"W. Watson" wrote in message
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Rich McCormack wrote:


Old Nick wrote:

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:59:22 GMT, Rich McCormack
vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:
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chilli, chile, chili. all the same thing.


Chilli and chili are spelling variations of the word for the spicy
meat stew. Chile is the spelling of the word for one of the
ingredients in chili. Frankly, I don't care which spelling variations
one uses when describing the stew or it's ingredients...unless it
might cause confusion. In the original post, it was mentioned...

someone recommended eating a strong dose of 'hot' chilli before going on
the water


as a seasickness preventative. I speculated that the recommendation
might have meant a strong dose of chile, the ingredient, rather than
chilli, the stew. Made more sense to me, since chile (again, the
ingredient) has medicinal properties, the relief of gastrointestinal
problems being one of them.

I really mean it when I say I don't care how one spells the word for
the stew or the ingredient. When I make my version of the spicy meat
stew called chili, chilli, or whatever, I call it My Chile...

http://home.pacbell.net/macknet/mychile.html

The author uses the word chili. The man who recommends the 'cure' talks
about huge pots of chili that were used to feed soldiers on his LST (WWII
landing craft). The author mentions he ordered a "a big bowl of chili" at
the restaurant. He also orders some hot sauce to go with it. The chili
included beans, and "it was full of the best darned meat". BTW, the author
was 6' 4" and 320 pounds in his early 20s, which is the time of the
incident.


Hmmm, strange. We can assume that the author is, indeed, referring to the
meat stew "Chili" (or chilli, whatever) rather than just a mouth-searing
dose of hot chiles. I could not imagine that a belly full of greasy meat,
beans, tomato sauce and sundry other things would actually dissuade
seasickness. On the other hand, I know from experience that a flaming bowl
of hot hot chili does wonders for a hangover...

I suppose the combined medicinal effects of the chiles and the garlic might
play a role. Its a pretty western thing to try and distill out what the
medicinal ingredient is and just dose up on that. Presonally, I think eating
a bowl of chili beforehand might be more fun than forcing down a mouthful of
chiles and garlic between heaves. If it didn't work, it would provide a
much better visual.

Food for thought....

--riverman