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| Originally Posted by chicken Here is today's random fact:
The Scoville Scale is a measure of how "hot" a chilli pepper is. Although a scientific method is now used, the original method was to dilute the pepper until it wasn't hot anymore.
Jalapenos rate between 2,500 to 10,000 on the scale. The hottest pepper on record is a "Red Savina" Habanero which tested at over 577,000 units.
Pure capsaicin (the chemical that gives a pepper its hotness) runs to 15-16 million units. |
I knew that already.........I watched it on BBC2.......Saturday Morning Kitchen
20-Sep-2006, 16:20 
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