Smoking Ed Curry, a professional hot sauce maker and pepper breeder, shares insights on hot peppers in a Q&A session. He discusses topics such as managing the heat of peppers, the Scoville scale, the effects of spicy foods on metabolism, and their potential use in cancer research. He also addresses common misconceptions about peppers and hot sauce.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The speaker, Ed Curry, is a professional hot sauce maker and pepper breeder.
2. The Scoville heat scale measures the heat of a pepper based on capsaicin content.
3. Eating hot peppers does not kill taste buds; it's a sensation perceived by the brain.
4. You cannot die from eating hot peppers unless you have an allergy to nightshades.
5. Consuming very hot peppers can lead to a euphoric feeling due to the release of endorphins.
6. The seeds of peppers are not the spiciest part; it's the membrane around them that contains capsaicin.
7. To remove pepper burn from skin, using water and mud may help.
8. Eating spicy foods can temporarily boost metabolism, especially with hotter peppers.
9. Capsaicin from Chili Peppers has been used in cancer research.
10. There is no scientific evidence that spicy foods can induce childbirth.
11. Ed Curry became a pepper expert through education, hands-on experience, and continuous learning.
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