Exactly. Is this not a regular occurrence to people?

I don’t keep track, but I’d guess more than 30% of the time.

Anyway, it’s not like this is actually the seeds germinating. It’s something like the baby orange in a navel orange.

Try it. We’ve done it before, and it often yields a bit more than the average we’ve seen. Down in south Texas

Maybe the inner pepper will grow an even more inner pepper, and then you will have infinite peppers