Source: Foodie Research Institute
Hema recently released a spicy and spicy spicy noodles that look like the soup is low and harmless to humans and animals, but when you eat it, it makes people breathe fire at both ends.
Spicy spicy spicy spicy noodles | Image courtesy of Freshippo
Looking at the color of this side, compared to the red turkey noodles with "I'm super spicy" written on the face, it can be called pure and clear.
Spicy spicy spicy spicy noodles | Image courtesy of Freshippo
Many people have been deceived by its innocent appearance, and think how spicy it can be? I don't believe in evil and buy it and try it -- it's much spicier than three times the turkey noodles! Cao's duck neck can only be called slightly spicy in front of it! Even the people of Jiangxi have stamped the "thick spicy taste," so they ask what kind of strength it is? I don't need to say more.
User testimonials | Screenshot from Hema
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The spiciness of the pepper
/ Eating one can hurt for half a day /
It may still be difficult for everyone to intuitively feel how spicy Hema spicy noodles are, so let's use data to try to illustrate.
Now the unit for judging the spiciness of chili peppers is SHU, and Hema says that the spicy degree of this spicy noodle is more than 300,000 SHU, what is this concept?
The spicy bell pepper we usually eat is basically not spicy, the spiciness is 0~5SHU, the spiciness of double turkey noodles is more than 8000SHU, and the spicy Chaotian pepper is about 30000SHU. In other words, the spicy level of Hema spicy noodles is nearly 40 times that of double turkey noodles and 10 times that of Chaotian peppers. No wonder everyone says spicy!
Why is this noodle so spicy?
The product detail page of Hema reads: "The spicy content of the raw materials of chili powder used in this product is more than 3,000,000 SHU, and the fresh chili peppers are dehydrated and dried, ground into powder, and finally added to the product. The spiciness of this product comes from the paprika." Officially, it is made with a very spicy domestic chili pepper.
Can a chili really be spicy this much?
I can only say, really don't underestimate the power of chili peppers, let's take a look at the previous "hottest chili peppers in the world", each of which makes me stomach cramp......
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The hottest pepper in the world
/ A bite can hurt for half a day /
■ Pepper X辣椒
The current king of the spicy is this crumpled yellow-green chili pepper pictured below, known as Pepper X. After testing, the average spiciness of Pepper X reached 2693,000 SHU - 2.2 million spiciness sprays can repel bears.
Pepper X，看名字还以为是马斯克培育的呢（误）｜Jeffrey Collins
Breeder Ed Currie said in an interview that after eating a whole pepper, he experienced a three-and-a-half-hour stomach burn, followed by intense cramping pain that made him fall to the ground and groan for about an hour.
Pepper X｜First We Feast/You
■ dragon breath chili
The last hottest pepper was Dragon's Breath, developed by researchers at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and farmer Mike Smith.
Mike licked the dragon breath pepper with the tip of his tongue and spit it out 10 seconds later. When I eat this pepper, my first reaction is that my mouth is numb. The next part that comes into contact with the "dragon's breath", especially the area with a high concentration of capsaicin, will begin to grow blisters one by one. If you are unfortunate enough to swallow it, you will also get blisters in your throat. This is also not the best thing, as capsaicin penetrates the blisters and continuously stimulates the nerve endings under the receptors in the mouth, lasting at least 20 minutes.
■ Carolina Grim Reaper
Before the advent of Dragon's Breath chili peppers, the Carolina Reaper reigned supreme as the hottest chili pepper in the world for a long time. Well, this one was also bred by Ed Currie, and he can be said to be back on the throne.
Ed Currie的员工穿着卡罗来纳死神辣椒的衣服|Jeffrey Collins/AP
The spiciness of the Carolina Reaper pepper ranges from 1.5 million to 2.2 million SHU, and those who can eat it will become slurred and numb after eating it.
In 2016, the two girls filmed the whole process of trying the Carolina Grim Reaper Chili pepper. The video captures two people from smiling and excited, to screaming, and finally crying and trembling in pain, one of whom even needs oxygen.
辣到甚至需要吸氧 | Youtube
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Why do people love spicy food?
/ It's not a joke to eat too spicy /
For chili peppers, capsaicin can prevent mammals from eating and prevent fungal infections.
For humans, "spicy" is actually a kind of pain, people eat chili peppers will produce a burning sensation, after receiving this feeling, the brain will instinctively think that we are burned, and begin to release endorphins, endorphins are mainly used to relieve pain, but at the same time, they will also produce a "pleasure" similar to morphine, which is addictive.
Although eating chili peppers has a masochistic feeling, it is still a little refreshing in the end, which may be the charm of capsaicin.
Eating spicy food makes people want to stop | The picture is from Picture Worm Creative
Sometimes, if you eat too spicy, it doesn't end up being a joke. In addition to making your mouth burn and making you teary-eyed and runny, super-spicy chili peppers may also have more serious health consequences.
So, if you can clearly feel severe pain and discomfort when eating spicy food, that's your body telling you that you shouldn't eat this kind of thing at all. When you have to eat spicy, only eat chili peppers that are within your acceptable range, and although it will make you sweat, it won't really hurt you.
If you are spicy in your life, the best way to relieve the spicy is to drink whole milk, because capsaicin is fat-soluble.
The best way to relieve spicy is to drink milk 丨The picture comes from Picture Worm Creativity
Different peppers have different spiciness, as well as different parts of the same pepper. This is because capsaicin is secreted by the placenta of the pepper (the part that grows the pepper seeds). Capsaicin is delivered to the whole pepper through the vascular bundle between the placenta and the peel.
So, the hottest part of the pepper is the placenta and those white tendons. If you are not very spicy, you can remove this part of the pepper when cooking.
The placenta is the hottest natinspicygarden.com
Do you like spicy food, and how spicy can you eat it?