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Pepper Blends, Hot Peppers & the Scovil Scale

Ground Cayenne peppers come in many different strengths. Store-brand cayenne is usually pretty darn tame. Cayenne goes well in Asian and Indian, as well as New World cuisine.

 

We are constantly adding to our inventory, and can get crushed and/or whole dried pods for many of these peppers. We have been focusing on powdered chilis so far, as they can be added to a recipe in exactly-measured and cautious amounts, as desired.

We have a pretty darn good selection of chili peppers, especially since we're in Connecticut.

There are zillions of kinds of chili peppers Out There; we are presenting for your amusement and delectation some of the best-known and a few unusual ones that we've stumbled across in our peregrinations.

We can get quite a variety of other peppers, but these are what we have on hand. If you don't see what you're looking for, please contact us.

Ground peppers are packed in 45-ml glass hexagonal jars while crushed peppers are in 110-ml glass hexagonal jars and whole dried pods are in re-sealable plastic bags.

Please note that the Scovill Heat Unit measures are given for each pepper.

OK, since you ask, the Scovill Heat Unit range was established to measure the heat of the peppers. Bell peppers, which are not hot at all, rate 0 HU on the Scovill scale. Pure capsaicin, the compound which makes peppers hot, weighs in at 1 million HU.

The hottest peppers we can get fall in the 200-300K HU range, which is hotter than most humans can bear.

Peppers rating 5K HU and under are relatively tame, and are primarily considered as "flavor" peppers. When you get to the 10K-40K range, things get a bit zippier. Over 60K HU is hot, to put it mildly. When you hit 100K HU, the peppers are decidedly thermonuclear.

If you do happen to get a sudden surprise by unexpectedly biting into a really hot pepper or a pepper seed, take a quick sip of milk and roll it around in your mouth to put out the inferno. Yoghurt and cottage cheese work just as well. Don't try to quench a chili mouth-fire with water, it won't work.

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