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' Bhutanese pepper ' or 'Ghost pepper' in Assamese [4]), is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. [5] [6] It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens. [7] In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce.
It is also known as naga jolokia and ghost pepper. Carolina Reaper: United States 1,569,300–2,200,000 [31] SHU: Extremely hot pepper, was once the Guinness World Records holder for hottest pepper. Developed by Ed Currie: Datil [18] 100,000–300,000 SHU: A very hot chili; primarily grown in Florida Fatalii: 125,000–325,000 SHU
By Esther Sung The word "pepper" refers to members of the genus Capsicum, which includes hot varieties, also known as chile peppers, and sweet varieties, such as the bell pepper. Up until the ...
The Naga Viper pepper is a hot chili pepper developed in England. In 2011, it was recorded as the "World's Hottest Chili" by the Guinness World Records with a rating of 1,382,118 Scoville heat units (SHU), [ 1 ] but was surpassed in SHU by the Carolina Reaper , in 2017, and again by the latest world record holder Pepper X in 2023.
Like many varieties of the Chinense species, the Naga Morich is a small-medium shrub with large leaves, small, five-petaled flowers, and blisteringly hot fruit. It differs from the Bhut Jolokia and Bih Jolokia in that it is slightly smaller with a pimply ribbed texture as opposed to the smoother flesh of the other two varieties.
The pepper has a Scoville scale rating of 10,000-23,000 SHU [1] depending on cultivation and preparation, making it more spicy than the jalapeño. The peter pepper has both ornamental [2] and culinary use. Common uses include pickling, [3] salsa, and chili pepper. [6] It can be used like jalapeño or serrano peppers. [6] Peter peppers
Er jing tiao Dried erjingtiao chilli peppers. Er jing tiao (simplified Chinese: 二荆条; traditional Chinese: 二荊條; pinyin: Èr jīngtiáo) is a variety of chili that is most common in Sichuan cuisine of China. The chili is typically shaped like the letter J and is between 5 and 6 inches long.
Peter Frampton, second from right, on the set of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' in 1978. (Photo: Michael Putland/Getty Images)