Comments | deponti: Chilli, and other discussions

deponti

Chilli, and other discussions

Apr 29, 2008 09:34

I felt really bad when debbieann and charleshaynes rather suddenly pulled up their stuff and left Bangalore; I was, of course, able to keep in touch with them through their LJ's, but when I realized they were going to be back in Bangalore for a few days, I was very keen to go and meet them. So there was also udhay, themadman and Aadisht , whose LJ username I just cannot remember, ( Read more... )

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Re: Hey deponti April 29 2008, 08:02:48 UTC

I think we already had this conversation...

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Re: Hey deponti April 29 2008, 09:11:09 UTC

why delete? The comment was quite valid! I don't mind those things, you do, that's all...

Scoville Scale bharat_blr April 29 2008, 06:32:00 UTC

That's the scale on which mirchi is rated...

At the bottom at 0 is Capsicum and the hottest one is Naga Jolokia found in Assam/Nagaland/Manipur.

Check this link, its a complete science ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

Re: Scoville Scale deponti April 29 2008, 07:05:14 UTC

I know the Scoville scale,but what I want to know is whether the local chilli varieties have specific names....

and another thing I find intriguing is that chillies are called "Lanka" (or, rather, lonka!) in Bengali...now would that tie up somehow with Sri Lanka?

Shiok.. pjayaram April 29 2008, 18:21:10 UTC

"PS. The rice noodles I had were really excellent. Though it may be causing Madhu a lot of effort, I am happy that Shiok is moving *somewhat* closer...."

and I am UNHAPPY that it is moving from right-behind-my-house to almost 3 kms away!!! :(

Re: Shiok.. themadman April 29 2008, 18:54:57 UTC

Ah well, it's the best we could do. :)