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Default The Hottest Chilli?

Kswck said...

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> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> m...
>> Corey Richardson wrote:
>>> Some WWW sites say that the Red Savina is the hottest. Some say the
>>> Habanero, Scotch bonnet or sometimes the Naga Jolokia.
>>>
>>> So what really *is* the hottest chilli?
>>>

>>
>> I have to wonder if it is a matter of personal taste. Years ago we went
>> to dinner at a Thai restaurant with another couple. We had mussels with
>> two different hot dipping sauces. My wife and her friend thought that
>> one sauce was much hotter than the other, but the husband and I thought
>> the other sauce was hotter.

>
> Penzy's catalog lists the Piquin pepper at 140,000 Scoville Units-the
> highest.


#1 Bud and girlfriend invited us to a Thai restaurant in L.A., the name of
it escapes me. I was encouraged to taste a pepper, green, almost the size
of a pea. It was hotter then hell! They were served in a small bowl for
those who chose to add them to their meals.

NOT as hot as habaņeros, fer sure!

Andy