You put the chile pods directly over a flame and burn the skin. Then you
wrap them in kitchen towel for half an hour. Put under stream of water and
peel off the burned skin. The chile will be untouched by the burn.
See Rolly's post.

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> In talking to a Mexican lady about how to prepare stuffed Poblano
> peppers , she mentioned preparing the peppers by sweating them.
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> Not wanting to appear too dumb , I didn't ask what sweating actually
> is. I thought it was something like steaming them.
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> Can anyone tell me what 'SWEATING PEPPERS' actuall is ?
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> Gracias.