On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:58:10 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 27/10/2011 10:18 AM, James Silverton wrote:
>> Today's "word of the day" in the online Oxford English Dictionary is
>> "Scoville" as in the heat measure for peppers. This was once a test done
>> by diluting capsaicin solution until a board of tasters said that its
>> heat reached the level of the pepper in question. Pure capsaicin is
>> supposed to be 15,000,000 Scoville units. I wonder how on earth they
>> measured that?
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>I can offer a tip on the above. When a recipe calls for 2 large hot red
>peppers to make red pepper jelly, and you cannot find those, 4 little
>Scotch Bonnets is not a good substitute. Not only was it hot as blazes,
>but the pot boiled over and the mixture burned and sent up plumes of
>smoke that were like mace. I could have quelled a prison riot in my kitchen.

Thank you for the tip .. .duly noted. ;o) I have no objection to
learning from someone else's experience.
Janet US