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Scovilles
Scovilles are a measure of piquancy/heat in chili peppers. And there are a TON of Scovilles in my garden right now.
This year I bought one of those 'mixed selections' of hot peppers seeds on Ebay because I didn't have room for a whole packets of seeds of a bunch of different kinds.
Each came with a label. Which was unfortunately not rain proof so after a couple of rains I did not know what variety was what.
Today I thought it would be nice to have sausage/onions/peppers for dinner. I went out and got some sweet 1015 onions out of the garden. Then, I got a bowl and started harvesting different kinds of peppers, got a total of about 20. Some were green, some red, some purple.
On the way in, I thought I'd give them a taste so I bit into a long, very dark green one. I don't know the name but I had not grown it before. It was not a cayenne.
Holy cow. Hot is not even the word. Searing. Nuclear. At least twenty nine zillion Scovilles.
Dinner should be interesting.
Last edited by Lucille : 07-01-2008 at 04:15 PM.
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