Powder Stems vs No Stems

[Jobu]

No stems, but as other have stated, I leave the seeds.

 

[ArkansasJack]

No stems here but leave the seeds in. The pole speaks for itself.............

 

[ms1476]

No stems, no seeds. They can bitter the powder. To each their own though, taste is a subjective experience.

 

[Bhut_Trolokia]

I don't eat fresh stems, so if i would make powder out of dried chilies, i'd remove the stems.
The seeds i would leave in, it just makes the powder hotter.

 

[Datil]

Always remove stems before for both a good spliff and powder
I also remove the majority of the seeds (i dont care to leave a couple seeds but a remove all i can with a fast hand processing).
 
Cya
 
Datil

 

[Gotrox]

No stems, but seeds?
 
Powders out, sauces mostly in.
Typically, I leave about 1/2 in a seedy pepper, all in a sparsely seeded one.

 

[Conjurer]

For the record, my opinion is that stems not only have no appreciable flavor, texture, or heat to contribute, they produce an inferior taste, even in a powder product.
 
I use dried peppers and remove every stem by hand. That's pulled, not cut; I remove the entire stem. I'm sure there are people who are faster at this task but it takes me 3 hours to de-stem 8 lbs. of dried whole peppers and my back hates me for a day or so afterward.
 
PLEASE HELP!: If there is a cost-effective, easier &/or faster way to de-stem dried whole peppers than just pulling each one off, I am all ears - or eyes, as it were. 
 

Thanks, THP folk!
 

 

[buddy]

I have never used stems in anything that I've ever made - and, I try to de-seed everything.

 

[charlesquik]

I have never used stems in anything that I've ever made - and, I try to de-seed everything.

 
I deseed for my sauce but you should keep seep in powder because this is where heat is

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

 
I deseed for my sauce but you should keep seep in powder because this is where heat is

The heat is not in the seeds but in the placenta.