any other sauce.

Hallo Sir,
I wasn't aware of these two varieties, but I shall definitely try them!!

I haven't seen you posting for quite some time?