Do people *really* think Jalapeños are "hot?"

[TheSlamma]

People in the midwest do.

This

You better be at least 50,000 on the scoville before you even start here, cayenne pepper is basically just table salt. NM and TX fool around even less.

 

[tcsenter]

I go through about one 12oz ~ 15oz jar of sliced (pickled) jalapenos every month and a half, not always the same brand. Plus, I buy a few fresh japs now and then to use in cooking. They are really variable. I've had some that made me wonder if there weren't some Serranos mixed in there.

 

[BoomerD]

I go through about one 12oz ~ 15oz jar of sliced (pickled) jalapenos every month and a half, not always the same brand. Plus, I buy a few fresh japs now and then to use in cooking. They are really variable. I've had some that made me wonder if there weren't some Serranos mixed in there.

But they look totally different...

About the only real similarity between jalapeno and serrano peppers is the color.

 

[zinfamous]

When freshly picked and raw I think they are.

Otherwise, average.

yes, they are quite variable.

 

[tcsenter]

But they look totally different...

Where the stem is attached to the pepper is different, and at different stages of development, the stem itself otherwise they look pretty similar.

 

[natto fire]

Probably the same amount of people that do not pronounce the word correctly. I grew some naga jolokia peppers when I lived in New Mexico, and even the hardcore spicy junkies admitted they were hot. Fun fact: it is not just the species of plant, but also the condition they grow in that triggers how much capsaicin to make. That is why the SHUs of many common peppers will vary.

 

[Red Squirrel]

They're hot, but I realize there's hotter out there, but typically not as easily obtainable. Hot peppers and Jalapenos are fairly standardly available everywhere as far as hot items go.

One of these days I'd like to try a ghost pepper. No idea where you find one of those though.

Though I find now that I have so many fillings in my teeth really hot foods hurt the teeth more than anything.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Peoples tolerances vary greatly. I know in this day and age that's not allowed, everyone has to think just like you, but it is true.

Personally I prefer the taste and heat of ghost peppers, but you can only handle so much of that at a time.

 

[natto fire]

I am curious what an unfunny skit that most people would close after 30 seconds has to do with jalapeños, though?

 

[BoomerD]

Where the stem is attached to the pepper is different, and at different stages of development, the stem itself otherwise they look pretty similar.

http://www.thekitchn.com/a-guide-to-common-hot-peppers-ingredient-intelligence-206412

 

[JulesMaximus]

I generally find them spicy enough. I don't want anything spicier than that quite frankly.

 

[DisturbedRamm]

i love jalapenos, just the right amount of heat and I put em almost everything I eat

 

[waggy]

They're highly variable. Some aren't hot at all, and others are pretty spicy. Not to the extent in the video, but they can be hot; especially to a midwesterner's palate. They consider salt, pepper, and onion highly spiced :^D

/this.

I have had some that were pretty spicy and others that were nothing.

Though they are the number one thing i eat with a cheeseburger.

 

[Doodoo]

Never thought they were hot until i grew them one year. Decided to make stuffed jalepenos and left a bunch of seeds in there since i like heat. Holy crap....made my lips numb.

 

[natto fire]

Never thought they were hot until i grew them one year. Decided to make stuffed jalepenos and left a bunch of seeds in there since i like heat. Holy crap....made my lips numb.

And another thing, Piperaceae only developed its capsaicin defense because asshole mammals were eating and digesting it's seeds. The capsaicin response is absent in most birds, which pass the seeds unharmed.

Chalk it up to another detractor of evolution denial, if that really needs to exist in your neck of the woods. (Ohio is pretty backwards, but at least we have accepted evolution is not satan, and are not trying to indoctrinate children with creationist tripe)

 

[dighn]

raw jalepeno with seeds is pretty damn hot to me. and i have a decent tolerance for spice.

 

[tcsenter]

Pretty similar, eh? The serrano looks like a slightly smaller jalapeno! Even the author of that article admits:

"I know I've accidentally purchased serranos instead of jalapeños and gotten a spicy surprise...."