You will be surprised: whether your chili pepper is hot or sweet depends on how you cut it. If you want your pasta to be less hot, then take a whole pepper and cut it not across, but lengthwise, cutting off thin long strips on the sides and trying not to disturb with your knife the inner membranes where the seeds are. They contain capsaicin - a substance with a burning taste. Do not be afraid, try it - the taste of the pepper will be sweet, slightly hot. And now you can even bet for money that you will eat chili whole and not cry