"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:46:05 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> Jebediah Kornworthy wrote:
>>
>>> Here is my thought. I want to buy some whole Chipotle
>>> peppers
>>> and devain and deseed them myself. Since the peppers are dried I was
>>> wondering if there is any special tips or advice I could garner? Do
>>> you
>>> devain and deseed them dry or do you rehydrate them? I don't want to
>>> rehydrate them myself. Maybe a small knife or X-ACTO knife?
>>
>> Won't work. When the peppers are dried the heat is throughout the chile.
>> You can only tame them when perfectly fresh.
>>
>> -sw
>
> i don't want to argue with your experience, but maybe the capsaicins
> migrate first to the veins (which are typically removed when de-seeding).
>
> at any rate, it goes against the advice of many, many food writers that
> de-seeding dried peppers has no effect on heat. i think.
>
> your pal,
> blake

during the smoking the peppers absorb a pretty good amount of heat. Of
course the seeds are still hot .
When I make Chipotles, I take them off when they are still pliable. I
found some recently that I put up in a zip lock bag .