This week's trivia is about chili peppers! They're great for curry.
1.) Avoiding the seeds of a chili won't take away the heat; the capsaicin(substance that causes a burning taste) is found in the veins close to the seeds.
2.) Elephants have a very sensitive sense of smell, so farmers in Africa and India spread it on fences to keep elephants from their crops.
3.) The early Mayan, Incan, and Aztec empires used chilies as currency.
4.) Chili peppers are quite healthy- they help you lose weight by increasing your metabolism rate. In addition, it curbs your cravings for foods high in sugar and fat.
5.) With chilies, bigger is better; they will pack more of a punch.
6.) A fresh and medium sized green chili will have as much Vitamin C as six oranges.
7.) Color from the very red chili pods (oleoresin) is extracted to be used in products such as lipstick and processed meats.
8.) There are units made to measure the heat of a pepper. Milder peppers have a range of 100-1000 scoville units. Spicier peppers, like Jalapenos, have a range of 5000-300,000 scoville units.
9.) Chilies are one of the most used foods in the world. It is second to only salt.
10.) The Indian military utilized the hottest chili in the world, Bhut Jolokia, to make hand grenaeds to immobilize suspects. This powerful chili has 1,000,000 scoville units.
There is no false fact from last week.
Leave your guesses below~
1.) Avoiding the seeds of a chili won't take away the heat; the capsaicin(substance that causes a burning taste) is found in the veins close to the seeds.
2.) Elephants have a very sensitive sense of smell, so farmers in Africa and India spread it on fences to keep elephants from their crops.
3.) The early Mayan, Incan, and Aztec empires used chilies as currency.
4.) Chili peppers are quite healthy- they help you lose weight by increasing your metabolism rate. In addition, it curbs your cravings for foods high in sugar and fat.
5.) With chilies, bigger is better; they will pack more of a punch.
6.) A fresh and medium sized green chili will have as much Vitamin C as six oranges.
7.) Color from the very red chili pods (oleoresin) is extracted to be used in products such as lipstick and processed meats.
8.) There are units made to measure the heat of a pepper. Milder peppers have a range of 100-1000 scoville units. Spicier peppers, like Jalapenos, have a range of 5000-300,000 scoville units.
9.) Chilies are one of the most used foods in the world. It is second to only salt.
10.) The Indian military utilized the hottest chili in the world, Bhut Jolokia, to make hand grenaeds to immobilize suspects. This powerful chili has 1,000,000 scoville units.
There is no false fact from last week.
Leave your guesses below~