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Default Jalapeno Conspiracy

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:19:35 -0600, Jack Schmidling >
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>> I've said over the past few years that the jalapeņos taste like
>> concentrated Bell peppers.

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>> I believe it is a conspiracy.

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>Thank you. I have been reading this thread (which I started) for a week
>and tasting jalapenos from the garden and the supermarket.
>
>They are everything that has been said about them.... about the nicest
>pepper on earth but they are not hot anymore.
>
>They, like everything else, have been dumbed down for the mushbrained
>masses.
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>If I come across a hot one, I will save the seeds and try to re-culture
>them.
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>We have been screwed again by those who "know" what we should like....
>Wonder bread, Bud, chicken breast and now sweet jalapenos
>

Jack, did the TAM jalapeno come up in the discussion? I've read only
about half the posts in this thread and haven't noticed it's being
mentioned. An agricultural scientist at Texas A&M developed a mild
jalapeno for the salsa industry, which wanted to market mild versions
of salsa to us gringos. I'm on record that this is rather like
developing a strain of slow race horses or tall dachshunds, but few
with power ever listen to me. Anyhow, I'm wondering if your jalapenos
might not be TAM hybrids.

Me, I switched to serranos.
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