- Jan 18, 2020
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In the past two or three years my taste buds seemed to have changed and what used to be very hot peppers started to be getting milder and milder.
My bacon wrapped brisket/cheese jalapenos began to remind me of stuffed bell peppers, great flavor but the burn was gone.
I wrote it off to 60 years of taste bud abuse pepper wise, but I just read an article explaining that ALL farmed jalapeno seed stocks have been selected to NOT be hot!!
The article explained that if you want peppers that burn, switching to serranos is the answer.
Seems that Americans don't like hot hot salsa, and since billions of dollars of profit are at stake, mild salsas (and jalapenos) are all that's needed, hence the change from hot to mild peppers getting grown.
I've got $40 worth of fresh organic non/gmo jalapenos on order, due to arrive in a week or so, and my fingers are crossed that they can burn my mouth.
My bacon wrapped brisket/cheese jalapenos began to remind me of stuffed bell peppers, great flavor but the burn was gone.
I wrote it off to 60 years of taste bud abuse pepper wise, but I just read an article explaining that ALL farmed jalapeno seed stocks have been selected to NOT be hot!!
The article explained that if you want peppers that burn, switching to serranos is the answer.
Seems that Americans don't like hot hot salsa, and since billions of dollars of profit are at stake, mild salsas (and jalapenos) are all that's needed, hence the change from hot to mild peppers getting grown.
I've got $40 worth of fresh organic non/gmo jalapenos on order, due to arrive in a week or so, and my fingers are crossed that they can burn my mouth.