Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 19/07/2025 -- Heat .
First idea in the scorching heat was to capture some heat haze , either for the roads , or cars with shimmer coming off of the roofs - could I find any - NO !!
Next idea was looking down the barrel of a heat gun - a crafter's tool a bit like a hair dryer with a super-charger , got a shot but very under whelming !!
Third idea a Scotch Bonnet Chilli one of the hottest chillies around could I find one locally - NO !!
So you will have to make do with the hottest chillies the local supermarket had , pretty tame by Scotch Bonnets standards which in turn is quite mediocre compared to the Carolina Reaper !!!!!!!!!!
The Scoville scale is a measurement of spiciness of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component.
The scale is named after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, whose 1912 method is known as the Scoville organoleptic test . The Scoville organoleptic test is a subjective assessment derived from the capsaicinoid sensitivity by people experienced with eating hot chilis.
An alternative method, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), can be used to analytically quantify the capsaicinoid content as an indicator of pungency.
Unfortunately the obvious choice of a tune is The Red Hot Chili Peppers - not a group I like as a rule - but here is one of their tunes anyway --
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 19/07/2025 -- Heat .
First idea in the scorching heat was to capture some heat haze , either for the roads , or cars with shimmer coming off of the roofs - could I find any - NO !!
Next idea was looking down the barrel of a heat gun - a crafter's tool a bit like a hair dryer with a super-charger , got a shot but very under whelming !!
Third idea a Scotch Bonnet Chilli one of the hottest chillies around could I find one locally - NO !!
So you will have to make do with the hottest chillies the local supermarket had , pretty tame by Scotch Bonnets standards which in turn is quite mediocre compared to the Carolina Reaper !!!!!!!!!!
The Scoville scale is a measurement of spiciness of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component.
The scale is named after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, whose 1912 method is known as the Scoville organoleptic test . The Scoville organoleptic test is a subjective assessment derived from the capsaicinoid sensitivity by people experienced with eating hot chilis.
An alternative method, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), can be used to analytically quantify the capsaicinoid content as an indicator of pungency.
Unfortunately the obvious choice of a tune is The Red Hot Chili Peppers - not a group I like as a rule - but here is one of their tunes anyway --