Originally Posted by Julie Bove[_2_]

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!