James Silverton said...

> 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?


Yep. I knew that. It's often mentioned on food programs. The other mention is
to prep with latex gloves. My ex once diced up some for a dish and the next
day she put in her contact lenses and her eyes caught FIRE! She tried another
pair and the same thing. We finally figured out the jalapeno oil in her
fingers didn't just get washed off with a casual soap rinse!!! She was lucky
it caused no eye injury but there was plenty of pain. Lucky it wasn't a
habanero!

Andy
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