Pilipili

[Trev]

Anybody ever tried this stuff? My stepson's friend brought us some once, in a small bag, and we loved it. Hottest stuff I ever tasted. But we can't find it anywhere, and searches on the net only show wholesalers.

I don't know for sure, but I suspect it puts Scotch Bonnets to shame in terms of real heat. (What's the measurement again that people use for measuring the "hotness" of peppers?)

Any hints appreciated...

TIA,
Bob

[Kevin_in_Mi]

pepper hottness is measured in scovile units

[pbenven]

Yeah, Scoville heat units. Here's a rough comparison (the same breed of peppers vary quite a bit in heat depending on location and other factors):

Bell Pepper: 1 000 units
Jalapeno: 30 000 units
Serano: 50 000 units
Habanero (the hottest known to man): 100 000 units

There's a very good book available for general information and growing methods: The Pepper Graden.

[Trev]

Great.. thanks! I'll check out that book.

Habanero, eh? [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Sounds like my kind of pepper.

Thanks again,
Bob

[Hank]

<font color="blue">Bell Pepper: 1 000 units
Jalapeno: 30 000 units
Serano: 50 000 units
Habanero (the hottest known to man): 100 000 units
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BodyGuard brand Pepper Spray (issued to lots of PD's): 2,000,000 shu's

[wasabi]

Bell Pepper: 1 000 units
Jalapeno: 30 000 units
Serano: 50 000 units
Habanero (the hottest known to man): 100 000 units

wasabi: ??????? units [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]

[Hayseed]

What is wasabi?

[Hondo]

It's the green pasty substance served with sushi, sort of a Japanese horseradish. Great stuff!

[Dob]

Habanero? Old news. I have friends that eat habaneros. I also have a friend that just moved here from Bangladesh. The Bangli friend gave me a pepper he called Naga Morrich. I grew it. I gave it to both habenaro friends. Each just touched it to their tongues. Both cried.... for 20 minutes! [img]/forums/images/icons/ooo.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/ooo.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/icons/ooo.gif[/img]! Also as far as habaneros go, there are several "brands". Reg habaneros are hot, but, the Red Savina's are the Guiness Book title holders, another company developed one called White Bullet (see Ecoseeds.com ) which now claims the hot (habanero ?) title. This link also has info about tepin, a whole 'nother animal. As far as the hot claims go, I tend to go with Reimerseeds.com as they seem to be the most controlled and inclusive. My friend claims the Naga is a different strain of the Indian PC-1, the Naga being slightly hotter. Not only will it blow your brains out, it does actually have a very nice flavor and aroma. I have yet to meet the person that can take a touch of it to their tongue w/o jumping around a bit... I think I'm going to try to grow some of the Ata Ijosi's next year.

[Hondo]

Brings to mind the first (and last) time I bit into a habanero. I thought that I was a seasoned chile head, that since I ate jalapenos, serranos, and the dried chiles in Chinese food I could "take the heat." A decade later just thinking about it makes me break into a sweat... [img]/forums/images/icons/blush.gif[/img]