This Pepper Is So Hot It Could Literally Kill You

[Guest Nicole]

A Welsh horticulturist by the name of Mike Smith has bred a variety of pepper that is so hot it could cause a life-threatening anaphylactic shock if consumed. This new pepper, dubbed the Dragon Breath Chilli, measures 2.48m on the Scoville scale. That means that it’s considerably hotter than the previous all-time record holder, the Carolina Reaper, which measures near 2.2m heat units. (Your average jalapeño pepper, by comparison, measures between 2,500 and 10,000 on the Scoville scale). Here’s the Dragon’s Breath Chilli on the vine:

Read more: https://www.eater.com/2017/5/18/15657772/dragons-breath-chilli-hottest-pepper-in-the-world

[admin]

Yikes!  ... or should I say Ouch!

I had a friend who used to love to collect hot sauces. 

[Guest Nicole]

probably a mexican friend