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Spiciness (lemmy.world)
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[–] 29 points 2 months ago (14 children)

I will never forgive the companies that purposefully make jalapenos less spicy. Like they actually grow them to be less spicy just 'cause the specific USians can't handle it. Fucking insane.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I remember going to America for the first time ordering Mexican food that was absolutely load with Jalapenos and I was like "oh no, I'm in danger" then I bit into one and it just didn't do anything??? Was wondering if my mouth has just broken or something lol

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I, on the other hand decided to grow my own jalapeños a few years back. I thought it would be cool to grow scorpion peppers, too.

    The scorpion peppers were dehydrated to be added to dishes sparingly to rapidly increase the spice without changing much flavor.

    Did you know that scorpion peppers and jalapeños cross-pollinate? Those were some of the hottest jalapeños I have ever had in my life.

    5/7 would do again.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    While peppers are prolific cross-pollinators, you don't see the results of that in the original fruit. If you grow a habanero and a jalapeno next to each other, the fruit they produce will be exactly what you would expect from an ordinary jalapeno and an ordinary habanero. If you save the seeds, however, and grow the F1 hybrid it will be a mix of the two parents phenotypes. It won't look exactly like either parent, and will be some combination of the two in flavor.

    If the original fruit you got from the jalapeno was different than you expected it could have been a hybrid itself, or it could have been growing conditions encouraged a spicier flavor.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    That's not why. It's because jalapenos are used in a lot of packaged food, and they need a uniform level of spiciness for that food. It's easier for them to start with a bland pepper then add a specific amount of capcacin to bring up the spice to the required level. If they rely on cultivated jalapenos that are spicy, there's a range of heat depending on growing conditions, etc.

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