Re: [CH] Choc's VS Red Savina's

Charles Demas (demas@sunspot.tiac.net)
Sun, 5 Sep 1999 12:51:18 -0400 (EDT) 

On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Baker Richardson wrote:

> Was just wondering how you can tell which is hotter....Once it gots so hot 
> it all burns. Just tried a red savina yesterday (RAW) and it took a good 
> hour to stop burning.
> Yearn for the burn (Mrs. Habanerored)

The same way Scoville tests do it, by dilution.  Scoville tests used
water, IIRC, but consider taking two jars of mild salsa, and adding equal
parts of each pepper to test at a significant dillution. 


Chuck Demas
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