It's all over the place. No solid explanation.
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I saw that story and called it for what it was...local city corruption at its finest. Only, they didn't count on the media attention, so it was a quick about-face before it drew the attention of the DOJ. Somebody hated their asses...but it wasn't the public :swear
Who works harder;
the people at the DMV
or
the people at the Post Office.
I've run through hundreds of pounds of jalapenos over the years for Taco and Tequila Tuesday and have run across the same issue. Typically when making pico I'm using 4-6 of them so law of averages takes over. An old wise messican once told me it had to do with how much water they received while growing the peppers. The less water, the hotter the pepper. Is it true? Hard to say. I typically make a regular batch of pico and then one with some habanero to wake it up a little bit.
If you want to get really gutsy (pun intended) add a ghost pepper to the mix. That will eat a hole in whatever you try and contain it in, including you. Crazy hot!
Super spicy and yummy
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Some friend... that is kind of funny though. There are some really funny videos of people who think they're tough and get mixed up with a ghost pepper... The fact that they're dried out typically seems to just add a time delay to the reaction and give people a false sense of confidence before they end up crying in the fetal position. Oh, and milk apparently doesn't help with the ghost pepper...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZstObB4RVsQ
I'm so glad I don't poop!
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How about the Carolina Reaper? Over 2,000,000 Scovile. The typical habanero is around 100K, and the ghost pepper is in the 1,000,000 range. That's just crazy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvogCn7Or6o
My sister and I were talking about that, we BBQ jalapeños with Feta on them and some are hot and some just have flavor.