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Julie Bove[_2_]

"Whirled Peas" > wrote in message
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> On 10/04/2013 10:12 PM, Robert wrote:
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> news >>>> On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 21:05:22 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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> The
>>>>> stuff was so bitey hot as I first stirred it together that I
>>>>> couldn't eat
>>>>> it! I let it sit for about an hour then retasted. No heat. No
>>>>> heat at
>>>>> all! What happened? I put a goodly portion on my black beans but
>>>>> they were
>>>>> seasoned only with salt so the end result was boring. Amd finishing
>>>>> it all
>>>>> tonight but stirred some Jalapeno Tabasco in with the beans. Perfect!
>>>>
>>>> Nothing makes them lose their heat once prepared. You're
>>>> hallucinating.
>>>
>>> Not hallucinating and I see that I made a typo. I put in green onion.
>>> Not pepper. I do know that heat as in oven/stove heat will bring out
>>> the heat in the peppers. My MIL warned me of this! I was making my
>>> espinaca con queso and it tasted fine to me when I first put in the
>>> peppers but after it had sat for a few minutes on the heat, aye
>>> Chihuahua! The males in my husband's family loved it though. They
>>> are heat seekers.
>>>
>>> Could it be that chilling could lessen the heat? Or could it have to
>>> do with the lime juice?
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>>
>> Did you leave it unattended? Could one of those heat seekers have added
>> more?
>>
>>
>> Robert
> I'm with Julie on this. I make my own salsa and put in lots of chiles,
> including 6 serranos and 4 habaneros, diced and unseeded. I cook it for 30
> minutes to reduce the liquid, cool and store in the refrigerator. Like
> Julie, right after it's finished cooking, it has plenty of spiciness, but
> the next day it becomes very mild. I don't know what's happening either.

Thanks!