-=> On 08-04-08 11:05, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt <=-

 RN> Maybe those green peppers in the Papa John's pizza boxes are
 RN> habanero peppers. All I know is they sure burn my lips and that
 RN> isn't a rumor.

no, as stated before, they are banana peppers pickled in hot vinegar...
that vinegar is most likely made from soaking red pepper flakes in
vinegar and then being strained... it is very similar to what my dad
makes from chinese red chilies and vinegar but i can definitely say that
they are not jalepenos or habeneros... i've had burns from raw habbies
before when mixing marinade for beef jerky... i know what that feels
like as well as having grown my own J's and H's... my recent drops of
african hot peppers are between those two but quite different, too...
milk and bread won't help you for these suckers... some peppers are
water hot while others are oil hot... those that are water hot can be
cooled with things like milk and water and even breads... however, oily
hot peppers cannot be... why? because the fluids spread the oils over
our mouth and other surfaces and actually intensify the euphoria effect
you get from the burning sensation... the only "fix" for oily hot
peppers is starches like breads or crackers and even then, only certain
ones...

)\/(ark

... I _DO_ know everything. I just can't remember most of it.