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Scotch bonnet (also known as Bonney peppers, or Caribbean red peppers) [1] is a variety of chili pepper named for its supposed resemblance to a Scottish tam o' shanter bonnet. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is native to the Americas —a cultivar of Capsicum chinense , which originated in the Amazon Basin , Central and South America .
The Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids , among which capsaicin is the predominant component.
Libby, McNeill and Libby Building - former cannery and processing plant in Blue Island, Illinois; Marshall J. Kinney Cannery - former cannery in Astoria, Oregon; Samuel Elmore Cannery – was a U.S. National Historic Landmark in Astoria, Oregon that was designated in 1966 but was delisted in 1993. [2] It was the home of "Bumble Bee" brand tuna.
Before the early 1990s, there were only two peppers which had been measured above 350,000 SHU, the Scotch bonnet and the habanero. [2] California farmer Frank Garcia used a sport of a habanero to develop a new cultivar, the Red Savina ( C. chinense ), [ 3 ] which was measured at 570,000 in 1994.
Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica, in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet-marinated with a hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice.. The technique of jerking (or cooking with jerk spice) originated from Jamaica's indigenous peoples, the Arawak and Taíno tribes, and was adopted by the descendants of 17th-century Jamaican Maroons who intermingled with them.
The Scoville scale is a measurement of the pungency (spicy heat) of chili peppers or other spicy foods. Scoville may also refer to: Scoville Library, a library in Salisbury, Connecticut, U.S. Scoville Memorial Library (Carleton College), a historic building in Northfield, Minnesota, U.S. Scoville Park, a park in Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
The scotch bonnet is a variety of chili pepper. Scotch bonnet may also refer to: Scotch bonnet (mushroom), a mushroom also known as the fairy ring mushroom; Scotch bonnet (sea snail), a sea snail and the official state shell of North Carolina; Scotch Bonnet Island, a one hectare island in Lake Ontario; Scotch Bonnet Mountain, a mountain in ...
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