On Jul 11, 10:12*pm, lil abner > wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:30:30 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
>
> >> Most store-bought jalapeños are mild. *Not just slightly hot, but mild
> >> like a bell pepper. *(I seek out the ones with cracks in the skins, they
> >> often have a little heat.) *So I started buying serranos, but they are
> >> not really hot either now. *Yesterday I bought a handful of little Thai
> >> peppers thinking at least they would be hot. *Well, some of them are,
> >> barely.
>
> >> This is starting to **** me off.
>
> > I think you have a problem with your hot-receptors. *As far as I
> > know there is no mild serrano or thai bird - and no drastic
> > changes in growing conditions.
>
> > I have not noticed any heat reduction in either of those peppers
> > and I use each of them almost weekly. *I've heard this from
> > several people here (not the first for you), but I just think
> > you're taste buds are wearing out.
>
> > For the record, I have probably decreased my hot pepper/sauce
> > consumption slightly, while others usually increase it to maintain
> > the same level of heat they're used to.
>
> > Have you tried giving one of those hot peppers to someone who
> > doesn't eat hot stuff and have them try it? *That should be your
> > next step.
>
> > -sw
>
> They breed and grow shippers now days. Low on substance high on
> appearance. Like the empty flavorless cardboard California strawberries
> that smell somewhat good but you would have to chase me down to get me
> to eat one.


The strawberries my grandmother used to grow were good, really sweet
right off the vine. The ones the grocery store sells look prettier,
but they need to be macerated in sugar for about six hours just to
make them taste vaguely like strawberries. I'd hate to see hot peppers
going the way of strawberries (and tomatoes, cantaloupes, etc).
Marzetti's has a pickled, "hot" pepper that used to be a lot hotter
than it is now. I thought it was just me getting used to them, or
maybe it was a seasonal thing, but now I'm not sure. It's like The
Borg are taking over the produce department, replacing items with
other, identical items, "assimilating" them. They look the same, but
they're not the same.