Robert Miles > wrote:
> On 1/25/2012 6:06 PM, Tiger Lily wrote:
> > On 1/25/2012 12:45 AM, Robert Miles wrote:
> >>> Since my stomach surgery I cannot seem to get enough of spicy hot
> >>> food. I could LIVE on chili and hot stuff. Cayenne (capsicum) is
> >>> an anti-inflammatory, so maybe my body was healing itself with hot
> >>> pepper.

> >> If you want something really hot, look for habanero (with a ~
> >> above the n) peppers or Scotch bonnet peppers; until recently,
> >> the hottest peppers known, and the newer ones are still hard
> >> to find.
> >>
> >> I've read that they're often sold in stores specializing in
> >> Mexican foods, but sometimes only to people who ask for them
> >> in Spanish.

> > are you referring to the Ghost Peppers??

> I've never seen any sign that they were called that. However,
> if the Spanish name translates to ghost, I wouldn't know.

Ghost peppers are Bhut Jolokias. Ten times as hot as Habaneros.

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