But if you remove the veins and seed capsule from a ghost pepper, you reduce the amount of capsaicin by only 50 percent. In super-hot peppers, roughly half their capsaicin is stored in the skin.

The farmer, a quiet man with an easy smile, has spent a lifetime eating a chili pepper with a strange name and a vicious bite. His mother stirred them into sauces. His wife puts them out for ...

GAUHATI, India — The “ghost chili,” the world’s spiciest chili, seems to suit her palate. A 28-year-old Indian woman smeared its seeds on her eyes before gobbling up 51 fire-hot chilies in ...

The "ghost chili", also known as bhut jolokia, has more than 1 million Scoville units, while Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units and jalapeno peppers from 2,500 to 8,000 units.

** FOR USE WITH AP LIFESTYLES ** Farmer Digonta Saikia shows a "Bhut jolokia" or "ghost chili" pepper plucked from his field in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Wednesday, July 4, 2007 ...

Some like it hot. And some like it even hotter. Just ask Jeff Blaine. The 53-year-old Manhattan man is spicing up his life by growing the world’s hottest chili in his upper West Side apartmen… ...