GC3GHYEEstrek's Combination Tribute
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By: estrek@
| Hide Date: 04/08/2012
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N40° 26.208 W105° 06.187 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
This is a combination tribute to two of Estrek's loves - Rock and Roll and hot peppers. They can be enjoyed separately or together.The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, indigenous to the district of Moruga in Trinidad and Tobago, is currently the world's hottest . The New Mexico State University's Chili Pepper Institute has identified the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion as the newest hottest chili pepper in the world as of February 2012. According to the New Mexico State University Chili Institute, the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion ranks as high as 2,009,231 SHU on the Scoville scale, making it the hottest chili pepper in the world to date. The Scoville scale is a measurement of the spicy heat (or piquance) of a chili pepper. The number of Scoville heat units indicates the amount of capsaicin present. Capsaicin is a chemical compound that stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucous membranes. The scale is named after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville. His method, devised in 1912, is known as the Scoville Organoleptic Test. In Scoville's method, an alcohol extract of the capsaicin oil from a measured amount of dried pepper is added incrementally to a solution of sugar in water until the "heat" is just detectable by a panel of (usually five) tasters; the degree of dilution gives its measure on the Scoville scale. Thus a sweet pepper or a bell pepper, containing no capsaicin at all, has a Scoville rating of zero, meaning no heat detectable. The hottest chilis, such as habaneros and nagas, have a rating of 200,000 or more, indicating that their extract must be diluted over 200,000 times before the capsaicin presence is undetectable. All chilies found around the world today have their origins in Central America and South America. Chilies were spread by the Spanish and the Portuguese in their quest to build a global empire and are still grown in their former colonies in Africa and Asia. The chili varieties found in Southeast Asia today were imported and cultivated by Spanish and the Portuguese colonists and traders.
----------------- The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk rock, hip hop, and psychedelic rock. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have won six Grammy Awards and sold over 82 million albums worldwide. - Wikipedia
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07/08/2018 By photraxel Looked and looked. We don't have the luxury to check other logs while at the location ( don't have a smart phone ) but now will look again soon. Thanks for the challenge!
05/28/2018 By Pyrusticia Found while out caching with Team Tiger Pride on this beautiful Memorial Day morning. This one took a bit of searching to find. Very well hidden, and a tricky retrieval to boot. Thanks for the cache!
05/28/2018 By team tiger pride Out caching after the Monday morning coffee event and enjoying this gorgeous Memorial day. Took some serious looking and creativity to retrieve the container but made the find. Thanks for the cache
01/07/2018 By DaSamples We were in an area we are not often in and wanted to grab a few caches. haha not today for us I guess this was the 2nd of 3 dnf. gps was bouncy this afternoon. We looked for a while and no find for us. too bad. Tfth it was fun to search around
Estrek's Combination Tribute
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