1,000,000 Scoville Units

[Oldman]

In today's paper it was report that the Bhut Jolokia aka Ghost Pepper is right at 1,000,000 Scoville Units.  For those that don't know a Jalapeno Pepper is about 5,000 Scoville Units.



This site has a "limited" supply of seeds: http://seedrack.com/08.html?gclid=CP6Pw6W8qpsCFQJvswodCF-YDA

I think I will pass....

[Buck36]

1,000,000!!!!!

I would be nervous just picking it.

[pensrock]

I have some bhuts growing in the garden now along with nagas, chocolate habs, orange habs, thai hot, penos, fresnos and hot wax. I think thats all Lol.

[Oldman]

I have some bhuts growing in the garden now

What do you do with them?

Jokingly I told my wife I should plant a bunch of them for those people who like to steal from my garden.

[pensrock]

If someone stole one and ate it, they would be in some pain. LOL  :o

I actually dry them and then grind into a powder to spice things up when needed. A little goes a long way.  ;)
This year I may try smoking some then drying and grinding like I do with penos.

The smaller red peppers in the upper right of the basket are a few nagas from last year.

[lumpy]

I'm sweating just thinking about 1M Scoville.

Lumpy

[Oldman]

I actually dry them and then grind into a powder

What are you using to grind them into a powder? And how are you protecting yourself when grinding?

[pensrock]

I use one of those small spice grinders, Black & Decker I think. I put them into a plastic bag and seal it, then crush them as much as I can. Then into the spice grinder till its ground as fine as I like. I do this outside on the deck with a fan blowing on my back so if any dust should fly out it is blown away from me. I have not had a problem yet. Fingers crossed.  ;D
When dealing with any peppers hotter than cayanne I always wear rubber gloves, for obvious reasons. Smoking Duck learned the hard way.  ;D ;D

[manxman]

I use one of those small spice grinders, Black & Decker I think. I put them into a plastic bag and seal it, then crush them as much as I can. Then into the spice grinder till its ground as fine as I like. I do this outside on the deck with a fan blowing on my back so if any dust should fly out it is blown away from me. I have not had a problem yet. Fingers crossed.   
When dealing with any peppers hotter than cayanne I always wear rubber gloves, for obvious reasons. Smoking Duck learned the hard way.

I have got a Bhut Jolokia growing at the moment amongst some other chilli's, will rememebr this advice when the time comes!  ;) :D

[beefmann]

1 m scoville.... can we say 3rd degree tongue burn.. owie..  no thanks

[Buck36]

Pens powder may actually be hot enough to put with our bird seed. The cayenne doesn't seem to phase the squirrels anymore.

[pensrock]

cayenne are around 30,000 units, jalapenos about 5,000, so yes the bhuts and nagas are a LOT HOTTER!  :o

[Scotty-G]

I had 3 baby bhuts pepper plants growing and went on vacation for a week -  During that week we had a hot dry spell and lost all 3 plants  :(  :(  :(

Now I have to order some more seedlings.