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Default The Hottest Chilli?

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:31:00 -0600, That Rich
> wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:09:14 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>>Kswck said...
>>
>>>
>>> "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

>
>Sounds like what we call "chile del monte" here.
>

I'd like to see a picture of them. JPG por favor?


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