Re: [CH] Votes for any pepper hotter than Red Savina?
Beth (beth@bayoutraders.com)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:06:26 -0600
Mike Pierce wrote:
> ....The hottest chile I ever ate came from a little place in the Ozark
> mountains. They only grow wild near hot springs, and the locals call them
> "Beelzebubba's". They are a mossy green and they smell like a habanero
> crossed with a tobacco plant. I got ahold of one last year and wish I
> hadn't. They warn you to just go ahead and eat them while you are on the
> toilet, and for good reason. By the time the paramedics showed up (neighbors
> called them when they heard my screams), my hemorrhoids were blown out and
> lodged in the side of the toilet tank, and I had porcelein chips underneath
> my fingernails from gripping the rim so hard.
>
Now that sounds like a pod they would cultivate and devour in East
Texas...........
Beth in Texas Further South than East Texas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Dremann" <craig@ecoseeds.com>
> To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 3:35 PM
> Subject: [CH] Votes for any pepper hotter than Red Savina?
>
> > So is that the end to the votes on any peppers hotter than the Red
> > Savina?????
> >
> > P.S. According to the search engine Altavista, there's 254 different
> > companies selling hot sauces made from a pepper they spell "Habañero",
> > with a tilde
> > (searching = habañero "hot sauces"):
> >
> > Melindas, etc.
> >
> > The Anglos always drop all the accents off the Spanish words---when did
> > you ever see the city in California spelled San José with an accent over
> > the e?
> >
> > Sincerely, Craig Dremann
> >