Re: [CH] CHILE KIDS
bradley ellis (h0t5auce@home.com)
Sat, 17 Feb 2001 14:22:41 -0600
What ever happened to dissecting frogs ...
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From: "Sunny Conley" <chilknight@zianet.com>
To: "chileheads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 12:32 PM
Subject: [CH] CHILE KIDS
> I received the following message and I'm hoping that among the zillion
> of chileheads one of you can help answer the question. Aside from
> Scoville Units and Liquid Chromatology and taste testing is there
> another way to measure the heat of chile...something simple that high
> school students could use? Thanks much.Chile cheers! Sunny
>
> We are high school students doing a study on capsicum chinense (var.
> Jamaccan red) we genetically modified the plant and we would like to
> know how to prove that the pepper is now hotter than before. Is there
> any information you could give us to help us do this. We are at a loss
> right now, and have no clue how to measure the heat. thank you for
> your help.
>