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Hi C-H's,
D. Walls wrote:
>I am trying to get a Chili Pepper forum started on www.GardenWeb.com..........
>.......... I'm not wanting to detract any attention away from the 
>chile-heads digest - that's the last thing I want to do.
>
>...............If there was a chile pepper forum, you could go straight to it.

Can anyone spot a logical error in the above?

>So if you would like to see a chile pepper forum..........

You're looking at it.


RE: Extracting from habaneros with ethanol:
>Double boil it .......................
>There is some good heat in there, but not overpowering.

The reason for the lack of pungency is that you boiled it at 
approximately 80°C. (The boiling point of pure ethanol is ~78°C). In 
doing so you lost a lot of the volatile capsaicins. You need to use 
either a vacuum evaporator or let the ethanol evaporate slowly at 
room temp. by leaving it under a shelf (to keep dust out while still 
allowing air circulation) for several days or weeks.
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                      Regards,               Cameron.

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