Billy Rose wrote:
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rachael simpson wrote:

Billy Rose wrote:
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Jack Schmidling wrote:

Billy Rose wrote:

My understanding is that taste buds do lose their sensitivity with aging
which explains why sometimes geezers some times like really funky foods.
That would be easy to test. According to that hypothesis, if I find a
hot one, younger folks should find it very hot. I can't tell the
difference between my rejects and bell peppers. My wife is 12 years
younger and agrees on all of our tasting judgments heat.

js
A mild ja-lap-pin-no? That's criminal. Mine gave me hiccups, a runny
nose and, beads of sweat on my forehead, just like they are supposed to.
that sounds like a *nice* jalapeno.....if they done me like that, I'd
still eat them. Sorry, billy, i have to agree with Jack on this one.
Jalapeno's haven't tasted hot to me in years. i can eat them like
pickles. never a tear, never a runny nose. there ain't no fun in eating
a hot pepper that ain't *HOT*. must be something different between here
and there.

To be on the safe side, I'm hedging my bet with an habanero.

yeah, they are *good* too! what ya think of cow-horns? my sis has grown
some this year that can rival a good cayenne or habanero. cow-horn
doesn't usually bother me, but these have been hot, bout like you
describe you jalapenos...they made my uncle run tears...