So you soak WHOLE japs in the brine overnight, drain, then pickle/can them?

I just pickled them whole and my 100% beaner wife can't eat them. Maybe the brine cuts the heat.

Like you said Jap heat is hit or miss. I read hot ones come from struggling plants. It really suks making a batch of atomic buffalo turds that come out too hot to eat and then other times they aren't hot at all.