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Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 7:22:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok, not the whole country or the government, but one South Carolina man has brought greatness back to the United States, actually giving us something to be proud of. Ed Currie is a pepper grower in South Carolina, and his Carolina Reaper pepper has just been named the world's hottest chili pepper by the Guinness Book of World Records.

The pepper checks in at 1,569,300 Scoville Units, with the hottest pepper among the group clocking in at 2.2 million units. That's about 200,000 units beyond pepper spray's measure.

Now, IMO, this means that we can weaponize the pepper and come up with a nice way to subdue a country. All we need to do is convert our bombers to high speed crop dusters and spray the juices from this pepper on a country.

Either that, or we genetically improve the human genome to the point where this pepper is no more a bother than a jelly belly banana jelly bean.

Would you try world's hottest pepper?

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 8:25:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		This is not the first time the USA has top rank in the pepper world. If you look at the top 10, you will see we have 3 peppers like our UK competitors. I love hot peppers and I used to have over 100 kinds of hot sauce. I am glad our Carolina Reaper topped the chart. Nice job!!!


Peppers (SHU)
1) Carolina Reaper : 2,200,000 (USA)
2) Trinidad Moruga Scorpion : 2,009,231 (Trinidad)
3) 7 Pod Douglah : 1,853,396 (aka: 7 Pot Douglah or Chocolate / Trinidad)
4) Trinidad Scorpion Butch T : 1,463,700 (USA)
5) Naga Viper Pepper : 1,382,118 (UK)
6) New Mexico Scorpion Pepper : 1,191,595 (USA)
7) Bedfordshire Super Naga Chili : 1,120,000 (UK)
8) Spanish Naga Chili : 1,086,844 (aka: The Gibralta Naga / UK)
9) Infinity Chili : 1,067,286 (UK)
10) Bhut Jolokia / Ghost Pepper : 1,041,427 (India)
Chocolate Bhut Jolokia : 1,001,304
Caribbean Red Habanero : 475,000
Red Savina Habanero : 450,000
Chocolate Habanero : 425,000
Fatalii : 400,000
Guyana Wiri Wiri : 350,000
Habanero Chili : 350,000
White Habanero : 350,000
Scotch Bonnet : 350,000
Tiger Paw : 328,000
Devil’s Tongue : 325,000
Cumari Pepper : 300,000
Datil Pepper : 300,000
Rocoto : 250,0000
Bird’s Eye Chili : 225,000
Madame Jeanette : 225,000
Jamaican Hot Pepper : 200,000
Caroline Cayenne Pepper : 125,000
Tabiche Pepper : 115,000
Bahamian Chili Pepper : 110,000
Chitelpin Pepper : 100,000
Charleston Hot Chili : 100,000
Diablo Grande Chili : 100,000
Malagueta Pepper : 100,000
Siling Labuyo Pepper : 100,000
Thai Pepper : 100,000
Red Amazon Chili Pepper : 75,000
Pequin Pepper : 58,000
Aji Pepper : 50,000
Cayenne Pepper : 50,000
Santaka Pepper : 50,000
Super Chili Pepper : 50,000
Tabasco Pepper : 50,000
De Arbol Pepper : 30,000
Manzano Pepper : 30,000
Peter Pepper : 23,000
Serrano Pepper : 23,000
Hot Wax Pepper : 15,000
Aleppo Pepper : 10,000
Chipotle Pepper : 10,000
Jalapeno Pepper: 10,000
Guajillo Pepper : 5,000
Espelette Pepper : 4,000
Anaheim Pepper : 2,500
Rocotilla Pepper : 2,500
Ancho Pepper : 2,000
Pasilla Pepper : 2,000
Poblano Pepper : 2,000
Bell Pepper : 1,200
Peppadew : 1,177
Cubanelle Chili : 1,000
Coranado Pepper : 1,000
New Mexican Pepper : 1,000
Santa Fe Grande Pepper : 800
Banana Pepper : 500
Pepperoncini : 500
Pimento : 500


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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 3:24:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		I find it amusing that the first thought is to weaponize it. Typical American thinking.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 4:02:23 PM   
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I find it amusing that the first thought is to weaponize it. Typical American thinking.


Hey, we are trying to weaponize toilet paper, twinkies, the guys that say, "hold my beer, watch this," dirty diapers, and dog farts!

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 4:08:16 PM   
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This thing is twice as hot as a ghost pepper? That thing cannot be safe to consume. Eating a single ghost pepper messed up my tongue for weeks.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 4:49:58 PM   
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This thing is twice as hot as a ghost pepper? That thing cannot be safe to consume. Eating a single ghost pepper messed up my tongue for weeks.


What did you have with the ghost chili? What did you have to drink with the ghost? How do you know it was the pepper's fault?

I find it reprehensible that people would blame an innocent chili pepper for any discomfort they have when eating the pepper.

I ate a ghost chili and my mouth burned for the biggest part of a day, but after that all was good.

Of course the key ingredients for my home made salsa in a 12 quart crock pot is 5 jalapenos, 3 habaneros, 3 Cayenne, 7 banana peppers, 7 sweet peppers, 5 bell peppers, 4 cans of rotelle tomatoes, then I just improvise.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 5:12:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		The problem with trying to weaponize it is that the heat depends on growing and soil conditions. It's far easier, especially in large scale manufacturing, to simply synthesize capsaicin (or harvest it from lesser peppers) than to try and rely on one small source of an organic compound.

Also, why the hell are you cooking salsa, crock pot or not, you don't need to cook salsa unless you are trying to can it.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 5:49:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		I can about 4 cases of my salsa every fall when I get the final batch of peppers in.

I also pickle some of my peppers, I dehydrate quite a few to make my own spice blends.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 6:37:51 PM   
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Also, why the hell are you cooking salsa, crock pot or not, you don't need to cook salsa unless you are trying to can it.

There are many quite good cooked salsas. Salsa is not just pico de gallo.

As to my encounter with the ghost pepper I ate it raw with a glass of milk standing by. I like very hot peppers, I routinely use habaneros in my chili and salsa, but that thing really did do damage to my tongue.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 6:52:28 PM   
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I'm just waiting for the inevitable "my experience eating Carolina Reaper peppers" YouTube videos to start appearing like they did with the Ghost peppers

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 6:56:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		What is pico de gallo (literally translated: chicken beak)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kL5f0np7EU

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 7:00:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		A completely related story: A friend sent me some ghost peppers he grew in North Carolina. He sent them to me dried.

I didn't listen to his advice when he said, "Only handle these with rubber gloves."

I started a pot of chili. Then I went to go pee. In the course of peeing I had to touch myself in a very private place.

There are train whistles and air-raid sirens that cannot match the sound that came out of my mouth.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 7:18:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		That is neat that someone here in the good ol' US of A has the hottest pepper...as for me...I do like a bit of spice in my food at all times but I only like the mild stuff...Texas Pete's or Frank's on just about anything and I even buy the "Tamed" Jalapenos in the jar but most of my food has some mild spice on it..so what if I am not a chili head!

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 9:30:11 PM   
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That is neat that someone here in the good ol' US of A has the hottest pepper...as for me...I do like a bit of spice in my food at all times but I only like the mild stuff...Texas Pete's or Frank's on just about anything and I even buy the "Tamed" Jalapenos in the jar but most of my food has some mild spice on it..so what if I am not a chili head!


Maybe instead of in your food you need more spice in your life :)

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 10:00:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		I once decided to use scotch bonnet peppers in a recipe. Can't even remember what I made. What I will never forget is my stupidity x 10 not to use latex gloves. Thinking I had given my hands a thorough washing then rubbing both eyes taught me a horrifying lesson. One I have never ever ever repeated.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/27/2013 10:58:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		I had a scotch bonnet pepper plant in a pot by the window. Eddie (aka: "Eddie Spaghetti") asked what they were. I told him not to touch them because they were very hot peppers. He proclaimed that he was a hot pepper eatin' mofo and never met a pepper too hot. Then immediately picked one and took a bite. He got half the pepper in that bite and managed to get that down before he started crying uncontrollably like a baby. We couldn't help but laugh and reiterate the original warning.

Well, his lips turned red and swelled up. His tongue swelled up so we fetched him some milk. He was guzzling and gargling that milk over the sink while crying like a baby for about 15 minutes. The remaining half of the offending pepper lay on the table. When he could once again breath, he gave the pepper half on the table a dirty look, threw it in the trash then took his glasses off . . . to wipe his wet eyes with his fingers.

OMG . . . you should have been there. His eyes swelled up like big red golf balls. We filled the sink with cold water and he was dunking his face in it and forcing his eye open under water and he was involuntarily crying again. We were rolling on the floor. Eventually, about 45 minutes go by and recovers enough to return to the board game we were playing.

About a half an hour later we hear this blood curdling scream . . . come out of the bathroom. We couldn't help but laugh our asses off. No one went to help rescue his dick, he was on his own for that one. Yup, scotch bonnet peppers can be an endless source of entertainment as well as a tasty spice.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/28/2013 3:35:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		There are different kinds of "hot" when it comes to spicing things.

In college I invited a Muslim friend of mine, a fraternity brother, to visit my home during Passover. He was from Bangladesh.

We warned him. I reiterate: WE WARNED HIM.

One of the things done during a Passover Seder is the eating of bitter herbs. Usually, at least in the USA, that means horseradish. We were growing our own horseradish. That means that immediately before the Seder we pulled a root up, peeled it and put it on a plate. It was pretty strong stuff. When the time came to eat the bitter herbs Fadel (not his real name) loaded up a piece of matzoh with the fresh horseradish.

You could actually see the arrogance on his face. "I grew up in Bangladesh. I ate ghost peppers for breakfast. These white Americans have no idea what hot is."

Then he took a bite.

What he didn't know at that time, but he'll never forget, is that peppers burn your tongue, horseradish burns your nostrils. It's a completely different type of heat.

His eyes screwed up into his head and he was fighting back tears. My mother asked, "Fadel, do you want to take a drink of water?"

Through very tight lips he said, "No, Maam, I'm fine." He was determined to fight it out.

There were tears coming out of his barely opened eyes. He blanched when he saw the rest of us eating even more of the horseradish. We were just yumming it up. Meanwhile the guy from the sub-continent was finding our food a bit too spicy for him.

Irony at its finest.

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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/31/2013 3:20:29 AM   
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RE: Finally, the US did something right!! - 12/31/2013 3:28:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am one of the few people who cannot tolerate any peppers in my food. I will get sick.

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