Bru Jockokia

[FinInGermany]

Something I found on the net today. Could one of you ladies or gents please confirm this for me?

The Bruscotia pepper, also known as Bru Jockokia, is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast Scotland.It is a hybrid of Capsicum Girdersum and Capsicum Asparflame, bred by Scottish chili breeder Angus Fairscorcher. PepperX was recognised by Tennents World Records as the world's hottest chili pepper in 2023, with a scoville measurement of 2.6 million scoville heat units. However today Tennents World Records have announced that this new chili has recorded an SHU of 3 million, becoming the hottest in the world.

 

[DementedWelder]

Photoshop.

 

[HerbCasa]

That's funny looking

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Photoshop.

I've grown it before. It makes great salsa.

 

[FinInGermany]

I've grown it before. It makes great salsa.

WOW! and by the looks of things, it's even hot enough to make the colours leach into the ceramic

 

[FinInGermany]

Photoshop.

Nope, genuine Scottish horticultural genuis . Don't forget - we are the nation which gave you the thistle ... along with Irn Bru, naturally .

 

[growyourown]

looks like it was crossed with a tide pod

 

[DementedWelder]

I've grown it before. It makes great salsa.

Looks like some good port wine cheese.

 

[Doctor Scoville]

Smurfing a cross pollination always make me smurf.

 

[HellfireFarm]

I saw this earlier today elsewhere and looked it up. This thread was the third hit

 

[FinInGermany]

I saw this earlier today elsewhere and looked it up. This thread was the thir

I saw it in a satirical FB page called Scottish Aye, where I can imagine it originated, but I can't be absolutely certain . It's a pretty fun page for anyone interested in things Scottish.