Re: [CH] CH List Poll: The Ten Hottest Chiles

Islandman (islandman@islandman.com)
Thu, 24 May 2001 13:16:39 -0400

Chile Heads:

Speaking of outrageous claims for heat, check out this. . .

        http://www.batnet.com/rwc-seed/Pepper.worlds.hottest.html

How about his 'hotness' survey . . .

        http://www.batnet.com/rwc-seed/pepper.hotness.scale.html

Are these folks working with the same chiles as the rest of us?


Islandman
Islandman Nursery
Vinalhaven Island, ME
islandman@islandman.com
ICQ: 250857



> Chile Heads:
>
> Most Chile aficionados agree that the Red Savina Habanero is potentially
the
> hottest Chile around.  I've noticed claims though in a bunch of seed
> catalogs of other Chiles that supposedly rival the Red Savina in the heat
> department (e.g, Purira, Devil's Tongue, etc.)  Granted, Scoville ratings
> for a particular Chile can differ considerably due to many different
> variables.  However, I'm curious to see if members of Chile Heads are able
> to arrive at any kind of a consensus regarding the Top Ten Hottest Chiles.
>
> Anyone willing to take a stab at it?  [Note:  A list of 10 different
> variants of Habaneros isn't the goal here]
>
>
> Islandman
> Islandman Nursery
> Vinalhaven Island, Maine
> islandman@islandman.com
> ICQ: 250857