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Post by daylilydude on Jul 24, 2011 23:49:01 GMT -5
Here’s a list of commonly eaten peppers, with their Scoville rating (from mildest to hottest):
* Bell peppers with a rating of 0-100 * Anahaeim peppers with a rating of 500-3,500 * Ancho/Poblano peppers with a rating of 500-1,000 * Pasilla peppers with a rating of 1,000-3,000 * Numex/New Mexico peppers with a rating of 3,000-4,000 * Hungarian peppers with a rating of 3,500-4,500 * Jalapeno peppers with a rating of 5,000-7,000 * Serrano peppers with a rating of 6,000-10,000 * De Arbol peppers with a rating of 15,000-30,000 * Cayenne peppers with a rating of 30,000-50,000 * Chipotle/Morita peppers with a rating of 75,000 * Chiltepin/Birdseye peppers with a rating of 50,000-100,000 * Scotch Bonnet peppers with a rating of 200,000 * Habanero peppers with a rating of 300,000+ * Habanero “Red Savina” with a rating of around 500,000 * Jolokia is now the official hottest, with a rating of over 1,000,000!
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Post by spacecase0 on Jul 25, 2011 16:00:11 GMT -5
I have a small round pale yellow pepper growing this year, it came from paru over the winter and the fruit was so hot it burned my hands when moving them, at least I did not rub my eyes like a friend did after touching them, I used gloves to get the seeds out after the pain the first time, I have no idea where it falls in the hotness scale, or what they are called... they almost look like chiltepin peppers... will they burn hands just touching them ? if they are chiltepin it is fun to think that I might be able to get one 10 times hotter with this one www.ghostpeppers.com/order.phpfun hotness list...
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 25, 2011 17:15:45 GMT -5
I grew something like a yellow chiltepin one time, but it wasn't as hot as one of the chiltepins I had grown. Those, and many listed here, vary greatly, even more so than this list (look at jalapeños, FI). I had a chiltepin that was about 225-250k, even though the seller listed it as the hottest pepper! It is the hottest chiltepin I've had, I'll give it that, but nothing like even regular habs. I tested it against red savinas (hottest at the time), by weighing a bunch, and taking an equal amount to a half of a red savina (28 chiltepins), and popped them all at once. Hot, but nothing like habaneros, esp. the best ones. However, it is amazing how many people I got to pop a chiltepin, that would normally never eat a hot pepper whole! They would say something like "Oh look, how cute!" That was before they popped it, of course.
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Post by spacecase0 on Jul 25, 2011 20:46:59 GMT -5
they are cute, but cute things can hurt me, I have learned that over the years...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 9:50:10 GMT -5
I have tried a small piece of a "Jolokia" pepper and it wasn't enjoyable one bit. For spice, I really like Habanero, Jalapeno, Serrano peppers though.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 27, 2011 20:27:17 GMT -5
bhut jolokia
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Post by grapenut on Aug 28, 2011 23:30:12 GMT -5
I can't take much more than 3-5000 units myself...OK, I know I'm a whimp.
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Post by nolika on Aug 29, 2011 6:30:27 GMT -5
Ha, what am I then? I think I would be able to take 1000, maybe even less. I just start crying if its too hot
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Post by littleminnie on Aug 29, 2011 22:27:01 GMT -5
Hungarian Wax are hot enough to burn my hand for two hours after slicing to pickle and then using my hand to put them in the measuring cup after slicing. When I noticed it was spicy (my hand) I put a glove on to put the peppers in the jars. It just now calmed down after being under an ice pack for an hour. I didn't think they were that hot. But then my hand isn't in great shape in summer either.
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Post by coppice on Aug 30, 2011 13:58:56 GMT -5
The Scentesci Pinkos (paprika) I grow has most all of its heat in the membrane and seeds. Take them away and its barely hot. Most of this years crop has gone disguised as bell peppers Guess that makes me a wimp too,
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 30, 2011 19:45:32 GMT -5
Minnie, To help get pepper oil off of your hands, try some orange goop hand cleaner. I came up with this idea years ago, when I figured that what I am trying to remove is oil, and what gets oil and grease off better than goop? Since then, I have kept a container of goop - the stuff with pumice - next to my sink, to use after handling or cutting any peppers, and it really works.
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Post by stratcat on Aug 30, 2011 22:30:35 GMT -5
Thanks alot for that helpful tip, pepperhead212.
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Post by daylilydude on Aug 31, 2011 20:21:29 GMT -5
I use the bar soap called "Lava" it also has the pumice in it and works great for me!
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Post by paquebot on Sept 1, 2011 2:33:12 GMT -5
Jalapeno is about max for my tender mouth but guess which is one of a dozen or so pepper varieties being grown this year, Bhut Jalokia! Six very healthy plants just now showing buds. Growing them just to please a friend who thinks that her husband might like them. If so, I want to see that first bite!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2011 21:05:00 GMT -5
I am growing Bhut Jolokia for my husband this year. He likes hot and most habanero aren't hot enough for him. The bhut jolokia are really big beautiful plants that are loaded with peppers. I'm anxious to see if there is finally a pepper too hot for him.
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Post by peppereater on Sept 8, 2011 12:58:27 GMT -5
I'd like to warn people about handling the seed, as well...once I was just going through sorting packs of seed from trades, and foolishly rubbed my eye...I had just handled a pack of lemondrop, which isn't even near habanero hot, anyway, I tried to get to the sink to flush my eye, but I was so blind, and so painful, I had to struggle to keep my balance long enough to lay down on the floor and just cry for a good 5 minutes...sheer agony! Good thing it wasn't bhut jolokia. I have fewer problems slicing peppers of any kind, still too dumb to wear gloves, but I try to hold them by the stem and only touch them with the knife. I guess if I ever processed a lot of hab's or anything all at once, I'd have to retire that cutting board to strictly pepper use, the oils will definitely leave heat in the board for awhile no matter how you wash it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2011 19:34:06 GMT -5
Definitely a good warning! I always use gloves when handling the peppers. I also have plastic forceps I use when handling seed.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2011 22:11:43 GMT -5
can't work with gloves so I keep sour cream and or milk around to put out the fire.. after the first time I sliced hot peppers I called my son in law who happens to be MEXICAN and he had NO idea ..so he asked his ma who also had no clue.. they had to go to their grandma to find out what puts out the fire.. ( I always told my son in law he was a Polish Mexican..lol).. BTW the sour cream thing also works on sunburn.. or if you take a hot shower and but a muscle rub like bengay on right afterwards.. (bad idea)..
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2011 21:33:53 GMT -5
I grew ivory habaneros and the regular habaneros this year for seed. The ivory are way hotter! Just slicing and scraping out the seeds of the ivory habaneros made my whole face and the inside of my nose hurt and my eyes water. I started draping curtain sheer pieces that I use to dry seed on, over my face. Hubby had a good laugh! I had to be very careful to wash all utensils used, counter top, boards, hands and anything else it came into contact with. I can smell them in the drawer where I keep the peppers seeds now even though they are dry and in a paper envelope. It's too difficult for me to process the very hot ones. I don't think I'm growing them again next year.
I would not try to grow bhut jalokia peppers!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2011 10:24:15 GMT -5
I use hot pepper in only one way,pick them, wash them , then drop as many or as few as you want into wine bottles filled with sherry,leave for a month,use to flavour soups stews well any thing where you like hotness ,I give a lot away for Christmas,and I tape those olive oil spouts around the neck of the bottle for gift giving.
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