November 8, 2008 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Toledo, OH
Posts: 1,821
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Can you actually taste them?
A lady I work with brought in some hot peppers she labeled "Italian Roasters" this summer. I took one home and cut off a tiny piece or two to taste. Suckers were hot enough I could not taste the flavor. No doubt there are much hotter peppers out there but if I can't taste the flavor then what's the point? Except for using in salsa, chili or other dishes to give it some heat, I can't imagine people actually enjoy eating hot peppers (by themselves). It was probably too hot even for something like rellenos.
So I'm curious, is this just my taste buds? Can you hot pepper people really taste these hot things??? Wow. At least I met my recommened daily intake of water that day. Needless to say I did NOT taste anymore of that hot pepper. Guess I'll have to stick to sweet peppers & jalapenos, even though I'm not fond of the taste of jalapenos. Jeff |
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