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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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After reading this thread I started talking to my girlfriend about Habanero peppers. She likes spicy food, so she wants to try one. I told her they were way to spicy for me, so she can try it while I watch.
Then, I started looking at videos on youtube of people eating spicy peppers and found out there's another pepper that's way spicier than the Habanero. It's called the Naga Jolokia/Bhut jolokia/ghost chili. Apparently, it's the spiciest pepper in the world (see the Scoville rating chart here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale). So, my girlfriend said she wanted to try that, too. 
My question is: where does the typical Korean gochu land on the Scoville scale? I don't know what the English name (or Korean name, for that matter) of the pepper is, so I couldn't look it up. Does anybody know the answer? |
That's weird, I could've sworn the Korean pepper used to be on that Scoville chart, just called "Cheongyang" pepper.
Anyway, it ranks fairly low, around the same level as a jalapeno if I remember correctly.
edit: Found the older chart here.
http://www.vegetable-garden-basics.com/hot-peppers.html
It's in line with what KingMomo said. I've had a few "Cheongyang" peppers that caught me offguard, but most of the stuff labelled Cheongyang in the stores isn't terribly potent. The really spicy ones are usually quite small.
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KingMomo
Joined: 25 Aug 2011
Location: Here and there
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| tatertot wrote: |
My question is: where does the typical Korean gochu land on the Scoville scale? I don't know what the English name (or Korean name, for that matter) of the pepper is, so I couldn't look it up. Does anybody know the answer? |
The typically hottest' normal 고추 is around 4-5,000 on
the Scoville scale. Not very hot. It's hilarious(pitiful) because some
of the old ajossis that I work with here act like little children; dancing around and putting on a show to boast its fiery dominance in world of peppers. "Oh, you are sweating. Don't give foreigner any more!"
Who are the ones prancing around and making goon faces?
The 청양 고추 is the hottest chili pepper in Korea. This is a fairly recent
invention (hybrid) from the 80s. It is said to be around 8-10,000 on the
Scoville scale. I guess you could rate it amongst your average habanero.
I have not seen one of these yet. |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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a lot of my korean co-workers commented about me liking very spicy food here when i first came and they were shocked when i told them that korean food had nothing on other ethnic cuisines. some of them simply couldn't believe how spicy korean foods didn't phase me and that something more deviant could exist.
so i had a few bottles of mad dog 357 (http://hotsauceworld.com/357maddoghot.html) shipped here and let everyone in my office try some. many of them poured it on their food as though it was gochujang even against my warnings to dip a chopstick into the bottle and use sparingly. needless to say, their idea of what spicy was changed that day. i wish i would have taken video. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
a lot of my korean co-workers commented about me liking very spicy food here when i first came and they were shocked when i told them that korean food had nothing on other ethnic cuisines. some of them simply couldn't believe how spicy korean foods didn't phase me and that something more deviant could exist.
so i had a few bottles of mad dog 357 (http://hotsauceworld.com/357maddoghot.html) shipped here and let everyone in my office try some. many of them poured it on their food as though it was gochujang even against my warnings to dip a chopstick into the bottle and use sparingly. needless to say, their idea of what spicy was changed that day. i wish i would have taken video. |
If it were 50 or 60 years ago, I would say it would be true that we couldn't eat spicy food. Our food was probably still more traditional. Steak and potatoes. Stews' etc. But a lot has happened since then. Mexican food, Thai food, etc has flooded into our diet. At least in North America. Brits prob got curry more than anything else.
I do seem to notice that it's mostly the South Africans, (and to a lesser extent the Aussies and Kiwis) that really can't tolerate spicy food. Us North Americans are pretty use to it. Gochujang mostly doesn't faze us as much. |
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DaHu
Joined: 09 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| And another question - Are Cheez-Its banned here? I never see them. |
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| tatertot wrote: |
After reading this thread I started talking to my girlfriend about Habanero peppers. She likes spicy food, so she wants to try one. I told her they were way to spicy for me, so she can try it while I watch.
Then, I started looking at videos on youtube of people eating spicy peppers and found out there's another pepper that's way spicier than the Habanero. It's called the Naga Jolokia/Bhut jolokia/ghost chili. Apparently, it's the spiciest pepper in the world (see the Scoville rating chart here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale). So, my girlfriend said she wanted to try that, too.
My question is: where does the typical Korean gochu land on the Scoville scale? I don't know what the English name (or Korean name, for that matter) of the pepper is, so I couldn't look it up. Does anybody know the answer? |
lol on this. She might die if she actually eats one.
The Naga Jolokia or Ghost Pepper has about 1,000,000 Scoville Units.
The Korean gochu pepper is right around 5,500.
Hell, even the little Thai pepper that you can get in some foods is only around 60,000.
I would NOT recommend eating the ghost pepper. I love spicy food and that thing killed my digestive system for a few days. |
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Hiromi C
Joined: 28 May 2011
Location: Gwanak-gu, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| tatertot wrote: |
After reading this thread I started talking to my girlfriend about Habanero peppers. She likes spicy food, so she wants to try one. I told her they were way to spicy for me, so she can try it while I watch.
Then, I started looking at videos on youtube of people eating spicy peppers and found out there's another pepper that's way spicier than the Habanero. It's called the Naga Jolokia/Bhut jolokia/ghost chili. Apparently, it's the spiciest pepper in the world (see the Scoville rating chart here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale). So, my girlfriend said she wanted to try that, too.
My question is: where does the typical Korean gochu land on the Scoville scale? I don't know what the English name (or Korean name, for that matter) of the pepper is, so I couldn't look it up. Does anybody know the answer? |
Fun tricks with the Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhut_Jolokia_chili_pepper
http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B6%80%ED%8A%B8_%EC%A1%B8%EB%A1%9C%ED%82%A4%EC%95%84
If I'm looking for something unlikely to be in the dictionary, I'll look it up on the Wikipedia and hope like hell that the word exists on my target language's Wikipedia project. It also works for when dictionary translations yield imprecise results.
So, to answer your question, ask around for 부트 졸로키아. |
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minos
Joined: 01 Dec 2010
Location: kOREA
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| sometimes local markets have them. One vegetable seller near me started recieving them and selling them for $3 a poun. Pretty rare though |
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