"bigwheel" > wrote in message
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>
> 'Julie Bove[_2_ Wrote:
>> ;1870806']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!
>
> Not sure why the heat would go down hill so fast. Know habs in a pot of
> beans will dissipate over night in the ice box. Major trouble with japs
> is finding some that are hot to start with. They breeding them mild
> since the yups discovered the things. Green peppers are well known
> flavor killers. Maybe that was part of the culprit. Kindly keeps us
> posted if you get it figured out. Thanks.

The green pepper was a typo. Should have said green onion. These are the
first I've had in a while that had any heat. I still have two in the fridge
and I think they're still good.