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India’s ‘Ghost Pepper’ Chilli Is so Hot Villagers Use it to Repel Elephants. Will Britain Be Able to Handle It?
South China Morning Post ^ | 0pm, 16 Sep, 2021 | Kalpana Sunder

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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TOPICS: Food; Gardening; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chile; cookery; food; ghostpepper; india; unitedkingdom
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To: nickcarraway

I see another dumb TikTok challenge coming from this.


21 posted on 10/05/2021 2:52:42 PM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: albie
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.

When I was in England in the 1960's, there was a chain of hamburger joints called Wimpy--and the burgers lived up to the name.

It is said that English cuisine is a prime example of an oxymoron.

22 posted on 10/05/2021 3:00:27 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: gundog

Well, I know chipmunks don’t like hot pepper—I think it is a texture thing...Squirrels cannot handle hot pepper—saw a YouTube with squirrel feeling pretty bad after going in a bird feeder that someone had infused with some cayenne—birds apparently are not effected?

Just that we have done some pre-hyperinflation stockup and wanted to make sure our ramen noodles, etc. are mouse proof!


23 posted on 10/05/2021 3:03:42 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (It's not the job of the unvaxxed to protect the vaxxed. That's the job of the "vaccine.")
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To: nickcarraway

“India’s ‘Ghost Pepper’ Chilli Is so Hot Villagers Use it to Repel Elephants. Will Britain Be Able to Handle It?”

India’s ‘Ghost Pepper’ Chilli Is so Hot Villagers Use it to Repel Elephants. Will anyone Be Able to Handle It?

There, fixed it


24 posted on 10/05/2021 3:09:17 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: SkyDancer

I used to grow Naga Jolokia. I’ve only had Carolina Reapers a few times. But the Naga Jolokia is a tastier pepper. It was bred for centuries.


25 posted on 10/05/2021 3:11:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Little Ray

Jalapenos are no more hot than an apple to me. I remember a neighbor just picked one from a garden and he really wanted me to eat it, I guess he thought it would be to hot, so I ate it like an apple.


26 posted on 10/05/2021 3:12:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SkyDancer

Well a burning Kingsford charcoal briquette is only 1,750,000 shu, but who’s gonna put that in their mouth😁


27 posted on 10/05/2021 3:13:03 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: angry elephant

“I have the ghost pepper sea salt. I was told when they are making it the workers wear gas masks.”

I grew bhut jolokia peppers for about 10 years along with red savinas, devils tongue and others. Dried and dehydrated them and ground them into powder and yes you will choose to mask in such cases, as well as glove.

I also keep a diluted bleach solution to spray my hands afterwards. It helps break down the capsaicin oil to a salt.

And remember the capsaicin is an oil so avoid drinking water to cool off after eating the hot stuff. lol


28 posted on 10/05/2021 3:14:32 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: nickcarraway

They are incredibly hot, they even look hot!


29 posted on 10/05/2021 3:28:53 PM PDT by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: nickcarraway

Agree. I have three f them on the bush right now. They’re finally ripe. The first one that came off the plant was “WTH are you thinking?” hot. Once you get past the heat, the flavor is tropical, similar to a habanero or sweet pepper.


30 posted on 10/05/2021 3:30:25 PM PDT by The Chid
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To: Freedom56v2

They put hot peppers in parrot food. I don’t think it bothers birds. Your biggest enemy with ramen noodles will be time. The palm oil in them goes rancid pretty quickly. I wouldn’t put too many dollars there.


31 posted on 10/05/2021 3:55:09 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: 2nd Amendment
I have a scorpion pepper sauce that I put on a cheap chicken breast meal. About 1/4 teaspoon wiped over the cooked breast is ideal.
32 posted on 10/05/2021 4:14:29 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Little Ray
Peri peri is one I haven't encountered yet. I'll see if I can find one. The Dave's Insanity sauces are always on my shelf.

Check at the Dave's Gourmet Hot Sauces at link. All good items.

33 posted on 10/05/2021 4:19:00 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
I eat at both Thai and Indian restaurants. Thai tends to be hot in the mouth, but pretty much over after in lands in the stomach (aside from needing a towel to wipe the sweat off your brow). The Indian spices seem to retain the heat from end to end. I've never needed to resort to the non-traditional use of a pudding cup, but I can imagine it would solve the full afterburner condition.
34 posted on 10/05/2021 4:25:02 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Fiji Hill
On my visits to SHAPE, there was a UK civilian that was the program lead. He lived down the road from SHAPE. We had dinner at his place a few times. On one occasion his wife asked if he wanted some tomato sauce on his rice. Oh heavens no! Too spicy.

On my visits to Aberystwyth, Wales and Carmarthen, I could find some really good Indian restaurants. Chicken or lamb korma with the heat turned up is wonderful. I don't always go for extra spicy in "Aber". The Gannett's Cafe in Aber has fine lamb dishes. Lots locally sourced.

35 posted on 10/05/2021 4:31:05 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin

When I visited Aberystwyth in 1966, I had dinner at a Chinese restaurant—probably one of only a handful of such eateries in all of Wales, but the food was great. On my last visit to the UK in 1985, I ate at a couple of Indian restaurants and had some good meals, including a vindaloo stew. It is said that the best Indian restaurants are not in India but in Britain.


36 posted on 10/05/2021 4:35:48 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: nickcarraway

It’s chile, not chilli, or chilli.


37 posted on 10/05/2021 4:41:23 PM PDT by BozoTexino (RIP GOP)
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To: Myrddin

The African Birdseye is different than the Asian one. I agree on the Thai one hitting the gut like a firebrick straight out of a furnace. At least for me the African one, aka Peri Peri, doesn’t hit the gut like that nor does it hit the afterburner as you call it. I did grow up with Peri Peri as part of the spices used so that may have some effect, but my wife likes it too with similar feedback and I introduced her to the spice as an adult.

Other than Kashmiri pepper and a couple of other peppers on the sub-continent I don’t find most Indian spices extremely hot. Very spicy as in spice flavor, but not a ton of heat. I ask for the “how you make it at home” spice level. When I make Indian, I don’t make it blazing either. For me that ruins the flavor. A little burn is nice. Too much and your taste is numbed.


38 posted on 10/05/2021 4:53:21 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: nickcarraway

When I use it, I tap a very light dusting. And that’s IT! Occasionally, a small clump gets through, and HELLS BELLS me sweat rolls out!!


39 posted on 10/05/2021 4:57:12 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t like my food to hurt me.


40 posted on 10/05/2021 5:45:11 PM PDT by moovova (There will never be another fair presidential election in the USA.)
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