Jack Schmidling wrote:
William Wagner wrote:


http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penze...sjalapeno.html


That's interesting but I have never tasted ground and dried jalapeno. I
am surprised to learn that it should be hotter than Cayenne.

However, I have also lost faith in Penseys. Their Cayenne varies all
over the map. The same type will be very mild in one order and very hot
in the next.

This can not be a function of age as we have compared two different lots
at the same time and in general terms, it takes twice as much of one to
get the same heat. Or a wet finger tip full varies from very mild to
very hot.

js

I don't think I would accept their assessment of dried jalapenos. I
dried them and powdered them for several years to use as an additive for
"Southwestern" bread. Never found them to be even close to as hot as
cayenne. YMMV

George