![]() ![]() The vein of the chili carries this oil to the seeds, which are the second-hottest part. Chili peppers contain capsaicin oil, the extract used in mace, which is t he only thing hotter than a Reaper pepper. So Schueller gave me a little lesson in chili anatomy. It’s the second bite that gets you because you’re biting into the vein and that’s the hottest part of the chili pepper. ![]() “The tip has very little heat and that’s what most people eat first. “That’s the mistake everyone makes,” he said. Then I popped the whole thing in my mouth. I explained to him that after biting off the tip of the pepper to taste it, I was surprised that it wasn’t as hot as I had expected. The pain usually lasts only an hour,” he said in disbelief and wondered why I would ever eat one. “No you didn’t! I’ve never heard of that before. That explains my physical distress and the reaction of Robert Schueller, general manager of Melissa’s World Variety Produce in Vernon, when he learned I had consumed one whole. (Pepper spray can be up to 5 million units or more.) The next pepper down on the scale is the Ghost pepper at 1 million. A jalapeno measures 8,000 Scoville units, the Carolina Reaper measures 2.2 million and the Scorpion measures 2 million. So here’s what you need to know if you love chilies and want to try this one, which has sent some tasters to the hospital with the same symptoms I experienced.Ī pepper’s heat is measured in Scoville units. I ate a Carolina Reaper, the hottest pepper, and survived (barely) ![]()
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