Posted on 10/05/2021 1:57:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
India’s hottest chilli, the bhut jolokia, is 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce and can induce breathing difficulties in diners. In 2007, it was declared the spiciest chilli in the world, a title it held for four years. In July it was exported to Britain for the first time.
Its heat is so ferocious that Indian villagers use it to keep wild elephants away by smearing it across walls and fences. Bhut jolokia has even been used by the Indian military in smoke grenades, and in pepper sprays for self-defence. It was the first pepper to reach 1 million units on the Scoville scale, which measures a chilli’s pungency, although it has since been surpassed by the Carolina Reaper and the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion.
Bhut jolokia, which means Bhutanese pepper, is also known as the “ghost pepper”, Naga chilli or Raja Mircha. Grown mainly in the states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur, it has a distinctive, pungent smell and has been used in meat dishes for centuries.
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Not a chance.
I’ve eaten “hot” food in the UK.
Taco Bell is much spicier.
I have the ghost pepper sea salt. I was told when they are making it the workers wear gas masks.
I like it a lot.
Brits are among the biggest bunch of pussies in the world. The snowflake capital is the UK. No way they could handle a green pepper. Much less a ghost pepper.
Pay wall. No thanks
Try a peri peri pepper.
I can’t handle heat at that level.
I am so old that remember when jalapenos were considered hot and guys dared each other to eat them. Now they’re described as mild.
I’m eating scorpion pepper salsa right now. Good for you, cleans your arteries-probably better for you than vaccine
We are all born with our own tastebuds and, in this case, food environment. Some people can eat these 'top' Scoville winners BUT I am CONVINCED that the only reason that the 'Carolina Reaper' exists is for those Southern Boys to say; "Here, hold my beer and watch this!"
Me? I draw the line at Habaneros, I grew up on South Texas meals! Beyond that and I am DEAD!
I’m with you - it’s just not pleasant when you can’t tell the taste through the pain...
They have been growing peppers hotter than Ghost Peppers in Britain for years. Death Spirals are a British pepper. Komodo Dragons, Carolina Reapers and Armageddon peppers are sold at Tesco. Whoever wrote this article is totally clueless.
Some people seem to think that pain is part of the flavor.
Peri Peri is the African birdseye pepper. Excellent on chicken. Also excellent in sauteed shrimp with garlic.
Cooking mellows the heat a bit and you don’t need to go overboard in it’s use.
It is a front of mouth heat unlike many other peppers. Fades relatively quickly as well.
It is not in the same league as the superhots like the Carolina, the Ghost, the Maruga, the Jigsaw, etc... rather more like a Habanero.
The superhots will knock you on your keister and make you cry like a little girl if you can not handle spicy heat. They may also result in several days of doing handstands in a cold shower and non-traditional use of pudding pops.
That ghost pepper only has a Scoville heat unit of: 1,041,427 SHU; the hottest one is the Carolina Reaper at 2,200,000 SHU
i bought a thing of Carolina Reaper peanuts, and without doubt, the hottest thing i’ve ever eaten with real Thai being the hottest
throw one into a bowl of ramen and rice and it’s still pretty sporty
I wonder if it can repel mice...I’m serious!
I tried one of those for the first time last week.
It was really hot, But also kinda really delicious.
I wonder how one of those would be crumpled up over a bowl of creamy squash soup!
I grow them and put them in my tomatillo salsa.
You thinking of feeding it to them? I’m sure a little powder would make them very unhappy.
little granules of fire... i’d throw it in when cooking though
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