Re: [CH] chile heat article
danceswithcarp (dcombs@bloomington.in.us)
Mon, 04 Sep 2000 16:02:51 -0500
At 10:46 AM 9/4/00 -0700, peter gaffney wrote:
>hope this isn't a repeat post ; the article is dated May/00 , from
>Today's Chemist, How Hot Is That Pepper?, subtitled ...
>Quantifying capsaicinoids with chromatography .
> http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/tcaw/00/may/dong.html
> the item is actually an enjoyable read, notwithstanding the title
>and lofty publication source.
I dunno. This article says 16 million scovilles will raise a
"blister." Since cap acts only on the burn pain receptors it seems like
it would be impossibe for a simulated burning pain to raise a blister from
a burn. I've handled some hot stuff in my life and I think Tabasco Crab
Boil is 16 million SCV and that didn't make a blister. One error doesn't
discredit the article, but it does make me quit reading.
Can cap make a blister?
carp