# Please tell me: why did I buy crispy jalapeños on Amazon?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 3, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-did-i-buy-crispy-jalapenos-on-amazon/1012511 "2025-01-03T07:40:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-did-i-buy-crispy-jalapenos-on-amazon/1012511/21 "2025-01-17T03:01:30Z")

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deliciously superfluous

Like _tasty_ donuts  
_fresh_ fish

The “hotness” of all (chill) peppers not-so-ironically comes from how sunny, dry and hot they were grown in. “Crispy” really should describe anything outside pea territory where mushy is allowed.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-did-i-buy-crispy-jalapenos-on-amazon/1012511/22 "2025-01-17T05:11:44Z")

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I put em on salads instead of croutons. Also sandwiches.

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