BARRY’ NIKIFORUK: displays one 2 of the many tasty chile peppers he imports and distributes :
through Oie Mole, his home-based business. Call him at 925-3105 ¢ or e-mail to intrport@cafe. net .

range:

ide.much f his product. Right n now he distributes j just
in’ Canada.’ The, main‘ ‘target ‘of the business 'is mail- ‘
order. His : chile! pepper. products are also available. °
locally at Herbs. and Things at Park Royal. .: ;
The hottest pepper is the Habanero, rated at 100,000

to.300,000 Scoville Units (the Scoville scale was con- °.

vie

eocted by.a pharmacist ‘named Herbert. Scoville).
They:are so hot in fact if.you take a real, real small.

inouthful, some people will actually experience a tem-. «

porary deafness. I've had it happen.”

By: way, ‘of “comparison, the“ ‘Jalapeno is: rated”,

2,500 and: 5,000 Scoville Units.~ The: best
Habaneros’ come’: from. the Yucatan ° Peninsula. -The
” min B.C... ;

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There’ 5, SO0 much variety. There are about 1 1700. differ-

ent types of chiles:

He sells: those most commonty used in North
_ America. Some are smoked with banana leaves. Some

“are smoked with mesquite wood or pecan wood from . |

pecan orchards.

'. Nikiforuk. works with his wife Arlene i in the busi-.’

“ness.
‘What benefits has he realized by: going the home-
based business route?.“f can’t say. stress levels are

‘down, it's'a different type of stress because you are

resfonsible for everything. It's nice to.be able to have
the freedom to do what you want in terms of hours. The

* disadvantage i is you have to be an expert in everything .
and I've never met anybody yet in small business who’
is that.” He had to learn about computers for example. ©

- Yet. Nikiforuk‘is happy to no longer be a cog in a
bigger machine, yoked to the bidding of others.

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