A reader sent me the pages - I don't get the WSJ. It talks about the Bhut Jolokia and other peppers. The article is here: http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB120191360681137059.html Towards the end of it, it states the Saikais expect their company to ship 25 tons of dried chilies. That's 50,000 pounds. I weighed a baggie of dried habs I have (about 40 decent size pods) and it weighed .7 ounces. So that would mean it would take more than 900 pods to make a pound. 900 x 50,000 = 45 million Bhut Jolokia pods.
1) They have a huge growing area or
2) They are growing pods much bigger than halapenos or
3) They are not drying the peppers near as much as I do or
4) The Indians' scales are whacked or
5) All of the above.
Mike
1) They have a huge growing area or
2) They are growing pods much bigger than halapenos or
3) They are not drying the peppers near as much as I do or
4) The Indians' scales are whacked or
5) All of the above.
Mike