http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/british-chef-went-temporarily-deaf-8742641
I don't buy the math on how they rated the heat.
I don't buy the math on how they rated the heat.
sobelri said:I don't buy the math on how they rated the heat.
karoo said:Noob question .
Is scoville count a total per dish or a concentration/ units per gram>?
Would a small reaper score less than a big reaper , with the same concentration op capsaicin.?
^ what he said. You cant take 200k scoville chillies and make a dish hotter than the actual chillies with them, it just doesnt work that way.spicefreak said:
Scoville Units are a measurement of heat per weight, dried. You cannot, therefore, make a dish hotter than 20000 SHU using a 20000 SHU chilli, no matter how much you put in.
Also, Bird's Eyes are vile.
spicefreak said:Scoville Units are a measurement of heat per weight, dried. You cannot, therefore, make a dish hotter than 20000 SHU using a 20000 SHU chilli, no matter how much you put in.
Also, Bird's Eyes are vile.
fertilizer said:^ what he said. You cant take 200k scoville chillies and make a dish hotter than the actual chillies with them, it just doesnt work that way.
I agree it's hot for sure. Just shoddy math behind it.The Hot Pepper said:
So when you eat a fresh pepper you are getting 0?
Dried is how they measure it yes, to represent what is the average pepper fresh. Otherwise what is the point, to say a fresh has none?
You have one pepper. You put it in a chili. You have 5 peppers. You put them in chili. Chili is hotter. SHU is a representation of each average pepper.
A pepper is a vehicle for capsaicin. Every pepper has capsaicin that's what makes it hot. When you add 2 peppers you are doubling capsaicin for that dish.
Not getting into this one again. But yes, that is how they measured the 20 mil SHU. They didn't dry the actual dish and measure it they multiplied peppers so not accurate due to other ingredients, but it is still a LOT of cap. All of that is in your body after consuming the dish, same amount as a handful of superhots or how every many equal 20 mil. And cap is cap.
"There is 20 mil of peppers" in it, is accurate, by average.
It's hot.