"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 10/5/2013 12:13 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 21:05:22 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> So my question now is... What would make them lose their heat? I
>>> bought
>>> some, making sure to get the ugly ones with the brown, crack looking
>>> stuff
>>> on the outside. Intended to put three in my pico de gallo but they were
>>> so
>>> hot, I feared that would be overkill. Wound up putting maybe 2.5 in and
>>> very few of the seeds. No real recipe. Just threw it all together.
>>> Tomatoes, white pepper, green pepper (proportionally more than the
>>> white),
>>> lots of cilantro, little salt and pepper and the juice of three limes.
>>> 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.
>>
>> -sw
>>
> I'd say she burned her taste buds with the first taste.

No. It wasn't hot on the two subsequent days that I ate it either.