Spicy
Questions
1. Do you like spicy food?
2. Is spicy food popular in your country?
3. Who can eat the most spicy food in your family?
4. What was the most spicy thing you’ve ever eaten?
5. Can you cook any spicy dishes?
6. Why do some parts of the world eat more spicy food than others?
7. Where is the most spicy food in the world?
8. What can you do when your mouth is burning to relieve the pain?
Videos
In the competitive world of hot pepper breeding, one man is smoking the competition. Meet “Smokin’” Ed Currie. He’s the man behind the world’s hottest pepper—the “Carolina Reaper.” For the past three decades, Currie has
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been pushing the limits of the Scoville scale—breeding hotter and hotter peppers. We went behind the scenes at his South Carolina farm, where he’s bred a number of secret, unreleased specimens that he claims are even hotter than his famous Reaper. You may want to have some milk ready for this one.
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When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire — because that’s essentially what you’ve told your brain! Rose Eveleth details the science and history behind spicy foods, giving insights into
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why some people continue to pay the painful price for a little spice.
Lesson by Rose Eveleth, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios Inc.
Lesson by Rose Eveleth, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios Inc.
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