Worlds hottest hot sauce could kill you...
 

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A NEW chilli sauce goes on sale today that is so hot it could KILL.

Ultra-concentrated “16 Million Reserve” is the hottest science can make.

The sauce is 30 times hotter than the spiciest pepper and 8,000 times more fiery than Tabasco.

Diners must sign a disclaimer recommending “protective gloves and eye wear” — but even sweating testers in safety gear were blinded by tears for 30 minutes.

Just 999 bottles of it are on sale at £105 each.

Medical experts fear it could kill asthmatics or hospitalise a user who touches a sensitive part of the body afterwards.

It is made of pure capsaicin, the chemical that makes peppers “hot”. It takes tons of peppers to make 1lb of capsaicin.

Creator Blair Lazar, 35, specialises in “extreme food” in New Jersey, US.

After trying it, he said: “It’s like having your tongue hit with a hammer. Man, it hurt.”

The sauce is named after its score on the chilli heat measure, the Scoville Unit.

Reserve scores 16 million units, while a Red Savina, the world’s spiciest pepper, measures just 570,000.

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We live in an extreme world," explains Blair Lazar, a hot sauce creator. "And I make extreme foods.' In his hands is the hottest spice in the world, an ultra-refined version of chilli powder so fiery that customers must sign a waiver absolving him of any liability if they are foolish enough to try it.

Locked in a crystal flask sealed with wax and a tiny skull, Mr Lazar's mouth-blistering concoction is pure capsaicin - the chemical that lends habanero and jalapeno peppers their thermo nuclear heat.

His "16 Million Reserve", which is released to the public this week, is the holy grail of hot sauces, the hottest that chemistry can create.

It is 30 times hotter than the spiciest pepper, the Red Savina from Mexico, and 8,000 times stronger than Tabasco sauce. To put the tiniest speck on the tip of your tongue is to experience "pure heat", Mr Lazar says.

Although capsaicin does not actually burn - it fools your brain into thinking that you are in pain by stimulating nerve endings in your mouth - some medical experts believe that it could kill an asthmatic or hospitalise a user who touched his eyes or other sensitive parts of the anatomy.

Mr Lazar has trained his palate to endure the sensation, but he remembers the moment he dared to taste his "16 Million Reserve".

"The pain was exquisite," he said. "It was like having your tongue hit with a hammer. Man, it hurt. My tongue swelled up and it hurt like hell for days."

The eye-watering qualities of peppers are measured in internationally recognised Scoville units, developed by Wilbur Scoville, an American chemist who, in 1912, asked tasters to evaluate how many parts of sugar water it took to neutralise capsaicin heat.

Today, capsaicin content is measured in parts per million, using a process known as high-performance liquid chromatography; one part being equivalent to 15 Scoville units. Benign bell peppers rate zero Scoville units and the Red Savina entered Guinness World Records at 570,000 units.

Pure capsaicin, meanwhile, has a heat score of 16 million units - inspiring the name for Mr Lazar's latest creation. Each of the 999 limited-edition bottles, priced at $199 (£105), contains just a few crystals. The powder is so strong, however, that Mr Lazar estimates that it would have to be dissolved in 250,000 gallons of water before it could no longer be tasted.

His career as a hot sauce creator began when he found that the best way to clear drunks out of his seaside bar was to give them free chicken wings dipped in an eye-watering home-made hot sauce.

Now he runs Extreme Foods in New Jersey, selling his existing range, including "Mega Death" and "Jersey Death", the latter, according to Mr Lazar, being the world's hottest usable condiment.

He keeps a fridge full of iced spring water in his office for those brave enough to try some. Most tasters sweat heavily and are unable to see for tears for up to half an hour.

It takes several tons of fresh peppers to produce 1lb of capsaicin for the 16 Million Reserve, and the work takes months. First, moisture is removed from the fresh peppers until a thick tar-like substance remains.

The means by which all further impurities are eliminated, leaving pure capsaicin powder, is a trade secret, but the work takes place in a laboratory where Mr Lazar and his team wear sealed suits with masks to avoid inhaling the dust.

Five years ago Mr Lazar created "2am Reserve" in honour of the hour at which he once closed his bar. It was hotter than any other chilli product on the market, measuring up to 900,000 Scoville units.

He then distilled even stronger chilli extracts, including the scorching "6am Reserve" at 10 million units. Most of the signed and numbered bottles of "16 Million Reserve" will be bought by aficionados known as chilli heads.

Buyers have to sign a disclaimer warning that any handling "must be under a controlled environment using protective gloves and safety eye wear".

"It shouldn't be used for flavour," says Mr Lazar. "The only function is its heat value." He prefers not to speculate on what might happen should anyone be foolish enough to down an entire bottle. Rinsing the mouth with milk is among the best remedies as the capsaicin binds to fat molecules; it will also dissolve in alcohol.

Internet sites such as the hot sauce weblog and sweatnspice.com have been abuzz with talk about this week's release, with many collectors planning to buy at least two bottles - one to display and the other to try.

But one chilli head who obtained an early sample dropped a single grain into a pan of tomato soup. After persuading his wife to try a spoonful, he reported that: "She threatened divorce once she could speak again.''
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...but why?

yeah i dunno why you'd want anything that hot...

psssh... i eat lava for breakfast... rolleyes:

fuck i ate a habanero one time and was dying for 45 mins

its not meant to be ate by itself, supposed to be used as an additive

*watches to much Food channel

happy:

uh... it says its for Experiments only =\

Heh. I have a mild allergy to capsaicin. This would be interesting for me.

I was tricked into eating something with a single drop of Blair's Special Reserve (this was 3-4 years ago when it was the hottest thing at 1.5-2.0 million Scoville units) and I ended up in the hospital. That was how I found out. My lips were swollen huge and I had hives on my tongue. No good.

they had it at show for people to try

I keep forgetting what it's called, it's the pink seaweed-like stuff... asian spicey stuff, really hot. Anyway, I am wondering if that has the same chemical. oOo:

ginger? :/ rof

[quote="Old Reliable":1e22e]fuck i ate a habanero one time and was dying for 45 mins[/quote:1e22e]

thats what your ass said.

Why don't these people dedicate themselves to something that's scientifically USEFUL.

What kind of useful?

Useful for the military, politics, enviroment, health? oOo:

[quote="Jin-Roh":05698]What kind of useful?

Useful for the military, politics, enviroment, health? oOo:[/quote:05698]

What the fuck do you think you stupid shitface?

Of course something that will benefit mankind and help people that sre suffering....

You're a complete fucking ASS.

You're so predictable.

"Fucking Moron"
"Fucking ass"
"Fucking idiot"

rolleyes:

[quote="Jin-Roh":0ee7b]You're so predictable.

"Fucking Moron"
"Fucking ass"
"Fucking idiot"

rolleyes:[/quote:0ee7b]

So? Who said I was trying to be unpredictable?

Sip on a warm cup of semen, laced with urine, gator blood and the venom of your fathers penis. You silly fucking fuck.

[quote=Tripper]So? Who said I was trying to be unpredictable?

Sip on a warm cup of semen, laced with urine, gator blood and the venom of your fathers penis. You silly fucking fuck.[/quote:55ae7]

Nobody said anything about you being predictable.

Some how, I get the feeling you are laughing your ass off every time we get into these flame wars. happy:

beer:

[quote="Jin-Roh":90765][quote=Tripper]So? Who said I was trying to be unpredictable?

Sip on a warm cup of semen, laced with urine, gator blood and the venom of your fathers penis. You silly fucking fuck.[/quote:90765]

Nobody said anything about you being predictable.
[/quote:90765]

Then shut the fuck up cuntface.

[quote=Tripper][quote="Jin-Roh":1c620]Nobody said anything about you being predictable.
[/quote:1c620]

Then shut the fuck up cuntface.[/quote:1c620]

You probably don't care that your mental age goes down one year for every brilliant insult you give me.

[quote=Tripper][quote="Jin-Roh":bf793]Nobody said anything about you being predictable.
[/quote:bf793]

Then shut the fuck up cuntface.[/quote:bf793]

Tripper, I am getting sick of seeing you post shit about Jin, just fuck off and get on with your life.

[quote="Jin-Roh":fb1fb]
You probably don't care that your mental age goes down one year for every brilliant insult you give me.[/quote:fb1fb]

Nope, I really don't care what you think full-stop.


Who the fuck are you?

Choke on the dicks of 7 virgin she-hes, dr gaping anus.

[quote=Tripper]Nope, I really don't care what you think full-stop.


Who the fuck are you?

Choke on the dicks of 7 virgin she-hes, dr gaping anus.[/quote:39bf4]

Im not the one losing sleep over someone on the net big boy.

... But it's not what I think. It is the truth.

[quote=Himmler]Im not the one losing sleep over someone on the net big boy.[/quote:88bdf]

No sleep has been lost. You have worse things to worry about anyway.....YOUR PENIS IS RUNNING AWAY GO CATCH IT!

[quote="Jin-Roh":85a18]
... But it's not what I think. It is the truth.[/quote:85a18]

I just don't care. Clearly not as much as you do, anyway.....

P.S - No, you can't have my msn addy. oOo:

[quote=Tripper]No sleep has been lost. You have worse things to worry about anyway.....YOUR PENIS IS RUNNING AWAY GO CATCH IT![/quote:ff030]

You sure do put a lot of thought into your insults, don't you?

dance:

[quote=Himmler]You sure do put a lot of thought into your insults, don't you?[/quote:4edec]

Actually no, they take me all of 3 seconds to think up. I'm sitting here waiting to see what you got most of the time. You suck at this, syringe-o-semen.

[quote=Tripper][quote=Himmler]You sure do put a lot of thought into your insults, don't you?[/quote:0a000]

Actually no, they take me all of 3 seconds to think up. I'm sitting here waiting to see what you got most of the time. You suck at this, syringe-o-semen.[/quote:0a000]

It's just that................................





















I don't really care.

[quote=Himmler][quote=Tripper][quote=Himmler]You sure do put a lot of thought into your insults, don't you?[/quote:154d0]

Actually no, they take me all of 3 seconds to think up. I'm sitting here waiting to see what you got most of the time. You suck at this, syringe-o-semen.[/quote:154d0]

It's just that................................





















I don't really care.[/quote:154d0]

...I never said you did. I just said you suck. I never claimed you cared that you suck.....but regardless, you DO suck. SUUUUUUUUUUCK.

I'll be back in the channel momentarily

...So I can kick you again? Thanks man... ed:

that sauce is not as hot as me...

Well since you unbanned me....

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+1...

right back at ya