Travis McGee > wrote:
> On 5/24/2014 9:34 PM, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>> On 2014-05-23 19:40:05 +0000, Tara said:
>>
>>> Kroger has jars of pickled jalapeño slices labeled "no heat". Shaking my
>>> head ...
>>>
>>> Tara
>>
>> Probably they were the waste product left over after chemical extraction
>> of "natural flavor." There are lots of waste products like that on the
>> market these days, including (I suspect) the largely flavorless butter
>> that is the norm at the supermarket now. Where does "natural butter
>> flavor" come from? Ask your local dairy!
>>
>
> I believe that Texas A&M was (and probably still is) involved in the
> breeding of less-hot jalapenos. They are not a waste product.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAM_Mild_Jalape%C3%B1o

While I believe that there are low-heat jalapeños, I do not think their
existence invalidates my suspicion that certain no-heat *CANNED* jalapeños
are in fact the waste left over after extraction of so-called "natural
flavor."