I have to admit, some of the replies I got on this one made me laugh pretty
hard ! The Habaneros are more of an experiment than anything else... The
thing is probably going to be waaaaay too hot to handle but hey, you never
know until you try it! I'm thinking cooking is going to be the main use of
this liquid fire.

EB

"MikeMTM" > wrote in message
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> Eric Bisaillon wrote:
> Litterature says the Habaneros are between 200 000 and 577 000 Scoville
>> Units (unit to measure for the heat in chile peppers) and regular
>> Jalapenos are 2 500 and 5 000 Scoville.
>>
>> I can't wait to see the end result. Might come out being way too hot
>> for drinking but if it does i'll just use it as a cooking wine.
>>
>> Anyone out there crazy enough to have ever tried it with Habaneros ?
>> Let me know what you think !
>>
>> EB
> Eric,
>
> Offhand, I'd say you're treading on dangerous ground. Consider this: A
> Scoville unit is "a milliliter of water needed to rinse out the taste of a
> hot pepper." You choose to put about 4 x 400,000 Scovilles into a gallon
> of wine. That comes to 1,600,000 per gal. or 64,000 units per 5 oz glass
> of wine. Hmmmmm..... Theoretically you might have to drink 64 LITERS of
> water after each glass of Habanero wine. Consider how many trips to the
> bathroom that represents over night... Ye Gods, man! What were you
> thinking? ;-)
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> Mike MTM, Cokesbury, New Jersey, USA
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