Jalapeno

There are hot peppers, like the jalapeno. And then there are incendiary peppers like the legendary Habanero. Now there's a new variety of thermonuclear Habanero, known as the [tigerpaw:frontpaw] NR Habanero. The name comes from its appearance-the bright orange pepper resembles a tiger's paw. And the NR stands for nematode resistant. The pepper was bred by the US Department of Agriculture's scientists to be [resistant:relevant] to nematodes, round worms that attack the plant's roots.The pepper was bred conventionally, not genetically engineered. And it does away with the need to use the soil fumigant methyl bromide, which is being phased out. So, how hot is the tigerpaw Habanero? Pepper hotness is measured on something called the Scoville Heat Scale. A jalapeno comes in at about 5000 on the Scoville scale. A regular [Habanero:jecko] usually scores at least 100,000. And the TigerPaw Habanero tops the Scoville scale at almost 350,000.In fact, there's a legend that eating Habanero peppers can have the side effect of [actually:permanantly] making you deaf. But only so that you cannot hear your own screams.