"gregz" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>> eb.com...
>>> 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.
>
> When I cook sauce and add heat, cool or freeze, it losses heat.
>
> My bell jars of my dried habanero loose heat after a year or two, or more.
> I even add salt to keep dry.

Interesting! Thanks!