> The active ingredient in peppers is Capsaicin (sp?).
Very true Bob it is an acid and that is what burns ,eating anything of an
alkaline nature will quench the fire, thats why at least over here they
serve yoghurts and cucumber and the like with hot chilies, also chilies are
rated from 1 to 10 for heat with 1= capsicum and cayenne= 7 jalapeno = 5 I
believe in Mexico a purple coloured chili lives which =10its been described
as exquisite agony and another interesting fact about chilies is the heat
produced on eating releases endorphines ( similar to morphine ) from your
body which gives you a natural high so encourages the eater to go back to
something which you would nornally avoid ,I drink tobasco straight from the
bottle just love that afterburn on my lips but no keen on the other after
burn at the other end
Gary
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