Jalapeños (This Year)

Flint · 09-03-2007, 11:11 AM

Must be all the rain we've had in Texas, but the freakin' Jalapeños are huge, over an inch in diameter (on average). Biggest I've ever seen, to my recollection. And, contrary to my assumption that smaller peppers are hotter, these big boys are also big on heat. My wife explained that the longer they grow, they hotter they get (she's half-Brazillian, she snacked on whole Jalapeños when she was knee-high to a grasshopper).

We roasted some of these, whole on the grill, and they became challenge peppers (IE, Think you can eat this whole thing?) ...

Question: why do roasted peppers get hotter?

09-03-2007, 11:11 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Jalapeños (This Year) Must be all the rain we've had in Texas, but the freakin' Jalapeños are huge, over an inch in diameter (on average). Biggest I've ever seen, to my recollection. And, contrary to my assumption that smaller peppers are hotter, these big boys are also big on heat. My wife explained that the longer they grow, they hotter they get (she's half-Brazillian, she snacked on whole Jalapeños when she was knee-high to a grasshopper). We roasted some of these, whole on the grill, and they became challenge peppers (IE, Think you can eat this whole thing?) ... Question: why do roasted peppers get hotter? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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