Capsicum chinense includes the hottest peppers such as the naga, habanero, Datil and Scotch bonnet. a b "Chili". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Retrieved 21 July 2021. ; other spellings are listed as variants, with "chilli" described as "chiefly British" Tewksbury JJ, Nabhan GP (July 2001). "Seed dispersal. Directed deterrence by capsaicin in chilies". Nature. 412 (6845): 403–404. doi: 10.1038/35086653. PMID 11473305. S2CID 4389051.

Chilli was the original Romanization of the Náhuatl language word for the fruit ( chilli) [52] and is the preferred British spelling according to the Oxford English Dictionary, although it also lists chile and chili as variants. [52] Chilli (and its plural chillies) is the most common spelling in India, [53] Sri Lanka, [54] Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, and variably in Canada. Bryan SM (16 February 2012). "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion wins hottest pepper title". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012 . Retrieved 11 May 2013. Drying Chillies Drying is a great way to preserve your leftover chillies and there are several ways to do it. Scotch Bonnets, Habaneros and other fleshy varieties tend not to dry very well, unless you have a dedicated dehydrator. Drying is more suited to waxier chillies such as Birds Eye and Indian Peppers. Traditionally, chillies would be laid out in the sun to dry, giving warmth and ventilation, but this is not always possible in cooler climates. If you have neither a dehydrator nor a warm climate, the important thing to remember is to keep your chillies warm and dry. Around 25˚C is optimum, much higher and you risk a very brittle product, lower and you risk losing your chillies to mould. This post on Chilli varieties from A to Z carries information on all the most known domesticated Chillies. Because many Chillies are covered , it is only possible to give an idea of where they are used in cooking. Their uses, of course, are far more comprehensive than that. There are hundreds of Chillies in these species, so there are probably a hundred ways to use them.Washing the chillies with warm water is necessary. You can add a pinch of salt if you like. Dry them off completely before you proceed to dry. a b Haar RJ, Iacopino V, Ranadive N, Weiser SD, Dandu M (October 2017). "Health impacts of chemical irritants used for crowd control: a systematic review of the injuries and deaths caused by tear gas and pepper spray". BMC Public Health. 17 (1): 831. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4814-6. PMC 5649076. PMID 29052530. Da Silva M (12 April 2011). "Aussies grow world's hottest chilli". Australian Geographic. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011 . Retrieved 12 April 2011. Turn down the temperature level when you think the chillies get brown and flip them. You are not cooking them but simply drying them so you can use it at a later time.

a b Bosland PW, Votava E (2000). Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums. New York City: CABI. p.1. ISBN 9780851993355 . Retrieved 29 November 2018. It's worth remembering that chillies are tropical, so growing them in northern climates requires getting them enough heat and light. There are, of course, ways to cheat nature and give your chilli plants a great head start, effectively extending your growing and cropping season. At room temperature, chillies may last for days to weeks before they rot. There are many methods to preserve chillies. Freezing chillies can make them last for several months but people need to learn how to thaw correctly so that they don’t get mushy chillies. Slice the chillies and place them on a baking tray. Set the lowest temperature setting which is usually below 150 degrees Fahrenheit. Once in awhile, open the oven door an inch wide and let the moisture escape. Flip over the chillies every hour to dry them evenly. This process can make your kitchen gets very hot. And now you know why you need those goggles.History of the Scoville Scale | FAQS". Tabasco.Com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010 . Retrieved 23 December 2010. Ruiz-Lau N, Medina-Lara F, Minero-García Y, Zamudio-Moreno E, Guzmán-Antonio A, Echevarría-Machado I, Martínez-Estévez M (1 March 2011). "Water Deficit Affects the Accumulation of Capsaicinoids in Fruits of Capsicum chinense Jacq". HortScience. 46 (3): 487–492. doi: 10.21273/HORTSCI.46.3.487. ISSN 0018-5345. After another 4-6 weeks, plants will be outgrowing their pots and ready to move on. You can either pot into an intermediary 1 litre pot or they are ready for their final positions. Final pots should be 7 to 20 litres, depending on how much space you have. Again, using a free draining compost/coir mix, carefully pot on. Vitamin Rich Chili pepper Leaf Kimchi". Ssoft International Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2009.

Rozin P, Schiller D (1980). "The Nature and Acquisition of a Preference for Chili Pepper by Humans". Motivation and Emotion. 4 (1): 77–101. doi: 10.1007/BF00995932. S2CID 143848453. Chili is widely used in English of the United States [48] and optionally in Canada. [49] However, it is also commonly used as a short name for chili con carne (literally "chili with meat"), [48] most versions of which are seasoned with chili powder, which in turn can refer to pure dried, ground chili peppers, or to a mixture containing other spices. a b "Pepper". OED. Vol.7 N–Poy (1 Corrected re-issueed.). Oxford, UK. 1913. p.663 . Retrieved 19 July 2021. {{ cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) (sense 2b of pepper)

Morouga Trinidad Scorpion x 10 Seeds- Thought to be a cross strain of the Trinidad Scorpion and Red Savina chilli, Moruga Trinidad Scorpion was the first chilli to ever test over 2 million Scoville Units, by the Chilli Pepper Institute, watch out they'll blow the roof of your mouth off! Chillies are about the size of a golf ball with a fruity heat that grows and grows and grows.

Kosuge S, Inagaki Y (1962). "Studies on the pungent principles of red pepper. Part XI. Determination and contents of the two pungent". J. Agric. Chem. Soc. Japan (in Japanese). 36: 251–254. Chillies inspection is necessary before you put everything to dry. Discard chillies that have these characteristics: Rocotosare very hot with a Scoville rating of between 100000 and 300000 SHU. These are a variety of cultivars, including the brown rocoto, rocoto Canario ( yellow), Rocoto de Seda, Rocoto Largo san Isidro, Rocoto Roja (red), orange rocoto, and the white rocoto . These cultivars come in various shapes, including resembling apples and pears. It is called a Manzano in Mexico because this means apple in Spanish. Their flowers are purple.Birds do not have the same sensitivity to capsaicin, because it targets a specific pain receptor in mammals. Chili peppers are eaten by birds living in the chili peppers' natural range, possibly contributing to seed dispersal and evolution of the protective capsaicin in chili peppers, as a bird in flight can spread the seeds further away from the parent plant after they pass through its digestive system than any land or tree dwelling mammal could do so under the same circumstances, thus reducing competition for resources. [47] Nutritional value [ edit ] Peppers, hot chili, red, raw Nutritional value per 100g (3.5oz) Atwal S (16 October 2023). "Pepper X dethrones Carolina Reaper as world's hottest chilli pepper". Guinness World Records . Retrieved 16 October 2023.