How Do We Test How Hot Chillies Are?
Question
How do we test how hot chillies are?
Vee, Harpenden
Answer
**Definitive**
Name: Charles
Qualification: Grows chilies
Answer: The Scoville Organoleptic Test is a purely subjective measurement. You mix a weighed amount of chili with water with some salt in the water. You dilute it and a group of people keep tasting it as the solution is being made less diluted and note when they start to taste the chili.
Name: Andreas
Qualification: Greengrocers
Answer: Playing the chilli game with junior members of staff. Seeing how much laughter is generated coupled with redness of said staff.
