A potential ‘anti-spice’ that could dial down the heat of fiery food

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• chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Really confused on the purpose for this. Pepper growers have a petty good handle on how to dial up/down the heat level of peppers (stress tends to increase the heat). We also have people breeding tons of new varieties of peppers with different shapes, colours, flavours, textures, and heat levels.

  Check this out:

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  These are habanada peppers. A variation on the habanero, they have no heat at all! Similar flavour but zero capsaicin, just like a sweet bell pepper.

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  • Goretantath@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I want spicy salsa, my mom cant handle spice. If this is what i think it is, i can just add it to hers and be happy.

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    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes! And you can mix and match with regular habaneros to tune your own spice level until it’s perfect. You can basically achieve any spice level between zero and full habanero by combining in different ratios!

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• Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fun fact: the Scoville heat unit basically measures the amount of sugar water it takes to mask the spiciness of a given pepper.

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  • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hmm, so they did find a use for homeopathy after all.

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• x00z@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Spicy food that isn’t spicy is exactly what we’ve all been waiting for. It’s all so clear now.

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  • rbn@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like spicy food and use so much pepper and chili that also my girlfriend got used to it. But when I cook for other folks I don’t know yet it’s sometimes hard to correctly estimate the appropriate amount to add. And if it tends to be too hot for someone, it’d be great to have an anti-spice to offer. Of course you can also add something creamy but that also changes the look, texture and taste.

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    • x00z@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So how have you been able to cook for others in the meanwhile?

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• ornery_chemist@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  and gey rid of my one kitchen crutch? absolutely not

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• smiletolerantly@awful.systems ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Isn’t that what Sichuan peppers do?

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• Default_Defect@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just eat some mints before the meal.

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