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Janet Wilder[_1_] Janet Wilder[_1_] is offline
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James Silverton wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> There was a recipe in r.f.cooking today using jalapenos where we were
> instructed to remove the seeds. That might achieve a particular level of
> hotness but I wonder if people realize that much of the heat is
> contained in the internal pith and ribs?
>


I always remove the seeds *and* the membranes then rinse the peppers. I
have very, very little tolerance for capsicum-based heat.

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