No
there is no way on God's green earth that YOU think they are.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 17:11, 1 reply)

No.
Bushcricket is completely correct. They are called 'mild' by the Scoville scale, therefore they are no spicier than cheddar or or bus tickets.


_{Hint: Bushcricket is a mong.}
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 19:44, closed)

Bushcricket may well be a mong
but if someone finds something hot, it's hot.

And I refer you to my post above re the merits of the scoville scale.

Wait, I am properly confused now...who's a what in this conversation?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 1 Jun 2011, 19:54, closed)

Isn't there a certain amount of a particular, burny ingredient that I can't really spell...
Capsicum? Capsaicin? that determines the old hotness of them there chillies? IE I don't think that scale is complete rubbish. Maybe.

Really though, you just build up a tolerance to spice the more you eat. And for the purposes of comparing chillies to other chillies, Jalapenos are pretty mild compared to others. If you couldn't compare them, and someone wanted to start on spicy foods, and you just said 'oh, they're all HOT! Eat THIS!' and gave him a naga, you'd probably kill them. Best to start on something 'relatively' mild, like a green pepper. I mean, Jalapeno.
( SigmaX0 Dear Die Hard. You rock!, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 8:11, closed)

Absolutely
That's my point. Jalepeno's may well be 'relatively' mild. And there is nothing wrong with a scale measuring them against one another so you know what to expect, but if someone has a Jalepeno and finds it too hot for them, it's hot on absolute terms for them and for anyone to clain otherwise is either ignorance or obstinance.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 8:58, closed)