"dallas fox" <deadtongue at hotmail.com> Re: SC -Scoville Units

[Christine A Seelye-King]

As my lord is the chief 'hot stuff' expert around here, I forwarded the
conversation regarding peppers to him.  Here is a reply from him.  (Just
check out his email address to see his degree of interest in chilis!)
Mistress Christianna

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From: "dallas fox" <deadtongue at hotmail.com>
To: mermayde at juno.com
Re: SC -Scoville Units (Home of Pace Picante-OT)

>Seeing as we are talking Peppers.
>
>THE CHILE HEAT SCALE - Scoville Units
>
>The substance in chiles that makes them spicy is called capsaicin. 
>Chile hotness is rated in Scoville units. The hottest pepper on record 
>is the habanero/Scotch bonnet which some claim are the same pepper >and
others claim are slightly different varieties. 

This is now open to discussion.  There is a chile I saw in a rare seeds 
catalog, I believe it is called tepin.  This is an unusual plant, I'm 
not positive it is a chile, as it grows on a bush, which is perennial, 
doesn't have to be replanted every year.  The fruit is small, like a 
bird pepper, maybe a bit smaller, and is twice as hot as a habenero or 
Scotch bonnet.  This is not a personal observation, just how it was 
described in the catalog.  I'll look it up and let you know the details. 


Dallas

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