heirloom
Sun May 08 10:11:38 CDT 2005
Well, I certainly got another education. Don't think the 16 Mil stuff is
for me....the bottle of liquid fire that Jack sent will be well enough for a
long time to come.
Heirloom, old and "come on, ice cream"
"Jack E Martinelli" <jemartin_DELETE@NO_SPAM_gis.net> wrote in message
news:eJb9IP9UFHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> "Another fascinating alkaloid occurs in chile peppers of the genus
Capsicum
> in the nightshade family (Solanaceae). According to D. Dewitt and P. W.
> Bosland (Peppers of the World: An Identification Guide, Ten Speed Press,
> Berkeley, California, 1996), there are 5 species of Capsicum peppers
native
> to the New World: C. pubescens, C. baccatum, C. annuum, C. frutescens and
C.
> chinense. The hottest chile peppers belong the C. chinense group,
including
> the notorious habanero. Although this species is named "chinense," it is
not
> from China. Its center of origin is thought to be the Amazon Basin of
South
> America. The active ingredient causing the intense burning pain is the
> alkaloid capsaicin (cap-SAY-sin). So potent is the alkaloid that one
> millionth of a drop can be detected by the human tongue. Capsaicin is not
> broken down during the digestion process--this is why you often get burned
> several hours later after dining on chile peppers."
>
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/chemid2.htm#capsaicin
>
> N.B. This page includes a depiction of the chemical structure of
capsaicin,
> a relatively simple alkaloid.
>
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> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
> news:utyunH7UFHA.3184@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > I'm not sure how this shapes up to some of your mouth blistering
> > concoctions but you might want to check out
> >
>
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/08/wchil08.xml
> > --
> > Mike
> >
>
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