Kathryn, you could settle a discussion I had with my wife, Barbara. We ordered some spaghetti with mushroom sauce, normally quite mild, but the chef had a heavy hand with the hot peppers and it was scorching our mouths. We had taken it home and did not want to make a trip to return it, and it did taste good. I had read somewhere that hot peppers like that were healthy and killed bacteria. She thinks I am wrong. What is your opinion? Ken B