View Single Post
  #1   Report Post  
Old 16-07-2007, 03:15 PM posted to rec.food.preserving,rec.food,cooking,rec.gardens
Jack Schmidling[_1_] Jack Schmidling[_1_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Jul 2006
Posts: 86
Default Jalapeno Conspiracy

What has happened to jalapeno peppers?

The ones in the supermarket more often than not taste like bell peppers.
I have noticed this over the past few years and it seems to be getting
worse with time. We used to get a dudd now and then but now we rarely
find a hot one.

The solution of course, is to grow them ourselves. Well guess what?

The ones from the garden shops have the same problem so we started
growing our own from seed. Well, guess what again?

This year's jalapenos grown from seeds advertised as hot are perfectly
sweet. We sampled three different plants from different areas of the
garden and they are all the same.

Any thoughts?

js

--
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: http://schmidling.com/pow.htm
Astronomy, Beer, Cheese, Fiber,Gems, Sausage,Silver http://schmidling.com