HarryLime [any]@hexbear.net to food@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoApparently there's been a Big Ag conspiracy to make Jalapeno peppers less spicy and it's workingwww.dmagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1129cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanscooking@mander.xyzhotpeppers@discuss.tchncs.defood@hexbear.nethumanities@beehaw.org
arrow-up1129external-linkApparently there's been a Big Ag conspiracy to make Jalapeno peppers less spicy and it's workingwww.dmagazine.comHarryLime [any]@hexbear.net to food@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanscooking@mander.xyzhotpeppers@discuss.tchncs.defood@hexbear.nethumanities@beehaw.org
minus-squareYearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·1 year agoIts not so people who can’t handle spice can eat more, it’s so that companies making industrial quantities of salsa, etc. can get a more consistent spice level but the same jalapeno flavor by using a mild pepper and adding capsaicin as needed Which isn’t to say its good or normal, shit sucks
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoThen just use bell peppers and add more capsaicin
minus-squarenat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year agoBell peppers don’t really taste like jalapenos, they lack any of the grassy jalapeno flavor
minus-squareOwl [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agothen use bell peppers and grass
minus-squarePoison_Ivy [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoWhite people do anything to avoid adding spice
minus-squareDessa [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhy use bell peppers? Use bells and peppercorns
minus-squareYearOfTheCommieDesktop [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agobut then they cant legally tell people it has jalapeno in it, nor do they probably taste the same. Could probably get it pretty close though I admit
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoJust put one piece in
minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoswindled consumers when they realize they finally found the one piece in their adulterated salsa
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agocapsaicin extracts have a hideous chemical flavor, it’s better to just use peppers at the level you want
Its not so people who can’t handle spice can eat more, it’s so that companies making industrial quantities of salsa, etc. can get a more consistent spice level but the same jalapeno flavor by using a mild pepper and adding capsaicin as needed
Which isn’t to say its good or normal, shit sucks
Then just use bell peppers and add more capsaicin
Bell peppers don’t really taste like jalapenos, they lack any of the grassy jalapeno flavor
then use bell peppers and grass
White people do anything to avoid adding spice
Why use bell peppers? Use bells and peppercorns
but then they cant legally tell people it has jalapeno in it, nor do they probably taste the same. Could probably get it pretty close though I admit
Just put one piece in
One piece?
swindled consumers when they realize they finally found the one piece in their adulterated salsa
capsaicin extracts have a hideous chemical flavor, it’s better to just use peppers at the level you want
Damn!