John,
You're going to have to grow some Naga Vipers, now!
World’s hottest pepper is ‘hot enough to strip paint’
By http://news.yahoo.com/bloggers/brett-michael-dykes - Brett Michael Dykes
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Fri Dec 3, 11:38 am ET

Fiery food mavens seeking to one-up each other now have to gear up for a whole new test of culinary bravado: the http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101203/sc_yblog_thelookout/worlds-hottest-pepper-is-hot-enough-to-strip-paint# - - world's - chili http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101203/sc_yblog_thelookout/worlds-hottest-pepper-is-hot-enough-to-strip-paint# - - Scoville - Bhut http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yblog_thelookout/sc_yblog_thelookout/storytext/worlds-hottest-pepper-is-hot-enough-to-strip-paint/38894364/SIG=13b0bttap/*http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1335043/Worlds-hottest-chilli-grown-tiny-Cumbrian-greenhouse.html - Fowler told the Daily Mail .
"It's hot enough to strip paint." Indeed, the Daily Mail reports that
defense researchers are already investigating the pepper's potential
uses as a weapon.
But Fowler -- who makes
customers sign a waiver declaring that they're of sound mind and body
before trying a Naga Viper-based curry -- insists that consuming the
fiery chili does the body good.
"It numbs your tongue, then burns all the way down,"
he told the paper. "It can last an hour, and you just don't want to talk
to anyone or do anything. But it's a marvelous endorphin rush. It makes
you feel great."
[Related: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yblog_thelookout/sc_yblog_thelookout/storytext/worlds-hottest-pepper-is-hot-enough-to-strip-paint/38894364/SIG=10nv5ukbj/*http://yhoo.it/hCxzB8 - Secret chili ingredients unveiled ]
A member of the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yblog_thelookout/sc_yblog_thelookout/storytext/worlds-hottest-pepper-is-hot-enough-to-strip-paint/38894364/SIG=11925iaat/*http://cliftonchilliclub.moonfruit.com/# - Clifton Chili Club
-- a group of Brits who travel around sampling chilis -- decided to try
one of Fowler's Naga Vipers on camera. You can watch his
less-than-pleasurable experience http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/yblog_thelookout/sc_yblog_thelookout/storytext/worlds-hottest-pepper-is-hot-enough-to-strip-paint/38894364/SIG=11925iaat/*http://cliftonchilliclub.moonfruit.com/#/videos/4542506410 - here .
(Photo of Bhut Jolokia, the previous holder of the hottest pepper in the world title: AP/New Mexico State University)
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