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One bite of this pepper could kill you!


One bite of this pepper could kill you!

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/05/19/worlds-hottest-chili-pepper-may-kill-isnt-meant-to-be-eaten.html

[Forget the "Carolina Reaper" this new pepper is not for human consumption.]


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It's not surprising that someone has bred something that's hotter than a Carolina Reaper - speaking from memory there are a couple "in development" that are significantly hotter than the one in the article.

I say "in development" because they won't make any official declaration until it's bred true for something like seven generations.

I also find the claim that this particular pepper is lethal to be "surprising" to say the least. After all, there is a series of videos on Youtube of someone who ate a spoonful of "The Source" hot sauce and that's rated at over 7 million Scoville. (That's a significant multiple of the heat levels of this pepper.) Admittedly the guy ended up in the hospital being fed activated charcoal to blot it up but he hardly died.

BTW Carolina Reapers clock in at 2 million plus not 1.5 like the article says and yours truly has been dumb enough to chow down on one (never mind - it seemed like a good idea at the time). But it's only a matter of time before some fool decides to do so and posts it on Youtube.

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/welsh-farmer-accidentally-creates-worlds-hottest-chili/
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As with all hot peppers, the Dragon’s Breath chili’s extreme heat is mainly the result of capsaicin, which tricks sensory neurons into telling the brain that they are literally burning. Eat enough of it, and you can experience more serious effects, like vomiting, abdominal pain and yes, even death—but only at high enough doses. A study in mice found the minimum lethal dose of capsaicin is 100 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. Since the average adult person weighs 58-81 kilograms, a fatal human dose would be between 5.8 and 8.1 grams, if we go off of the mouse numbers.

If, as Smith contends, the Dragon’s Breath registers 2.48 million Scoville heat units, it’d be nearly 1 million SHUs more intense than the Carolina reaper, which averages 1.57 million. The Scoville scale is based on dilution: 1,000 SHUs means that you have to dilute the extract from 1 gram of dried pepper 1,000 times before you stop tasting the heat. Pure capsaicin registers a staggering 16 million SHUs. Scientists can convert between the amount of capsaicin per gram of dried pepper and SHUs; the Dragon’s Breath’s 2.48 million SHUs translates to 0.155 grams of capsaicin per gram of dried pepper. Since hot peppers are ~85% water, that means there are 0.023 grams of capsaicin per gram of fresh Dragon’s Breath.



So, to consume the minimum lethal dose of 5.8 grams of capsaicin, you’d have to eat nearly 250 grams—just over half a pound—of peppers. For an habanero-sized pepper, which look twice as large as the fruits Smith created, that would be about 25-30 peppers.

Realistically, it’s probably impossible to breed a pepper so spicy that just one could kill you with its heat.

Anaphylactic shock occurs when allergic reactions go nuclear. There are tens of thousands of known allergens out there, any of which could potentially cause a life-threatening case of anaphylaxis in someone who is allergic. And yet, despite decades of study including injection trials, there are no published cases of capsaicin-induced anaphylaxis. Capsaicin and similar chemicals are being explored as a way of reducing allergic responses.

/gizmodo.com/world-s-hottest-pepper-will-have-you-breathing-fire-bu-1795381731
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Then there's this woman:

Woman gobbles 51 of world's hottest chillies - and rubs 25 in her eyes while Gordon Ramsay watches in horror

They're likely to leave you gasping for water - and have even been known to kill people who eat too many.

For this woman, however, the world's hottest chilli pepper proved nothing more than a simple snack as she chomped her way through 51 of them to claim a place in the Guinness Book of Records yesterday.

Anandita Dutta Tamuly completed her eye-watering feat in two minutes, to the astonishment of Gordon Ramsay, who was monitoring her record attempt.

etc ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169045/Woman-gobbles-51-worlds-hottest-chillies--rubs-25-eyes-Gordon-Ramsay-watches-horror.html
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quote:

shiftless2 wrote:

Then there's this woman:

Woman gobbles 51 of world's hottest chillies - and rubs 25 in her eyes while Gordon Ramsay watches in horror

They're likely to leave you gasping for water - and have even been known to kill people who eat too many.

For this woman, however, the world's hottest chilli pepper proved nothing more than a simple snack as she chomped her way through 51 of them to claim a place in the Guinness Book of Records yesterday.

Anandita Dutta Tamuly completed her eye-watering feat in two minutes, to the astonishment of Gordon Ramsay, who was monitoring her record attempt.

etc ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169045/Woman-gobbles-51-worlds-hottest-chillies--rubs-25-eyes-Gordon-Ramsay-watches-horror.html



OMG...that makes me sick just reading about it! emoticon

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Geez....I can't even eat mild jerk chicken and medium salsa is a challenge for me!

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And we have a new champion:

'Pepper X' At Over 3 Million Scoville Is The New World's Hottest Pepper

Constantine Spyrou

A few months ago, history was made when a Welsh chili grower invented the Dragon's Breath chili. At 2.48 million Scoville heat units, it easily eclipsed the Carolina Reaper to gain the title of world's hottest pepper. Now however, a fiery new pepper, Pepper X, has been revealed to the world that puts the heat of even the Dragon's Breath to shame.

MORE> including vid

This article dates from late last year but I don't see anything more recent beyond a definitive statement from the breeder that they won't be selling seeds or whole peppers until their record as the world's hottest is confirmed.
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Hotter is not always better. I'm happy to sprinkle powdered Cayenne pepper on food like mashed potatoes and gravy. Ghost peppers are also enjoyable although I don't like their flavor as much as that of Cayenne pepper. I like Ghost pepper cheese when I can find it.
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