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RetuenOfDevsman posted...

It varies depending on a couple of factors. Pickled ones all tend to be mostly but not entirely mild, but on the fresh side of things they can be anywhere from essentially bell peppers to I'd say about 70% or so of a haba.

If you buy the same brand/from the same grocer, they tend to have roughly the same level of spiciness, so it must be related to breeding or watering or something like that.

Anyway, yeah, they're definitely the shallow end of the spiciness spectrum, but a lot of people can't even handle those.

To add to this, a lot of the heat with jalapenos are in the seeds so if you cut out all the seeds, there's even less heat.

Mistere_Man posted...

I do, but to be fair my extreme is probably another persons wuss level.

And there's nothing wrong with that. Spice is relative so what heat level you can handle shouldn't be a competition.

Mistere_Man posted...

Oh I am not fond of ghost pepper things, but only because they always seem to have this bad barbecue flavor to them for some reason. It could be from the roasting, but I just really dont like that flavor. The heat is hot, but I like good taste with my heat if that makes any sense.

Ghost peppers do have smokey notes to them which might be brought out by roasting them. Idk I've never roasted ghost peppers but that could be the bbq flavor you're getting.