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The world’s hottest chilli
A long time ago in a galaxy far away…Oops got a bit carried away! (Actually to be more precise northeast India) grew a chilli a very hot chilli called the “Naga Jolokia,” in fact so hot, the chilli man rates the Naga Jolokia right up there with volcanos on the heatometer scale!
Only recently discovered by the western world (way behind the 8 ball on this one)
in September 2006 The Naga Jolokia was officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s hottest chilli measuring in at over 1,000,000 Scoville Units (SCH), (Scoville Units (SCH) is a scale used to measure how much capsaicin….. actually don't worry about it, bottom line it measures how hot chillies are). To put things into perspective the previous worlds hottest chilli was the Red Savina, it measured in at 577,000 (SCH), most habanero chilli’s range from between 100,000 and 300,000 (SCH). With the Naga Jolokia measuring in at over 1,000,000 Scoville Units, that’s enough to bring a tear to the eye of the chilli man himself! (the last time that happed he got something caught in his fly!). Ripe Naga’s measure 60 mm to 85 mm long and 25 mm to 30 mm wide with an orange or red color, small, colorful and potent!
Why is it called Naga Jolokia?
Well, the Naga Jolokia was named after the Naga Warriors who once inhabited Nagaland in northeast India, the Naga warriors we renowned for being very ferocious (like The Chilli Man driving the V8 jet boat or Mr T from the A- Team “you wimpy fool”). It’s also called Bih Jolokia (Bih = 'poison', Jolokia = 'chili pepper'; Bhut Jolokia (Bhut = 'ghost', probably due to its ghostly bite or introduction by the Bhutias from Bhutan poison chili), Oo-Morok (Oo = 'Tree', Morok = 'Chilli'), Borbih Jolokia, Nagahari, Nagajolokia, Naga Morich, Naga Moresh and Raja Mirchi ('King of Chillies'). in Australia it’s called the “you little bastard” chilli, Named after the response from people who bite into one, in similar circumstances it is also refered to as “where’s the fire hose” chilli, and “call an ambulance” Chilli.
What ever you choose to call it, The Chilli Man says “Get that india”.
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