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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:34:49 GMT, Dirty Sick Pig
> wrote:


>As for spicing it up, we have a small chile pepper called "labuyo" which
>is common in Southeast Asia and is used in everything. All other
>peppers are decorative. Labuyo is so nasty that a breed of fighting
>cock was named after it. The little bomblet is featured as well in lots
>of old folks' sayings and modern smartypants insults.


According to what I just read the Sili Labuyo (Bird’s Eye chilli)
comes in at around 80,000-100,000 Scoville units which puts as just
about as hot as the lower end of the habanero.

http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/sili-chilli
http://www.answers.com/topic/thai-pepper