Posted on 04/14/2011 8:09:15 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
Fighting fire with more fire -- and a WWF-worthy name -- there's a new champ holding the title of world's hottest chili pepper. As you may recall, in December The Lookout reported on the Naga Viper and its initiation as the chili pepper with the most heat. But now there's a hotter ticket in town: the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T.
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After a million Scovilles, does it really matter any more?
Some of the article comments are great:
‘Stay thirsty my friends...’
“And it burns, burns, burns, with a ring of fire”...’
‘It gives a whole new meaning to “Fire in the hole!!”
Dayum! I just made a pot of chili tonight and could have used the extra heat...
>>>‘It gives a whole new meaning to “Fire in the hole!!”
Followed by fire out the hole... :)
Ok found my favorite:
‘These peppers should be classified as “weapons of a$$ destruction”’
Now that’s funny right there.
And maybe a much bigger hole to boot.
After a million, no it really doesn’t matter. Once you erode the lining in your mouth and throat, you could swallow glowing coals and it wouldn’t add to the sensation. I’ve had ghost chilis, and the thought of anything hotter makes my stomach bubble a bit. But hey - whatever floats your boat, as long as you wake up in the morning and sh*& in the creek to keep from setting the woods on fire.
Really is a good looking chili pepper.
Chili peppers at this level of heat don’t really resemble food, just another proof of manhood.
My prayers and best wishes to those who just gotta try to down a few.
Thanks Joe! Now that I know for sure what it looks like, it’ll be easier to avoid.
One bite, and your head melts like the the nazies from the first Indiana Jones Movie.
Where can I get one? LOL When I was pregnant w/child #1, even in the worst throes of morning sickness, I craved incredibly spicy foods. I would down my friend Donna’s hot wings like they were candy (Donna was born in Pass Christian MS and thinks anyone from north of I-10 is a Yankee), while grown men—Navy guys even—would push them away. Her husband made an incredible salsa that I would consume by the quart. They would hand me a bowl of salsa and a bag of Tostitos tortilla chips and make everyone else back off :)
I’m still that way today, and my daughter, who turns 13 in June, is addicted to spicy food.
Maybe one of them, seeded and finely shredded in a gallon of chili without any other hot spices.
LOL! Best post of the year so far!
I don’t actually know how they measure “scoville” units, but
since the “heat” is really based on the amount of
capsaicin is in the plant..all you gotta do is measure the
amount of capsaicin per gram of plant tissue...(should include
seeds, also....) that might be the best way to sort it all out...
I think they sell pure capsaicin...they call it pure cap...
Yeah, pure cap, for a poor C*ap!
I don't know about a million but I once ate a habanero on a dare. I didn't think it could burn any worse so I ate another one just to be funny. I was wrong, very wrong.
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