Dan wrote on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:30:07 -0700:

>> 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 thought that when a recipe called for deseeding, that
> meant to remove everything except the flesh.

> Not that the fresh jalapenos I've bought the last few years
> have much heat, anyway.

Seeds themselves are the easiest thing to remove and that's all some
people do. The hotness of jalapenos seems very variable but even
cubanelles are too hot for some people while others boast that they like
to chew on jalapenos.
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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