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I've got chillis, they're multiplying
« on: January 26, 2010, 04:30:41 PM »
It's this plant I bought. Do you pick them when green or wait till they go red like?
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Re: I've got chillis, they're multiplying
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2010, 04:33:01 PM »
It's this plant I bought. Do you pick them when green or wait till they go red like?

Cut them up and rub them in your eyes to see if they are ripe like...  ;)
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Re: I've got chillis, they're multiplying
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2010, 04:54:03 PM »
Depends on how hot you like them, they will be hotter when red.
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Re: I've got chillis, they're multiplying
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2010, 04:59:06 PM »
Or vice-versa
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Re: I've got chillis, they're multiplying
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2010, 05:09:11 PM »
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The "heat" of chili peppers is measured in Scoville heat units (SHU), which is the number of times a chili extract must be diluted in water for it to lose its heat. Bell peppers rank at 0 SHU, New Mexico green chilis at about 1,500 SHU, jalape?os at 3,000?6,000 SHU, and habaneros at 300,000 SHU. The record for the hottest chili pepper was assigned by the Guinness Book of Records to the naga jolokia (from northeastern India), measuring over 1,000,000 SHU.

1,000,000 Sh................... !!!    eeek:
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Re: I've got chillis, they're multiplying
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Re: I've got chillis, they're multiplying
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2010, 05:12:54 PM »
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The "heat" of chili peppers is measured in Scoville heat units (SHU), which is the number of times a chili extract must be diluted in water for it to lose its heat. Bell peppers rank at 0 SHU, New Mexico green chilis at about 1,500 SHU, jalape?os at 3,000?6,000 SHU, and habaneros at 300,000 SHU. The record for the hottest chili pepper was assigned by the Guinness Book of Records to the naga jolokia (from northeastern India), measuring over 1,000,000 SHU.

1,000,000 Sh................... !!!    eeek:

I used to go to an Indian in Staines that would make food Naga hot... I bit into one once...  eeek:
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Re: I've got chillis, they're multiplying
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2010, 05:16:35 PM »
I start sweating at the eyelids at anything over about 1,500 SHU  noooo:
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Re: I've got chillis, they're multiplying
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2010, 05:21:33 PM »
Invite TMR around and ask him to bring his mental sauce with him.

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