!) 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.

!) they are hot for the most part.

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

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

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

And they come from plants :lol:

Good way to start the day gentelmen:thumb:

Uhhh...How bout Scoville scale...:nana2:

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.

Good way to start the day gentelmen:thumb:

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

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

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

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

!) they are hot for the most part.

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

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

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:lol::whistle:

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.

!) they are hot for the most part.

Buttered toast?

Some are green...

!) they are hot for the most part.

chili fact #2 January in Twig MN is colder than a well digger a$$....:banana_smiley::sausage::nana2:

7) the capsaininoids (the chemical that makes chili peppers hot) is used in muscle patches for sore and aching muscles.

8) wild chili's are spread by birds because they do not have the receptors in their mouths to feel the heat.

Another fun fact about Chili's, it's a shitty restaurant with crappy food :lol:

Another fun fact about Chili's, it's a shitty restaurant with crappy food :lol:

:nana2::banana_smiley::welcome:

Another fun fact:
Eef eet's chili 2day, eet's hot tamale! :whistle:

Thanks for the learnin' yote... good stuff!

Capsaicinoids are broadly anti-microbial

Joshua J. Tewksbury, Karen M. Reagan, Noelle J. Machnicki, Tomás A. Carlo, David C. Haak, Alejandra Lorena Calderón Peñaloza, and Douglas J. Levey (2008-08-19), "Evolutionary ecology of pungency in wild chilies", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (33): 11808–11811, doi:10.1073/pnas.0802691105, retrieved 2010-06-30

And the Jokia got you by the Bhut?

Capsazepine blocks the painful sensation of heat caused by capsaicin (the active ingredient of chilli pepper) which activates the TRPV1 ion channel. It is therefore considered to be a capsaicin antagonist. The TRPV1 channel functions as a pain and temperature sensor in mammalians. Capsazepine blocks only the activation of TRPV1 channels by chemicals but not by other painful stimuli, like heat.

9)Chili peppers originated in south america and then spread to central and north america.

10) The indians of the american tropics cultivated the chili pepper for centuries for both it's culinary and medical uses.

The birds were perfect spreading system....digestive track broke down outter layer and then the seeds chat out in a nice boost of bird fertilizer....Nature sure is on it...:thumb:

Wasnt long ago i read about them finding some well over 3000 year old peppers in a indian burial tomb in south america...

11) ther are 26 known species of chili pepper. five of which are domesticated.

12) the color extracted from very red chili peppers pods. Oleoresin, is used in everything from lipstick to processed meats.