ghost chili
Habanero chili on left, Ghost chili on right. [1]
Not by eating 60, but rather by attempting to consume a single ghost chili in one sitting at the behest of his editor. [2]
A study by the New Mexico State University Chile Pepper Institute had previously revealed that the bhut jolokia, also know as the “ghost chili,” has more than a million Scoville heat units (SHU)—the scientific measurement of a chili’s spiciness. [3]
The new stnack will contain Indian Bhut jolokia (”ghost chili”), which was recognized last year with the Guinness World Record for spiciest chili pepper. [4]
Bhut jolokia, a thumb-sized chili pepper with frightening potency, was recently rated the spiciest chili in the world by Guinness World Records. [5]
Use them sparingly, add a little to fresh salsa, sauces, chili and anything else you want to start a 12 alarm fire with. [6]
She’s been known to gobble 60 bhut Jolokia, or ghost peppers, in two minutes, and even plans a bid to smash the Guinness Record for pepper eating. [...] And with good reason, Sullivan details a sinus clearing, eye-watering, searing heat that none of his coolants seemed to help with except the beer. [...] When I asked for some aji, or hot sauce, and the waiter brought it in the back, I should have known something was wrong. [...] My lips burned so much that when I went to the bathroom to splash water on my face and rinse my mouth out they were an angry, inflamed red. [...] Habanero peanut brittle - A piece got stuck in my mouth and released capsacin onto my tongue all afternoon. [2]
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A 2005 Indian study that compared the percentage availability of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin in Naga Jolokia peppers grown in both Tezpur (Assam) and Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) showed that the heat of the pepper is decreased by over 50% in Gwalior’s more arid climate (similar temperatures but less humid, much lower rainfall). [7]
The locals have been eating this pepper for generations, besides its use as a spice it is used to cure stomach troubles and also a way to fight the summer heat ranging in excess of 130 deg Fahrenheit. [...] And I thought the Habanero and the Jalapeno was something, this one is surely putting them to shame! [8]
Sources:
[1] The Hottest Pepper Yet Discovered
[2] An exercise in ghost chili masochism - Slashfood
[3] ”Ghost Chili” Scares Off Elephants
[4] Ghost Chili Pepper Chips | Japan Probe
[5] Ghost chili? burns away stomach ills- Diet and nutrition- bc.
[6] Dried Ghost Chilies | Marx Foods
[7] Naga Jolokia pepper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[8] Ghost chili is named World’s Hottest Pepper