Chiles

[banshee]

Hi again,

Not sure if I got the hang of this, so I will post my message again
I bought a "chilli growing kit " on the internet, awhile ago and they are beautiful.
They are the world's hottest Chillies. I really like the white Habanero it can be dried and ground down to make " white fire sauce ".
The Chocolate Habanero is pretty good too. I don't think I will be eating the Jolokia though. It is over a million scoville units !.
They can give fruit for 9 months a year if kept warm and inside.
As most Chillies are imported by air it makes sense environmentally speaking to grow your own.

[jennyema]

The hottest pepper in the world used to be the Red Savina Habanero, but it lost that claim about a year ago to another type of pepper from India, the name of which I can no longer remember.

[GB]

Jenny, I believe the pepper it losts its claim to is the Bhut Jolokia that banshee mentioned above.

[jennyema]

I was just coming back to amend my post after I looked it up.

I probably wouldn't eat them either. My red savinas lieterally blistered my lips.

[YT2095]

The Naga Jolokia and subsequent Dorset Jolokia, and now my Tipton Jolokia are indeed Much hotter!

in fact I sent BT some seeds last year.
we`re talking Weapons Grade stuff here! and one will put you in Hospital (it has actually done that several times too).

did you Know that Capsaicin is a Neuro-toxin?

[GB]

I enjoy hot stuff, but I do not think I would want to try any of the Jolokia's. I would try it just out of curiosity, but I do not think I would enjoy it.

[JillBurgh]

Originally Posted by YT2095

did you Know that Capsaicin is a Neuro-toxin?

Whoa! I knew it was a stimulant like caffiene, but not a neurotoxin! My BF is addicted to hot peppers. He can't get enough. I've never seen him break a sweat. It's not showing off, it really just doesn't bother him. He eats habaneros raw like apples on the side with dinner - seeds n all- if I don't make him spicy food. (I've mentioned that here before, but it's insane) So we grow habaneros for him. He tries roasting them to make them hotter. In order to make his food hot enough, I pretend that I'm playing a horrible trick on my worst enemy.. that's the only way I can bring myself to add 3-4 chopped habaneros to a dish of food that's supposed to serve 2 people. Once he caught me removing the seeds and he didn't talk to me for a day.

Is he losing brain cells?

Will he be physically (or neurologically) hurt if I find him the Jolokia peppers?

I am definitely going to look for that chili grower, we never had the white or chocolate ones. Thanks for sharing!

[jennyema]

Originally Posted by JillBurgh

Whoa! I knew it was a stimulant like caffiene, but not a neurotoxin! !

"Capsaicin is a neurotoxin that destroys small sensory neurons with unmyelinated axons, including a subpopulation of vagal sensory neurons. Capsaicin treatment attenuates suppression of food intake induced by systemic administration of cholecystokinin (CCK) but not by gastric distension. However, both gastric distension and intravascular CCK alter the discharge of dorsal hindbrain neurons by a vagal mechanism. Therefore, it is plausible that some hindbrain neurons receive convergent input from capsaicin-sensitive vagal neurons that are responsive to CCK and also from capsaicin-insensitive neurons that are responsive to gastric distension. "

Whatever that means.

[Jeekinz]

ROTFLMAO, Jill.

[YT2095]

well, as you probably already know myelin is a Coating on certain nerve types (a bit like the plastic insulation on a wire) it`s demise results in similar effects like "short circuits" in use that equates to lack of correct Motor control (think Parkinsons disease).
all our Spinal nerves are myelin coated.
there are Others however that are Not, because they don`t need to be (under Normal circumstances).
XXX Jolokia is far from "Normal" :D