Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Ghost Pepper Wing Sauce To Really Make A Meal

By Maryanne Goff


If you are one of the people who enjoy spicy foods, there is now ghost pepper wing sauce to liven up your taste buds. Not only wings will benefit, but other dishes too. Yet it is slightly baffling as to why more people haven't heard about these chili peppers.

The main ingredient behind this new range of sauces is the ghost pepper, just as the name implies. At one point it was regarded as the most potent chili pepper naturally grown. It has it's roots in certain North Eastern states of India, but now it is grown in more locations as demand has grown.

From these regions it goes under a variety of names. One deciding factor on the name seems to be whether they are grown to the North or South of the Brahmaputra river. If they hale from the North the common name is Bhut Jolokia, whereas the Southern name is Naga Jolokia. Each dialect includes the name Jolokia, but this means that it is a member of the Capsicum chili pepper family. The Northern word Bhut can be translated as ghost.

The Naga Jolokia is slightly different. It refers to the ferocious nature that the legendary Naga warriors displayed in battle. Many feel that this is an apt refection given the very fiery attributes of this chili.

Many people often wonder about how the heat of a pepper is recorded against other varieties. So that they are all measured against a constant scale the Scoville scale was adopted. This was developed in its basic form in the early 20th century by a man called Wilbur Scoville. In those early days it largely involved a panel of judges who taste tested chili extracts, mainly the capsaicin, suspended in sugar water solutions. Although not an ideal method of measurement it did give fairly uniform results.

Chilies can often be found in most kitchens. They are used in recipes nearly as often as salt. If you regard salsa as one of the most common condiments at an American meal, just consider the wide range of these salsa sauces that just your local grocery store holds. Many foreign recipes, and signature dishes, will also contain chilies, as they really are highly adaptable.

It has been put forward that these fiery chilies also contain potential health benefits. It all seems to revolve around this capsaicin, or the heating element. There have been some startling discoveries made during these clinical trials, that could possibly hold some agreement to these claims.

It is not always possible to claim that your favourite sauce could also be helping to keep you healthy. Many people indicate that the unique smell and taste of these chilies already give a couple of their senses a robust workout. However you choose to use this sauce, one thing that you can be sure of is that it is not some average condiment.

With ghost pepper wing sauce, your wings will be a taste sensation each and every time. A recommendation is to keep this versatile sauce somewhere convenient in your kitchen. Even the blandest of meals can become a mouth watering feast just by using this condiment.




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