Seattle's Top 5 Jalapeno Poppers

Just like Judy's.

See this? This is what a jalapeno popper should look like. Most Americans--and Seattleites are no different--fail to realize this, because American poppers typically come coated in a fried jalapeno skin, and yield a scalding burst of cream cheese which, nine times out of ten, burns the shit out of the roof of your mouth.

But the popper in this portrait, popularized locally in 1979 by a View Ridge nurse named Judy Field before an ultra-exclusive neighborhood event known as "The Fritz of July," does exist in Seattle, and served as the standard in our quest for Seattle's best jalapeno popper.