Monday, July 21, 2008

Orange Item- Peppers?

I'm Asian so I'm perfectly fine with a little spice in my food and my lifestyle, but i started to wonder. Am i really that much of a "hot" connoisseur? Reader, don't be surprised here, it turns out i am in fact, not. Aside from a little Korean pepper and jalapenos i haven't really experienced hot. Prepare to be blown away by the hottest pepper in the world. The Bhut Jolokia, roughly translated as the "ghost chili". It looks very similar to the habanero pepper but don't be fooled. Eaten whole this sucker will roast your tongue off. Literally. Just being around it makes your eyes dry. Its that evil. Your able to die if you eat one whole. I'm frankly surprised Jackass didn't think to try it. Its at a million Scoville units (hot factor) while the dinky jalapeno weighs in at a 1000 Scovilles. So if you want a pepper a thousand times a jalapeno go buy one today! If not stick to the jalapeno and reach for that tall glass of milk. (a glass of milk coats your mouth with a protein called casein to kill spice. Sugar, however, only dulls and blocks spice.)

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