Tag Archives: Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
Cooking with the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion is one hot chile pepper. How hot? Recent studies cap this baby at over 2 Million SHU (Scoville Heat Units), and that is just plain hot. To put it in perspective, a typical jalapeno pepper measures around 5,000 SHU. Standard pepper spray is between 2-5 Million. Pure capsaicin (the chemical that makes chile peppers hot) is between 15-16 Million. Continue reading
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Is the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion the World’s Hottest Chili Pepper?
A very good question! It is, according to a recent publication by by the American Society for Horticultural Science. Here is the link and the headline from their web site:
‘Trinidad Moruga Scorpion’ Pepper is the World’s Hottest Measured Chile Pepper at More Than Two Million Scoville Heat Units Continue reading
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Helps Promote Trinidad and Tobago
I received this collector button from Jim Duffy of Refining Fire Chiles and wanted to share it with you. The government of Trinidad and Tobago had these buttons made to promote their region as well as tourist event in June. … Continue reading
