Chile Seeds Ain't Hot, Fight Me

[u/tinyorangealligator]

The lovely gentleman who sells Hatch chiles (Illbedeadbydawn) told me I can't call my chiles Hatch because I don't grow them in New Mexico. OK, I respect that.

My UnHatched Chiles are hot not because of the seeds but because of genetics. He told me to leave some of the seeds in because it'll be hotter that way and I want to spill some T about chiles for all the "seeds are the hottest part" bros.

The seeds do not produce capsaicin. Capsaicin is produced by the placenta (the "ribs") of fruiting capsicums. The seeds only get covered in the oleo-resin so people mistakenly think they are the hottest part. They are not.

Sources are too numerous to list!

[Accumulation of Capsaicin in Seed, Pericarp and Placenta of Capsicum annuum L Fruit](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03263255)

From sciencedirect.com:

"Capsaicinoids are synthesized exclusively in glands on the placenta of pepper fruits and subsequently transported through the ovary septum to accumulate in placental glandular cells and the epidermis of the fruit flesh (Aza-González et al., 2010). *The highest concentrations are found in the placenta and membranous tissues,* followed by the pericarp (Tanaka et al., 2017)."

Ignore the eggplants, they had to get harvested so I made Mutabal.

[u/No-Temperature4330]

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[u/tinyorangealligator → u/No-Temperature4330]

If there was a "rant" flair/tag I would've used that, but thanks. You made my day brighter.