Jalapeños (This Year)

Flint · 09-03-2007, 11:11 AM

Must be all the rain we've had in Texas, but the freakin' Jalapeños are huge, over an inch in diameter (on average). Biggest I've ever seen, to my recollection. And, contrary to my assumption that smaller peppers are hotter, these big boys are also big on heat. My wife explained that the longer they grow, they hotter they get (she's half-Brazillian, she snacked on whole Jalapeños when she was knee-high to a grasshopper).

We roasted some of these, whole on the grill, and they became challenge peppers (IE, Think you can eat this whole thing?) ...

Question: why do roasted peppers get hotter?

wolf · 09-03-2007, 11:13 AM

Perhaps the wimpier oils and water get evaporated out of them?

orthodoc · 09-03-2007, 11:18 AM

Maybe there's some chemical change?
Here in western PA our jalapenos are small and wimpy this year - presumably due to the severe drought.

Flint · 09-03-2007, 11:23 AM

I'm assuming it's something similar to the reason that cooked fish tastes "fishy" while raw fish doesn't. The heat breaks something down.

orthodoc · 09-03-2007, 11:37 AM

Sort of like what cold does to the starch in cooked potatoes (ok, maybe not exactly like ...). If you refrigerate cooked potatoes the chemical bonds in the starch change to a form that our bodies can't break down, and all the food value is lost. On the other hand, I suppose that must mean they lose their caloric value ...?? Maybe we can devise calorie-free french fries ...

lumberjim · 09-03-2007, 12:10 PM

o-lean?

and while youre at it, figure out why horseradish loses its heat when you cook it....and onions....and garlic.

smurfalicious · 09-04-2007, 12:09 AM

i dunno, it could be the vodka, but i think i just read this:

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Must be all the rain we've had in Texas, but the freakin' cocks are huge, over an inch in diameter (on average). Biggest I've ever seen, to my recollection. And, contrary to my assumption that smaller cocks are hotter, these big boys are also big on heat. My wife explained that the longer [the] cocks grow, they hotter [the] cocks get (she's half-Brazillian, she snacked on whole cocks when she was knee-high to a grasshopper).

We roasted some of these cocks, whole on the grill, and they became challenge cocks (IE, Think you can eat this whole cock?) ...

Cicero · 09-04-2007, 11:55 AM

We are experiencing a surplus of Chili's and Jalapenos right now. The more you cut the more they grow. My mouth is constantly on fire now. I'm going to start bringing them in to work. Hopefully people will take them.

I'm going to salt and roast them for Fiesta on Friday!

I actually think that roasting them makes them less hot Flint. More edible.The size of the pepper is usually an indicator of how hot it will be.

Well I think that's right...it's my first pepper growing season.

bluecuracao · 09-04-2007, 03:10 PM

Oh, I wish I worked with you. I'd gladly take the chiles off your hands.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-05-2007, 02:12 AM

Time to start making more New Mex style bowl-o-red. It's largely chile puree, mild chilis mainly and some hot guys in to throttle it up.

09-03-2007, 11:11 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Jalapeños (This Year) Must be all the rain we've had in Texas, but the freakin' Jalapeños are huge, over an inch in diameter (on average). Biggest I've ever seen, to my recollection. And, contrary to my assumption that smaller peppers are hotter, these big boys are also big on heat. My wife explained that the longer they grow, they hotter they get (she's half-Brazillian, she snacked on whole Jalapeños when she was knee-high to a grasshopper). We roasted some of these, whole on the grill, and they became challenge peppers (IE, Think you can eat this whole thing?) ... Question: why do roasted peppers get hotter? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-03-2007, 11:13 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Perhaps the wimpier oils and water get evaporated out of them? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-03-2007, 11:18 AM	#3
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Maybe there's some chemical change? Here in western PA our jalapenos are small and wimpy this year - presumably due to the severe drought. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

09-03-2007, 11:23 AM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I'm assuming it's something similar to the reason that cooked fish tastes "fishy" while raw fish doesn't. The heat breaks something down. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-03-2007, 11:37 AM	#5
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Sort of like what cold does to the starch in cooked potatoes (ok, maybe not exactly like ...). If you refrigerate cooked potatoes the chemical bonds in the starch change to a form that our bodies can't break down, and all the food value is lost. On the other hand, I suppose that must mean they lose their caloric value ...?? Maybe we can devise calorie-free french fries ... __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

09-03-2007, 12:10 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	o-lean? and while youre at it, figure out why horseradish loses its heat when you cook it....and onions....and garlic. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-04-2007, 11:55 AM	#8
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	We are experiencing a surplus of Chili's and Jalapenos right now. The more you cut the more they grow. My mouth is constantly on fire now. I'm going to start bringing them in to work. Hopefully people will take them. I'm going to salt and roast them for Fiesta on Friday! I actually think that roasting them makes them less hot Flint. More edible.The size of the pepper is usually an indicator of how hot it will be. Well I think that's right...it's my first pepper growing season. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

09-04-2007, 03:10 PM	#9
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Oh, I wish I worked with you. I'd gladly take the chiles off your hands.

09-05-2007, 02:12 AM	#10
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Time to start making more New Mex style bowl-o-red. It's largely chile puree, mild chilis mainly and some hot guys in to throttle it up. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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