Re: [CH] Heat factor
Frank J. Hashek (pepperking@mindspring.com)
Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:27:09 -0500
Try: The Pepper Garden, by Dave DeWitt, perhaps written with a co-conspirator.
Peace and chiles, Frank
>Subject: Re: [CH] Heat factor
>Sender: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
>Reply-To: Allen L Marshall <crataegus@yhc.edu>
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>>From: IEATCHILES <IEATCHILES@aol.com>
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>>(Paraphrased)
>>Air temperature is partly responsible for how hot chile peppers are. Peppers
>>grown at temps between 86 and 95 degrees Farenheit contain 2 times the
>>capsaicin as those grown between 59 and 72.
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>Does this snippet mention if other factors were constant, like day length?
>What were the night temperatures? (Details! Details! I demand details!)
>If it's from a newspaper article, then I doubt any of this stuff would be
>mentioned. I thought it might be worth a shot to ask about it, though.
>I'm sure I'm not the only one pondering devices to raise the temperatures
>around chile plants.
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>Brain: Pinky! Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
>Pinky: I think so, Brain, but how are we going to eat a relleno twice the
>size of your head in one night?
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