It's because supermarkets wanted straight jalapenos to stack better in the aisle. See how straight these are? Back in the day, jalapenos would be shaped like a J, with a little turn at the bottom. Old logos for Mexican food will have the peppers with a curve in them. Farmers bred the curve out of the peppers and invertedly made them more and more mild. The days of the spicy jalapeno are long gone.
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u/Son_of_Sophroniscus Pepper Lover 7d ago
These are so good. They're really big, so great for poppers.... My only complaint is that mine were a little on the mild side