Thursday, February 22, 2007
World record set for hottest chili pepper
An Indian hybrid pepper called the Bhut Jolokia ("Ghost Pepper") has set a world record for hottest pepper EVAR:
Link (via Digg)Bhut Jolokia, at 1,001,304 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), is nearly twice as hot as Red Savina, the chile pepper variety it replaces as the world’s hottest. A New Mexico green chile contains about 1,500 SHUs and an average jalapeno measures at about 10,000 SHUs.
“The name Bhut Jolokia translates as ‘ghost chile,’” Bosland said, “we’re not sure why they call it that, but I think it’s because the chile is so hot, you give up the ghost when you eat it!”
Update: Chebaris sez, "The dorset naga chilli weighs in at a massive 1.6 million scoville units which quite literally blows away the previously featured Bhut Jolokia chilli."
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