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Lefty Writer wrote: Small world! I went to high school in Odem. At the time, Odem was still dry (egad!), so we had to drive to Sinton if we wanted any "adult beverages."

I'm very familiar with Odem. I actually lived on a ranch between Mathis, Odem and Sinton.

Hey guys FYI, Chile Pequins and the Chiletepins from the chart are the same pepper. This is one of those cases in which a regional name gets used in place of the standard name.
I had an interesting experience one time while living near Sinton. I had shot a wild turkey. I decided to make some chicken fried turkey breasts. When I began to eat the meat, it was almost too hot to enjoy. I tried to figure out what was going on, because I had not added any spicy seasoning to the flour mixture. The only thing that I figured out was that the turkeys had been eating the wild chiletepins that were along the creek behind my house.

I used to work in the restaurant industry as a cook and trainer. I too have burned my eyes from putting in contacts with residual pepper oils on them. I learned a neat trick on how to get rid of the pepper oils from your hands. If you have access to anything made of stainless steel like a sink or faucet, while your are washing your hands, lather them up really good with soap and then rub your hands over the stainless steel. This reaction will eliminate most of the leftover pepper oils. FWIW, there are some restaurant supply stores that carry stainless steel bars for this purpose as well as the removal of onion and garlic smells from your hands.