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UK chili may set new heat recordPosted Apr 5th 2006 8:04PM by Nick VagnoniFiled under: British Isles, Science, Fruit, Food Oddities, Newspapers, SpicesA British couple has grown what they claim to be the hottest variety of chili pepper in the world. Dubbed the
Dorset Naga, the pepper has apparently tested at between 876,000 and 970,000 Scoville heat units, according to The
Telegraph. For comparison, common habanero peppers clock in
at about 200,000-300,000 SHUs and jalapeños are in the low thousands. The Dorset Naga was developed by Michael
and Joy Michaud in Dorset. On their website, they trace the origin of their
chili to the Bangladeshi Naga Morich. Still, Dorset Naga is hotter than that, and the Michaud's aren't quite sure why.
Their site features several articles about similar strains of absurdly hot peppers. According to the Telegraph article,
there isn't a whole lot you can do with the Dorset Naga. Some of the Michaud's customers have actually complained that
the peppers were too hot to cook with. A chef quoted in the article says that some people simply brush their foods with
the pepper before eating.
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