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usonian

(13,786 posts) Thu Oct 19, 2023, 10:15 AM Oct 2023

The new world's hottest pepper, Pepper X, is 3 times spicier than its predecessor

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1206450553/worlds-hottest-pepper-guinness-record-pepper-x

A small, wrinkly yellow-green pepper known as Pepper X is now officially the hottest chili pepper in the world, according to Guinness World Records.

Ed Currie, founder of PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina, appeared on the YouTube show Hot Ones to receive the Guinness award and announce the spicy new variety to the world.

To measure the intensity of Pepper X, officials at Guinness turned to what's known as the (logarithmic) Scoville Scale. Developed in 1912, the scale determines the heat of a pepper by measuring the concentration of its heat-wielding chemical compounds called capsaicinoids.

Pepper X measures an average of 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units. A jalapeño, by comparison, measures just 2,000 to 8,000 SHUs, while a serrano can land between 10,000 and 23,000 SHUs.

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The new world's hottest pepper, Pepper X, is 3 times spicier than its predecessor (Original Post) usonian Oct 2023 OP

OK, maybe some of you can help me with this Bettie Oct 2023 #1

When did gardening transform into weapons manufacturing? LonePirate Oct 2023 #2

What's the point? Lunabell Oct 2023 #3

Ronnie Chieng Doesn't think so! 2naSalit Oct 2023 #4

Well done. Pun intended. usonian Oct 2023 #6

Big nope here Pas-de-Calais Oct 2023 #5

How hot is just TOO hot? trof Oct 2023 #7

I was out on field assignment with an Indian guy. usonian Oct 2023 #8

Bettie

(17,083 posts)

1. OK, maybe some of you can help me with this

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2023, 10:43 AM

Oct 2023

Why?

I like spice in food, but I don't like things so hot that I can't taste anything but hot.

I know guys who will just sit with each other and eat hot peppers like it's a dare, they sit there, red-faced, sweaty, sometimes tears running down their faces....and it doesn't look like they are enjoying any of it.

I do not understand this weird subculture.

LonePirate

(13,893 posts)

2. When did gardening transform into weapons manufacturing?

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2023, 10:46 AM

Oct 2023

We have reached the point where these peppers are too spicy for human (and animal) consumption. Their only purpose now is weaponization.

Lunabell

(6,810 posts)

3. What's the point?

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2023, 10:49 AM

Oct 2023

I love hot spicy food, but it's gotta taste good. Indian curries, Thai food, Mexican food, I live to be very spicy. When I order Chinese hot and sour soup, I always ask for extra heat. Some really hot peppers are just hot to be hot and don't have much flavor because you're in such agony that you can't taste anything.

2naSalit

(92,677 posts)

4. Ronnie Chieng Doesn't think so!

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2023, 11:19 AM

Oct 2023

Skip to 3:58 for relevant part...

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usonian

(13,786 posts)

6. Well done. Pun intended.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 19, 2023, 11:59 AM

Oct 2023

🔥🔥🔥 🔥🔥🔥

Pas-de-Calais

(9,993 posts)

5. Big nope here

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2023, 11:45 AM

Oct 2023

trof

(54,273 posts)

7. How hot is just TOO hot?

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 06:55 PM

Oct 2023

I don't think we need anything this hot.

usonian

(13,786 posts)

8. I was out on field assignment with an Indian guy.

Reply to trof (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 20, 2023, 07:03 PM

Oct 2023

We stopped at an Indian restaurant (in Newark or Fremont CA, so there were lots of them) and he had a dish that had him turning bright red and sweating, so I think we hit max practical heat a long time ago.

Not a heat-seeker, myself. I just posted for the curiosity value.

Grew some 🔥 Habañeros 🔥 from seed a few years back and gave the plants away.

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