Hotness and What-not -ness

Call it Synchronicity or auto-sync or co-inky-dink or whatever
you want to call it when random events re-occur inexplicably in an

almost-connected sequence within a short period of time.

I experience this a lot, so much so that sometimes it seems to me
that I may have been touched by an Angel. But probably not.....
today, it's more likely I've been touched by a Bhut. *

                                                              
















March 25: I was watching the local Houston Fox News station

when I heard them mention Bhut, the world's hottest Chili Pepper.

I was thinking, yeah..... I'm in Texas, where they love their hot

and spicy Chili bowls as much as their flamin' hot Barbecue Wings

and Baby Back Ribs. But this Bhut doesn't come from Texas or

nearby Mexico, where they pride themselves on their production

and exports of Jalapenos and Habaneros. No, this red-hot Chili

Pepper that's hot as Hell thrives in the Indian subcontinent regions

of Manipur, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and each region

wants to lay their claim to fame as if they owned the copyrights to

this red devil from the Plant Genus Capsicum. 

But on with my synch-ed story......March 26, the next day, and my

nephew with the 'Superman' avatar sends out a Facebook message :


' Trying to get my hands on bhut chili.....Does anyone know
where I can get a hold of one of these peppers? '

' Hey ! Now that's odd......maybe he was watching the news
at the same time as I was', I said to myself.  I had no answer for
him as I saw subsequent messages saying he wanted to eat it and grow it.
Hmmm... I decided I had to find the source for Bhut in Texas so I could
watch him suffer. But before I got to my Googling for the day, three days
passed and then.....March 29.

I was killing time before the afternoon shift by watching the Travel Channel,
and there it was again....on the program called 'Extreme Destinations',
a segment featuring the TV host in the act of taking on one of the greatest
challenges he had ever faced : the Four Horsemen Burger which contains
four of the hottest chili peppers known to man, including the Bhut !
It's stupid, it's dangerous, it's excruciating and it's an insane San Antonio, 
Texas thang, as extreme as they come.



4 Horsemen Burger Challenge
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And so this post is dedicated to 'Superman' Shaheed as he devours what
could be Kryptonite of a different form....

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* In Hindi, the word 'Bhoot' means 'Ghost' ; Western researchers have
made the error of identifying the Bhut pepper as the 'Ghost pepper', fancifully
associating it with the Devil and the hottest destination you never want to visit, 
Hell. This is a matter of controversy and opinion for the proud growers of
Bhut in the Indian subcontinent according to wikipedia. 
Read all about the Bhut meaning :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhut_Jolokia_pepper#Etymology

and also how it's being used in India as a weapon against Terrorists 

Below is a  listing of a just a few peppers as rated on the Scoville scale.
There are many more not on the list, but none are hotter than the
Bhut Jolokia and the Red Savina Habanero.

SCOVILLE	PRODUCT
16,000,000	Pure Capsaicin
1,001,304	Bhut Jolokia
577,000	Red Savina Habanero
100,000-450,000	Habanero, various
50,000-100,000	Thai, Chiletepin, Pepin
30,000-50,000	Tabasco; Cayenne
15,000-30,000	Chile De Arbol
5,000-15,000	Serrano
2,500-5,000	Jalapeno
1,000-1,500	Ancho; Pasilla
500-1,000	Anaheim
0-100	Bell; Pimento