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[chicken]

no punishment, no retraction of post, no retribution whatsoever.

If two people post in quick succession then my belief in the positive human spirit will assert that it was an accident.

If someone willfully breaks the "one post per day" rule then I will be sad but will move on with my life....

[Ray]

A bit more stuff to add to FOTD

For you budding Delias out there

http://homecooking.about.com/library...lhotchiles.htm

Some interesting recipes.............no need to watch Saturday kitchen now

Ding dinners just don't cut it

Ray.

[Ains.]

Variety = Scoville Units
Pure Capsaicin 15,000,000 - 16, 000,000
US Police Pepper Spray 5,000,000
Dorset Naga Pepper 923,000
Red Savina Pepper 350,000 - 580,000
Scotch Bonnet 100,000 - 325,000
Jamaican Hot Pepper 100,000 - 200,000
Rocoto Pepper 50,000 - 100,000
Pequin Pepper 75.000
Super Chilli Pepper 40,000 - 50,000
Cayenne Pepper 30,000 - 50,000
Tabasco Pepper 30,000 - 50,000
de Arbol Pepper 15,000 - 30,000
Aji Pepper 12,000 - 30,000
Serrano pepper 5,000 - 23,000
Hot Wax Pepper 5,000 - 10,000
Chipotle 5,000 - 10,000
Jalapeno Pepper 2,500 - 8,000
Guajilla Pepper 2,500 - 5,000
Tabasco Sauce 2,500
Pasilla Pepper 1,000 - 2,000
Ancho Pepper 1,000 - 2,000
Anaheim Pepper 500 - 2,500
Nu Mex Pepper 500 - 1,000
Santa Fe Grande Pepper 500 - 700
Pimento Pepper 100 - 500
Bell Pepper 0

Now then, The Dorset Naga read on:

The Times Newspaper article 01/04/2006: The world’s hottest chilli pepper does not come from a tropical hot spot where the local’s are impervious to it’s fiery heat but a smallholding in deepest Dorset, Uk. Some chilli’s are fierce enough to make your eyes water. Anyone foolhardy enough to eat a whole Dorset Naga would almost certainly require hospital treatment. The pepper, almost twice as hot as the previous record holder, was grown by Joy and Michael Michaud in a polytunnel at their market garden. The couple run a business called Peppers by Post and spent four years developing the Dorset Naga. They knew the 2cm-long specimens were hot because they had to wear gloves and remove the seeds outdoors when preparing them for drying, but had no idea they had grown a record breaker. Some customers complained the peppers were so fiery that even half a small one would make a curry too hot to eat. Others loved them and last year the Michauds sold a quarter of a million of them. At the end of the season they sent a sample to a Lab in America out of curiosity. They were stunned when the Dorset Naga gave a reading of nearly 900,000SHU. A fresh sample was then sent to a lab in New York used by the American Spice Trade Association and they recorded a record mouth numbing 923,000SHU’s. Mrs Michaud said ‘The man in the first lab was so excited he’d never had one half as hot as that. The second lab took a long time because they were checking it carefully as it was so outrageously high. The Dorset Naga was grown from a plant that originated in Bangladesh. The Michauds bought their original plant in an oriental store in Bournemouth, UK ‘we were’t even selecting the peppers for hotness but for shape and flavour when the test results came back we were gob smacked’
The couple are now seeking Plant Variety Protection DEFRA which will mean that no one else can sell the seeds.
Anyone wanting to try the chillis will have to be patient as they are harvested only from July on. In Bangladesh the chillis grow in temperatures of well over 100F (38C) but in Dorset they thrive in poly tunnels. Aktar Miha from the Indus Bangladesh restaurant in Bournemouth said that even in it’s home country it is treated with respect. ‘It is used in some cooking mainly in Fish curry’s but most people don’t cook with it . They hold it by the stalk and just touch their food with it ‘ he said. It has a refreshing smell and a very good taste but you don’t want to much of it. It is a killer chilli and you have to be careful and wash your hands and the cutting board. If you don’t know what you are doing it could blow your head off.

[jeff st4s]

So with some intense training and a year of facts are the DSC entering a contestant into Mastermind or something as low brow as millionaire?

It'll help swell the clubs funds.

[Chris Wood]

Originally Posted by Ains.

It has a refreshing smell and a very good taste but you don’t want to much of it. It is a killer and you have to be careful and wash your hands and the cutting board. If you don’t know what you are doing it could blow your head off.

PMSL

Class quote of the day!

Just posting the couple some 'special' seeds of my own now....they should be able to work wonders with them...'blow your head off' PMSL

[psychlist]

Originally Posted by chicken

If two people post in quick succession then my belief in the positive human spirit will assert that it was an accident....

I've always found it interesting the way some facts can be reversed and still be true!
Apparently 90% of accidents are caused by people, ergo,
90% of people are apparently caused by accidents

Note:
Any inference by any reader that this is a "Random Fact" is purely coincidental, this is in no way a random fact so cannot be construed as an erroneous entry into the "Random fact of the Day" lineage, it is merely an observation

[Brent]

Worth a ride out next August (just missed this year) - The Chilli Fiesta at West Dean Gardens near Chichester. Everything Chilli in one place, plus fresh cooked spicy food as well. guaranteed faster ride home.....

[psychlist]

Originally Posted by Brent

Worth a ride out next August (just missed this year) - The Chilli Fiesta at West Dean Gardens near Chichester. Everything Chilli in one place, plus fresh cooked spicy food as well. guaranteed faster ride home.....

Wow, Frankie at West Dean gardens

[Brent]

Originally Posted by psychlist

Wow, Frankie at West Dean gardens

OK, nearly everything.....!!

[doogalman]

Originally Posted by Brent

Worth a ride out next August (just missed this year) - The Chilli Fiesta at West Dean Gardens near Chichester. Everything Chilli in one place, plus fresh cooked spicy food as well. guaranteed faster ride home.....

The hotter the better. I'm up for it if i'm around.