Re: Re: [CH] 16 *million* scoville units?
terrabyte@tds.net
Tue, 10 May 2005 19:35:47 +0000
Different story then! My bad.
I remember the toothpick dipping story. Wouldn't need a toothpick for powder...
> Well then, what are you doing arguing? :-)
>
> It was given to me as analytical grade *pure* capsaicin. Someone I met
> at a festival worked in a lab that used the stuff to calibrate the HPLC
> machinery. 16 mil was the given strength of it and about $80/gram. It
> is a white crystalline powder. Burns all the way down (and out ;-) but
> not like what you'd think- odd burn.
>
> -Jim C
> Mild to Wild(R)
>