Chili facts..

[Kyote]

!) they are hot for the most part.

2) one fresh med. sized chili pod has as much vit-C as 6 oranges.

3) one tsp of dried red chili pwd has the daily requirments of vit-A

4) hot chili peppers burn calories by triggering a thremodynamic burn in the body, which speeds up the metabolism.

5) teas and lozenges are made with chili peppers for the treatment of soar throat.

6) capsaicinoids is added to paints for areas around water and below water lines prevents life from attaching to it, barnacles ect.

[Texas-Hunter]

!) they are hot for the most part.

WOW...Your going out on a limb there Yote..

[Seboke]

Now that's the kind of expertise and experience that folks pay for!!

[SMOKE FREAK]

Ya see...thats why I keep coming back...Just no end to the things you can learn here

[northern greenhorn]

And they come from plants

[Whisky Fish]

Good way to start the day gentelmen

[Slanted88]

Uhhh...How bout Scoville scale...

[MossyMO]

I expected to read something Cliff Clavin-ish like this -

The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world's hottest chili.

After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhut jolokia" or "ghost chili" to make tear' gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects.

The bhut jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's spiciest chili. It is grown and eaten in India's northeast for its taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling summer heat.

It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chili's spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000.

"The chili grenade has" been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense laboratories.

[Richtee]

Good way to start the day gentelmen

Yeah... nothin' too heavy... just a quick truth to ponder over coffee.

[Zeeker]

I always said my boy was quick. Spot on Kyote...

[Slanted88]

I always said my boy was quick. Spot on Kyote...

Usually occur's after he get's dipped for flea's...

[ALX]

!) they are hot for the most part.

they are also fruits...not vegetables....

[GOT14U]

Not much to add to that one Yote......I think you got all the bases covered

[Kyote]

Holly Crap, I have to clean the key board and my screen (won't even talk about under garments bein soiled.)

I have been working so hard getting my other cave ready and with the past weekend all the smoking I had to do. I get on here with plans and peter out. I am going to write a fact every day about chili as long as it would let me edit. Just been pooped. Minnibill knows about little green heavy cans.
and when i started to write. I just gave the the big wisdom 1st

I have learned a lot from the NM pepper inst.. and from reading other things in books ect about use's for HOT peppers and the not so hot.

still not done with the moving and arranging stuff and have to do a cheese hawg this weekend for a bunch of folks that flew in from up north. got to go ghet and prep in the moring. cook sat and serve sunday. shall see.

[Fire it up]

!) they are hot for the most part.

Buttered toast?