I’d just like to opine that anybody that puts jalapeno in anything to do with Thanksgiving food should be taken out in the back yard and beaten. ^#(^
OH! You just reminded me that I have fresh salsa in the fridge.
I see nothing wrong with adding jalapeno to the vast majority of things. But hey, some like it hot!
I like spicy foods (I eat a ton of chicken tikka masala), but I don’t like thanksgiving foods made spicy. One year my MIL put wasabi in the green bean casserole. What the hell!
Sorry, I’m with your MIL on this one. As long as the wasabi was disclosed in advance, it sounds great, and might have made green bean casserole tolerable.
My boys discovered Franks Red Hot Sauce earlier this year. They truly do put that sh^t on everything…including my Thanksgiving dinner. Arrgggh!
@STEM2017 One of my pet peeves is people dousing food with hot sauce or liberally sprinkling on salt BEFORE they’ve even tasted it. I do like Frank’s, though, on certain things like scrambled eggs.
@doschicos , I am with you on that one…Swedish people tend to douse their meals with ketchup. I was very insulted when one of our guests covered the chicken piccata I made with it 
Yikes! That’s appalling and would be difficult to watch. :-&
Note to self: If ever entertaining Swedes, hide the ketchup.
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Checking back in late - I see my cranberry-jalapeño jelly drew a reaction! It was sweet with a strong pepper flavor, but not at all hot. And it was an appetizer; the actual meal was very traditional. No hot sauce on the table!
I use an old-fashioned hand food grinder, and grind raw berries with cut-up apples (peeled) and oranges (not peeled), then add sugar to make a raw relish.>>>>>>>>
I commend you. Growing up I had a neighbor who made this but with nuts. I made it once using a food processor and got a so-so response, not a good enough response to persist. My mother loved this stuff and our neighbor always shared with Mom.