Estrek's Tribute to Chili Peppers - Thai Peppers Traditional Cache
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Estrek's Tribute to Chili Peppers - Thai Peppers
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One in a series celebrating our favorite producers of endorphins,
and the man who measured them.
The Thai pepper measures around 50,000-100,000 Scoville units. The
Scoville scale is a measurement of the spicy heat (or piquance) of
a chili pepper. The number of Scoville heat units (SHU) indicates
the amount of capsaicin present. Capsaicin is a chemical compound
that stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially
the mucous membranes. The scale is named after its creator,
American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville. His method, devised in 1912,
is known as the Scoville Organoleptic Test. In Scoville's method,
an alcohol extract of the capsaicin oil from a measured amount of
dried pepper is added incrementally to a solution of sugar in water
until the "heat" is just detectable by a panel of (usually five)
tasters; the degree of dilution gives its measure on the Scoville
scale. Thus a sweet pepper or a bell pepper, containing no
capsaicin at all, has a Scoville rating of zero, meaning no heat
detectable. The hottest chilis, such as habaneros and nagas, have a
rating of 200,000 or more, indicating that their extract must be
diluted over 200,000 times before the capsaicin presence is
undetectable. All chilies found around the world today have their
origins in Central America and South America. Chilies were spread
by the Spanish and the Portuguese in their quest to build a global
empire and are still grown in their former colonies in Africa and
Asia. The chili varieties found in Southeast Asia today were
imported and cultivated by Spanish and the Portuguese colonists and
traders.
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