Hot! Hot! Hot Peppers!

November 9, 2007

There are hot peppers and then there are HOT peppers. This afternoon we were talking about the Scoville rating system and how some peppers are hotter than others. The Scoville scale measures how hot chili peppers are. The number of Scoville heat units indicate how much capsaicin is present in the pepper. Capsaicin is the chemical compound responsible for the hot sensation you feel when eating a pepper.

Recently, an ESPN reporter casually took a bite out of a Bhut Joloki pepper, not realizing how hot it would be. Not even milk could cut the heat. If you want to see how he handled it, read more

22 Comments

gab6784 5 years 16 weeks

LOL that was great!!

aimeeb 5 years 24 weeks

i still get a kick out of this...

aimeeb 5 years 24 weeks

Oh my oh my...

DeviousMuse 5 years 26 weeks

I started to get worried when he touched his eyes later in the segment (thankfully with his other hand), because hot pepper resin on fingers and then those in your eyes? PAINFUL!

nikodarling 5 years 27 weeks

That poor guy. I have done this before so I know how painful it can be.

techkim 5 years 27 weeks

Oh man that was funny. HELLO I know not to take a bite out of SOME peppers and I like hot. . I saw this one where a teenage ate a habanaro and I could not watch him it was so painful looking.

4BYRDS 5 years 27 weeks

that was hilarious. my husband loved it.

aimeeb 5 years 27 weeks

HOT HOT HOT HOT

terryt18 5 years 27 weeks

"How long is this going to last?" !!!! hahahahahahahahaha what a douche

mamaseacat 5 years 27 weeks

SilentVamp, I was joking. Of course I can eat green (bell) peppers. I'm just not a "hot" fan. :-)

mollywog 5 years 27 weeks

Hee! I've seen that pepper grower on the Food Network before, he always cracks up at the different tv personalities that eat his peppers. I love hot peppers, but not that hot!

michichan 5 years 27 weeks

Who's done that before?

rebelchipmunk 5 years 27 weeks

that was hilarious, and when the other reporter said, "you stay classy rob stone," that was icing on the cake.

annebreal 5 years 27 weeks

I love how he took another bite!! That was probably the funniest game break segment I've ever seen, they're usually so annoying. Although if it was a game I wanted to see I probably still woulda been mad, hehe.

POPSUGAR Tech 5 years 27 weeks

I love hot peppers.. but 5-6 hours of hotness -yowzas!!

Knight Who Says Ni 5 years 27 weeks

Mamaseacat, green peppers are not spicy at all (seriously, not even a tiny, tiny bit), and you shouldn't be afraid! They are quite delicious and contain lots of water.