Re: [CH] All creatures great and jolokia-ish
Dave Drum (dirty_dave@chillicooks.org)
Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:03:06 -0600
bluezinnia@kyananet.com wrote:
> So then, is a /bhut jolokia/ the same thing as a /naga jolokia?
> /I don't speak either of the relevant languages at all, but FWIW, I
> /think /I recall that /bhut /is Tibetan
> for "ghost" or "spirit", and /naga /is maybe "snake" or "serpent" in
> Hindi. Which makes me think maybe they aren't the same, but who knows?
Probably as the Scotch Bonnet and the Habanero are not the same
pepper. I do remember the bhut jolokia being referred to as the "ghost
pepper" is some news accounts at the time it was first announced.
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