The Naga Viper, a cross between three of the hottest exiting varieties, is set to become the hottest chili in the world.
It's so hot that it can strip paint. And weapons experts are even considering using the chili in a "spice bomb" to incapacitate enemy soldiers, the Daily Mail reported.
The new species was created by Gerald Fowler, who runs the Chili Pepper Company in Cumbria, a small county in England.
"It numbs your tongue, then burns all the way down," he told the newspaper. "It can last an hour, and you just don't want to talk to anyone or do anything."
The tongue-scorching pepper set a world-record on the Scoville scale, which measures the heat in spicy food.
While the popular jalapeno comes in at just 2,500-5,000 on the scale, the Naga Viper measures a whopping 1,359,000. It beat out the previous world record holder, the Indian Bhut Jolokia, which measured at 1,001,304.
Fowler maintains eating the fiery pepper is good for you. But how many things that are good for you come with a waiver?
He makes customers sign an agreement they're "of sound body and mind" before sampling a Naga Viper-based curry.
"It's a marvelous endorphin rush," he said. "It makes you feel great."
Originally posted by Comrade Stalin
"It can last an hour, and you just don't want to talk to anyone or do anything."
hmmm. this sounds like a nifty idea to keep the clucking hens at bay while you're trying to watch a football game.
Ozmözis
Chinamon gave me some. I tried it on my dad lol
geroin
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Originally posted by Ozmözis
Chinamon gave me some. I tried it on my dad lol
he gave you the bhut jolokia though
trancypantzzz
what's the point of eating these?
geroin
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Originally posted by trancypantzzz
what's the point of eating these?
so you can fire, why else?
Ang ' ela_ie
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Originally posted by trancypantzzz
what's the point of eating these?
Trance Nutter
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Originally posted by geroin
so you can fire, why else?
dj_alfi
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Originally posted by Kenny Rogers
i bet i kind find an acid which is "stronger" and literally burn away your whole throat making your taste "numb" forever. what a rush.
i know exactly the acid you're talking of!
Moongoose
Now i like my food quite spicy, but eating a whole chilli that goes up to 1.3 million on the scoville scale...thats just ing retarded.
aNYthing
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Originally posted by Moongoose
Now i like my food quite spicy, but eating a whole chilli that goes up to 1.3 million on the scoville scale...thats just ing retarded.
