I was watching the Good Eats episode called Chile's Angels, all about chiles and how hot each is and the scale (the scoville heat scale) at which they are measured...AB mentioned that pure capsaicin (capsaicin is the chemical that gives chiles their heat) measures 6 million on the scoville scale. The websites I have found say more than that...one says 16 million. I wanted to know if it was possible to ingest pure capsaicin, and I found this page of information on the chemical. Interesting stuff. Also, this site has a nice graphic that shows the scale and the various peppers and where they fit.
Posted by Josh at August 20, 2004 03:47 AM | TrackBack