btw....
according to the scoville scale no pepper is hotter than the habanero, some
of them over 300,000 scoville units.

for what it's worth...

"Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message
...
I enjoy growing peppers, and I have varieties of all heat
levels. and as anyone who has ever grown peppers knows,
there is no such thing as a pepper shortage this time of year,
all the plants are pumping out peppers! For me, part of the
enjoyment of growing anything is being able to share.

So, here's the problem, I have found that "hot" is a
relative term. I brought in some peppers to one of my
co-workers who insisted he liked hot peppers. "These
are really, really hot, now," I warned him; but he
assured me he liked 'em hot.

Apparently he doesn't like 'em *that* hot, cause he
was back in here complaining about my devil peppers.
I didn't have the heart to tell him those weren't even
close to the hottest ones I have.

Anyway, I'm starting to use what I call "The Old El Paso"
scale. Almost everyone has had Old El Paso salsa at some
time or another, so I ask them what level - mild, medium, or
hot- of Old El Paso salsa would they eat, or would they
consider Old El Paso far too wimpy.Yes, I know there are
far better salsas out there, both homemade and commercial,
but Old El Paso seems to be so ubiquitious, it's a handy reference.
It has narrowed things down a lot, but there are still a few who
are convinced they like much hotter peppers than they really do.

And then there are those annoying people who think that
liking hot peppers somehow makes them kewl. I will confess
to making pepper poppers out of Devil's Tongue peppers
to take to parties just to watch that sort start making all
kind of excuses about why they can't have anything hot
tonight! Some of them even get all scaredy at the
Lemon Drop poppers, and they're merely hot.


Penelope

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:57:58 -0500, "Thomas"
scythicon311@yahoo(dot)com wrote:

btw....
according to the scoville scale no pepper is hotter than the habanero, some
of them over 300,000 scoville units.

Define "habanero"


Penelope, who has at least 10 varieties of _C chinense_ this
year.
--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

hmmm..
are you not familiar with the habanero pepper? I will be honored to define
this pepper. Please give me a day or two to extract my reference book from
storage (we're moving) and I will happily enlighten you.
Thomas
"Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:57:58 -0500, "Thomas"
scythicon311@yahoo(dot)com wrote:

btw....
according to the scoville scale no pepper is hotter than the habanero,
some
of them over 300,000 scoville units.

Define "habanero"


Penelope, who has at least 10 varieties of _C chinense_ this
year.
--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

hmmm..
are you not familiar with the habanero pepper? I will be honored to
define this pepper. Please give me a day or two to extract my
reference book from storage (we're moving) and I will happily
enlighten you.


5 days and counting

lol.....it's funny to me that anyone is counting, at any rate I finally
found the book and the time to scan the info.
Enjoy!
http://users4.ev1.net/~tominama/habanero.htm
"Mark Ingram" wrote in message
...
hmmm..
are you not familiar with the habanero pepper? I will be honored to
define this pepper. Please give me a day or two to extract my
reference book from storage (we're moving) and I will happily
enlighten you.


5 days and counting

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:27:12 -0500, "Thomas"
scythicon311@yahoo(dot)com wrote:

lol.....it's funny to me that anyone is counting, at any rate I finally
found the book and the time to scan the info.
Enjoy!
http://users4.ev1.net/~tominama/habanero.htm

Ok, so according to Jean Andrews, and I'm assuming you agree
with her, a habanero is a cultivar of _C chinense_ that has a
fiery pungency*, is yellow/orange, lantern-shaped, and has an
unmistakable flavor.

Is this correct?


Penelope

* she does not, in the information provided, use Scoville units, so
please pardon my lack of precision.

hmmm..
are you not familiar with the habanero pepper? I will be honored to
define this pepper. Please give me a day or two to extract my
reference book from storage (we're moving) and I will happily
enlighten you.


5 days and counting

hmmm..
are you not familiar with the habanero pepper? I will be honored to define
this pepper. Please give me a day or two to extract my reference book from
storage (we're moving) and I will happily enlighten you.
Thomas
"Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:57:58 -0500, "Thomas"
scythicon311@yahoo(dot)com wrote:

btw....
according to the scoville scale no pepper is hotter than the habanero,
some
of them over 300,000 scoville units.

Define "habanero"


Penelope, who has at least 10 varieties of _C chinense_ this
year.
--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:57:58 -0500, "Thomas"
scythicon311@yahoo(dot)com wrote:

btw....
according to the scoville scale no pepper is hotter than the habanero, some
of them over 300,000 scoville units.

Define "habanero"


Penelope, who has at least 10 varieties of _C chinense_ this
year.
--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"