On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:12:29 -0500, Janet Wilder wrote:

> 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.

careful, or they might boot your ass out of texas.

your pal,
blake