Lately the Internet has come alive with images of pepper pods that transcend the bounds of common decency. Some unscrupulous people are actually posting them in their blogs to drive more traffic! Imagine! John Perea of Hot Rod Pickles (yes, a real company name) sent me the image to the left of a tumescent pod that I call “Horny Jalapeño.” Then there are the images of the pods that women love the most, the infamous ‘Peter Peppers’, and they are flushed red with excitement. Notice that they are in the hands of a person of the male persuasion. I’m not sure if that’s gay or not. And finally, my very own co-author and close friend, Dr. Paul Boland, a highly decorated Regent’s Professor at New Mexico State University, insisted, over my vehement protests, that we publish a photo of an immature–but precocious–‘Peter Pepper’ in our new tome, The Complete Chile Pepper Book. The world is going to hell in a garden basket!