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I will say however that smoking peppers do not smell at all like a chemical. Chef Chalemchai Tangjariyapoon agrees, "I was making a spicy dip with extra-hot chillies that are deliberately burnt. To us, it smells like burnt chili and it is slightly unusual."
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10-05-2007 @3:44PM jsmylie said... They could base an advertising campaign around this. "Our chili sauce is so hot, it nearly got us arrested!"
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10-05-2007 @8:35PM druchyun said... Haha, yes, our chili sauce is waging jihad on your senses!
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10-06-2007 @8:23PM Pim said... Where did you get the reference to bird's eye chillies? I hadn't seen it in any news report until this blog post. It's inaccurate. The chilli we use in this recipe is dried large chilli pods. Prik Chi Fah, not fresh bird's eye chilli (Prik Kee Noo.)
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10-06-2007 @8:27PM Joe D. said... Pim,
That's how the AP report had it, guess the bureau needs a more culinary savvy copy desk.
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