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Choosing poblano peppers by spiciness

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In my experience, poblano peppers range from "Are you sure this isn't a bell pepper?" all the way to "mild jalapeño." Is there any way to tell before purchase which kind it is?

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Unfortunately, no.

Even the same type of pepper grown in the same fields year after year will vary significantly in Scoville rating. The specific rain and temperature profiles will cause the majority of the variation.

The good news is that in any given market, the poblanos that you buy on Monday are likely to be from the same farm as the ones on Tuesday, so if you find one you like, you can be reasonably certain that you can buy more tomorrow.

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