[Aidy]

12 Jalapeno peppers
8 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 whole lime
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 tbs. salt
1/2 tbs. onion powder
1/2 tbs. garlic powder
Cut the Jalapenos in half and remove seeds. Squeeze juice from lime and combine hot peppers and all other ingredients in blender and chop. Now put them on high speed to blend all ingredients together. Store in an a wide mouth jar and store in the fridge.

[GrannieAnnie]

Thanks for these 2 Aidy, don't have the right chillies, but will try what I've got as substitutes.

[GrannieAnnie]

Some people say thta chillies are hottest when they are green, and others that they are hotter when they are ripe and turn red.  Which is right?  I don't have to wait until they are red do I before I can use them?  

I mean, with sweet peppers you get green orange red and yellow.

[Heather_S]

red-ripe is hottest. No you don't have to wait to use them, there's lots of recipes out there for green jalapenos and it's a similar situtation to the green peppers vs yellow/red/orange peppers.

[Aidy]

Generally speaking red is hotter, the missconception is that the seeds are the hottest part so by removing them cools the chilli down, it is whats known as the ambilical (pith) which contains the highest amount of capsaicin so by removing the seeds you also remove the pith. Now then as I said on another thread, its not just about heat, flavour is important and so if the recipe calls for red and green use both, like most fruit it taste will differ between ripe and unripe.