South Carolina Is Home To The World's Hottest Peppers And The Game Cocks
Carolina Reaper" Declared Hottest Pepper on Earth :devil
Carolina ReaperThere's a new record holder in the Guinness Book, and it's not for the faint of heart. The owner of PuckerButt Pepper Company, Ed Currie (a.k.a. Smokin' Ed), got the nod for his "Carolina Reaper," which is now officially the most powerful chili pepper known to man.
The Carolina Reaper blew away the former record holder, the Trinadad Moruga Scorpion, which measured 1.2 million Scoville units. Currie's breed of pepper brings a total punch of 1,569,300 Scoville units. According to the Associated Press, genetics play a role in the fiery factor, in addition to where the pepper is grown. Currie's were grown on his farm in South Carolina.
Described by the Associated Press as "bumpy, oily, fire-engine red fruit," the scorching hot pepper was tested by students at Winthrop University as part of their undergraduate studies. The hottest batch was given the code name HP22B, as in "Higher Power, Pot No. 22, Plant B." While the batched averaged just over 1.5 million Scoville Units, one individual pepper in the group measured just over 2.2 million.
According to the Guinness Book, "The Scoville Unit (SHU) scale is a method of quantifying a substance's 'spiciness,' through determining the concentration of the chemical compounds responsible for the sensation, which are named capsaicinoids."
Do you think you could handle the Carolina Reaper?
Carolina ReaperThere's a new record holder in the Guinness Book, and it's not for the faint of heart. The owner of PuckerButt Pepper Company, Ed Currie (a.k.a. Smokin' Ed), got the nod for his "Carolina Reaper," which is now officially the most powerful chili pepper known to man.
The Carolina Reaper blew away the former record holder, the Trinadad Moruga Scorpion, which measured 1.2 million Scoville units. Currie's breed of pepper brings a total punch of 1,569,300 Scoville units. According to the Associated Press, genetics play a role in the fiery factor, in addition to where the pepper is grown. Currie's were grown on his farm in South Carolina.
Described by the Associated Press as "bumpy, oily, fire-engine red fruit," the scorching hot pepper was tested by students at Winthrop University as part of their undergraduate studies. The hottest batch was given the code name HP22B, as in "Higher Power, Pot No. 22, Plant B." While the batched averaged just over 1.5 million Scoville Units, one individual pepper in the group measured just over 2.2 million.
According to the Guinness Book, "The Scoville Unit (SHU) scale is a method of quantifying a substance's 'spiciness,' through determining the concentration of the chemical compounds responsible for the sensation, which are named capsaicinoids."
Do you think you could handle the Carolina Reaper?
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Yea, about 500,000 Scoville is about as hot as I've eaten. And that was a couple of drops on a chip. After a few chips, I started to feel high.
LOL. That must be the endorphin rush I hear people talk about. I'm usually in too much pain to notice it though.
It was one of Dave's Insanity Sauces. One of his milder ones.
Really. What's the point?
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. --- Lord Chesterfield
Dave needs to be shot. :grin
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. --- Lord Chesterfield
Between sweat and pain
I have had ghost and Trinidad scorpion at my house. :cry
Another good one
http://www.totallytomato.com/dc.asp?c=36
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. --- Lord Chesterfield
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Now Captain Fletcher you grow a lot of hot peppers at home if I remember correctly, what type do you grow? Do you make your own hot sauce?
Mini Mart Magnate
it never fails........
I have one of the sinister pepper plants that you speak of
If we ever meet, remind me not to serve you any hot peppers.
Ill have my own Im sure
What kind of device do you use to measure with?
None, Thai peppers range from 50,000 up on the Scoville scale. I used the lower number. I just know I would not want to eat anything much hotter than those peppers.
Mini Mart Magnate