WeLoveOurAnimals/PeopleEatingTastyAnimals (PETA)

[cbfromli]

stay on topic and you will have choices

[Vexari]

don't have much of a choice do i cb..

[cbfromli]

not really a recipe board....

[Vexari]

what is a scoville unit?

A Scoville unit is a unit used to specify of the hotness of food, specifically chili peppers. In 1912 Wilbur Scoville, devised a system to determine how hot foods are. He used a panel of tasters to provide heat scores for different peppers. Although we still use Wilbur's name for the unit, the current method is much more scientific.

The sensation of heat that we experience from eating certain peppers is attributable to a chemical called capsaicin. The more capsaicin present in a pepper, the hotter it will seem. The Scoville scale spans from 0 to 16 million; a sweet bell pepper has 0 Scoville units because there is no capsaicin present and pure capsaicin crystals have 16,000,000 Scoville units.

As is evident from the table below, Scoville units vary widely from one species to the next. The hottest pepper ever grown is the Naga Jolokia from Assam, India which has a Scoville score of 855,000! There are also variations of heat from one pepper to the next within the same species; growing conditions, soil and other factors have an affect on the amount of capsaicin within a given pepper. The Scoville units listed below represent the maximum amount detectable within the item in question:



Scoville Units
16,000,000 Pure Capsaicin
5,300,000 Police-Grade Pepper Spray
2,000,000 Common Pepper Spray
855,000 Naga Jolokia
580,000 Red Savina Habanero
350,000 Habanero Pepper
325,000 Scotch Bonnet Pepper
200,000 Jamaican Hot Pepper
100,000 Thai Pepper
50,000 Cayenne Pepper
30,000 Manzano Pepper
23,000 Serrano Pepper
10,000 Chipotle Pepper
8,000 Jalapeno Pepper
5,000 Tabasco Sauce
2,500 Rocotilla Pepper
2,000 Ancho Pepper
2,000 Poblano Pepper
1,000 Coronado Pepper
500 Pepperoncini Pepper
500 Pimento
0 Sweet Bell Pepper


http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-scoville-unit.htm

[Vexari]

hard to undue whats been done when it involves hot stuff..

[Vexari]

had an experience with wings made with a habanero or scotch bonnet based sauce..

used the rest room then washed my hands..

too late

the pain oh the pain..lol


this seems like a good alternative to the Got A Great Recipe To Share???? (FOOD) board..

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

I ran to the bathroom and washed my eye repeatedly wiuh fresh cold water,

but it didn't help.

Hurt like hell.

Phil

[HabaneroDog]

ouch....

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

I made the mistake of wiping a tear from my eye when my son and I were cooking chili a week or so ago.

I had ground a couple of dried pequins with my fingers and put them in the chili.

I couldn't open my eye for about 30 minutes.

Phil

[cbfromli]

yikes...

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

I gave several of them to a friend of mine to surprise people with.

I was at his house when he gave one to a friend of his that liked hot stuff.

The guy ran outdoors and threw up and drank three cans of beer in about three minutes trying to cool the hotness.

They are really hot.

Phil

[HabaneroDog]

Don't rub you eyes with the fingers you used, my brother burnt himself :- in the bathroom after he'd crushed some!

[HabaneroDog]

Thats a hoot...tell him to walk softly next time!

[cbfromli]

3...with steak...i crushed them and sprinkled them over it

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

I have seen people actually throw up because the chiltepins were so hot.

Phil

[HabaneroDog]

Once you get use to the heat, you'll find a flavor that can't be replicated with any other chile...

[HabaneroDog]

How many and with what?

[cbfromli]

i tried the round ones tonight...and they are hot...i love them

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

We were discussing chiltepins and pequins.

I don't know where chiltepes entered the discussion.

This is an artist rendering of a chiltepe:



They look nothing like a chiltepin or a pequin and are reported to mild in hotness.

A chiltepin is so hot one little little tiny one will make you breathe fire.

Phil

[cbfromli]

where are the chiltepes

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

Where what?

Phil

[cbfromli]

where?

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

You don't live in Guatemala anymore,

So you/they have to catch up with the rest of the world.

These are chiltepins:



And these are pequins:



According to peppahead anyway.

Phil

[cbfromli]

hey penis nose...in guatemala we call them CHILTEPE...the little round ones...CHILTEPE...

[Tavycal]

Yes i love her when I'm home.lol

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

I'm glad she still loves you.

Phil

[Tavycal]

I'm hopelessly devoted to.......... my loving wife.

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

Why not?

Phil

[Tavycal]

Yes I dont see those ladies anymore. lol

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

It's a problem?

LOL

Phil

[Tavycal]

Knew a couple girls who had that problem.

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

I didn't get mine today.

Yankees must get preferential treatment.

LOL

Have fun,
Phil

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

We are not talking about the same pepper dick breath.



chiltepe:

A rare chile from Oaxaca wiith a medium heat. It is a bright orange-red color, thin, usually curved, and tapering to a point. It measures up to 2 inches long and 1/4 to 3/8 inch across at the shoulders. The chiltepe is thin fleshed, and it has a bright flavor with nutty and sun-dried tomato tones The chiltepe is primarily used in sauces and pestos, and it is an excellent choice for grinding into chile flakes.

http://www.sweetfreedomfarm.com/chileprods.html

The chiltepin we are talking about is a small round pepper about the size of a pea.

And way hotter than a chiltepe.

Phil

[cbfromli]

ohhhhhhhh...you are correct...

[HabaneroDog]

If they burn you twice....

[cbfromli]

how

[HabaneroDog]

You know how to tell good chili's?

[cbfromli]

related to you then?

[HabaneroDog]

Double screwed..

[cbfromli]

thanks....ill just tell them im related to Fhil...

[HabaneroDog]

well....you're screwed then!

[cbfromli]

but they are clear..and smell like pequins...

[HabaneroDog]

Save the bags, you can wear'm over your head next time you meet a girl....you'll need two just in case one rips...

[cbfromli]

well..they are here....two bags...

[HabaneroDog]

I just sent them on Sat., I'm surprised it go there that quick....

[cbfromli]

yeap...thanks...they smell nice...cant wait to taste them

[HabaneroDog]

that was quick....

[cbfromli]

got them today....thanks..cant wait to taste them

[cbfromli]

hey stupid.. chiltepe in Guatemala

[Phil(Hot Rod Chevy)]

Learn how to spell the word bird brain.


It's chiltepin.

Have fun,
Phil