"What the hell are you doing to that poor, defenseless burrito?"

19 May 2008 | Kommentarer ()

En av de små roliga detaljerna i Cory Doctorows suveräna ungdomsbok (fast jag tycker du ska läsa den också, du gamle; yngre läsare gör rätt i att inte lite på personer över 25 år, som boken rekommenderar) Little Brother, är hjältinnan Anges vana att spraya hyfsat stark capsaicin-olja på sina burritos, för att få lite extra sting.

As soon as we sat down, she unrolled her burrito and took a little bottle out of her purse. It was a little stainless-steel aerosol canister that looked for all the world like a pepper-spray self-defense unit. She aimed it at her burrito's exposed guts and misted them with a fine red oily spray. I caught a whiff of it and my throat closed and my eyes watered.
"What the hell are you doing to that poor, defenseless burrito?"
She gave me a wicked smile. "I'm a spicy food addict," she said. "This is capsaicin oil in a mister."
"Capsaicin --"
"Yeah, the stuff in pepper spray. This is like pepper spray but slightly more dilute. And way more delicious. Think of it as Spicy Cajun Visine if it helps."
My eyes burned just thinking of it.
"You're kidding," I said. "You are so not going to eat that."
Her eyebrows shot up. "That sounds like a challenge, sonny. You just watch me."
She rolled the burrito up as carefully as a stoner rolling up a joint, tucking the ends in, then re-wrapping it in tinfoil. She peeled off one end and brought it up to her mouth, poised with it just before her lips.
Right up to the time she bit into it, I couldn't believe that she was going to do it. I mean, that was basically an anti-personnel weapon she'd just slathered on her dinner.
She bit into it. Chewed. Swallowed. Gave every impression of having a delicious dinner.

Nu berättar Malin Sandström att forskare (originalartikel) hittat på ett nytt sätt att mäta styrkan hos chili med hjälp av nanorör.

Forskarna testade sin metod på några olika chilisåser - i kategorin som marknadsförs med eldsflammor och döskallar, med Scovillestyrkan tryckt på etiketten - och fick god överensstämmelse. Världens starkaste chilisås, Mad Dog's Revenge, mättes till 991700 Scoville (mot uppgivna 1000000). Ett mesigt ingenting jämfört är vanlig Tabasco, som uppges ha en Scovillestyrka på 2500-5000 och enligt mätningen låg på 3995 Scoville.

Se folk äta det på DuTuben.

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As\nsoon as we sat down, she unrolled her burrito and took a little\nbottle out of her purse. It was a little stainless-steel aerosol\ncanister that looked for all the world like a pepper-spray\nself-defense unit. She aimed it at her burrito's exposed guts and\nmisted them with a fine red oily spray. I caught a whiff of it and my\nthroat closed and my eyes watered.
\"What\nthe hell are you doing to that poor, defenseless burrito?\"
She\ngave me a wicked smile. \"I'm a spicy food addict,\" she\nsaid. \"This is capsaicin oil in a mister.\"
\"Capsaicin\n--\"
\"Yeah,\nthe stuff in pepper spray. This is like pepper spray but slightly\nmore dilute. And way more delicious. Think of it as Spicy Cajun\nVisine if it helps.\"
My\neyes burned just thinking of it.
\"You're\nkidding,\" I said. \"You are so not going to eat that.\"
Her\neyebrows shot up. \"That sounds like a challenge, sonny. You just\nwatch me.\"
She\nrolled the burrito up as carefully as a stoner rolling up a joint,\ntucking the ends in, then re-wrapping it in tinfoil. She peeled off\none end and brought it up to her mouth, poised with it just before\nher lips.
Right\nup to the time she bit into it, I couldn't believe that she was going\nto do it. I mean, that was basically an anti-personnel weapon she'd\njust slathered on her dinner. \n
She\nbit into it. Chewed. Swallowed. Gave every impression of having a\ndelicious dinner.

Nu berättar Malin Sandström att forskare (originalartikel) hittat på ett nytt sätt att mäta styrkan hos chili med hjälp av nanorör.

Forskarna testade sin metod på några olika chilisåser - i kategorin som\nmarknadsförs med eldsflammor och döskallar, med Scovillestyrkan tryckt\npå etiketten - och fick god överensstämmelse. Världens starkaste\nchilisås, Mad Dog's Revenge, mättes till 991700 Scoville (mot\nuppgivna 1000000). Ett mesigt ingenting jämfört är vanlig Tabasco, som\nuppges ha en Scovillestyrka på 2500-5000 och enligt mätningen låg på\n3995 Scoville.

Se folk äta det på DuTuben.

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