Oh, I forgot to mention I sampled one of my tabasco peppers this morning while "gleaning" some tomatoes. I walked by the plants, two of'em, loaded with yellowish-green peppers, and said to myself, "Ok myself, just take a tiny nip off the end of one of these little peppers to sample the heat...it's not really *that* far to the house and some cold to pour down your throat and swish around in your mouth". Well, I took a nip off of the tip, no seeds and.....nothing. Great taste, but no heat. Hmmm, I decide to take a bigger nip with some seeds. Still not much heat, but good taste. I ended up eating the entire pepper and only got a little bit of heat off of it. It had a great taste, though, but I'm confused...aren't tabsco peppers supposed to be hot???
....or, have the peppers been conspiring with the Cupids and Zipper Creams and the innocent looking sweet-taters???? Next time I pop a whole tabasco in my mouth will it suddenly explode into molten lava????
