What’s on the Chillies poster
A 8-row table: Chilli · SHU · Note.
Scoville Heat Units, approximate and highly variable.
- Bell pepper — 0 — No capsaicin at all
- Poblano — 1,000–2,000 — Mild
- Jalapeño — 2,500–8,000 — Common all-purpose
- Serrano — 10,000–23,000 — Noticeably hot
- Cayenne — 30,000–50,000 — Usually dried
- Bird's eye — 50,000–100,000 — Thai cooking
- Scotch bonnet / habanero — 100,000–350,000 — Fruity, very hot
- Carolina Reaper — 1.5m+ — Novelty
Capsaicin dissolves in fat, not water. Dairy, coconut milk or oil relieve heat; water spreads it around.
Questions about the Chillies poster
- What’s on the Chillies poster?
- A 8-row table: Chilli · SHU · Note. Scoville Heat Units, approximate and highly variable. Bell pepper — 0 — No capsaicin at all; Poblano — 1,000–2,000 — Mild; Jalapeño — 2,500–8,000 — Common all-purpose; Serrano — 10,000–23,000 — Noticeably hot; Cayenne — 30,000–50,000 — Usually dried; Bird's eye — 50,000–100,000 — Thai cooking; Scotch bonnet / habanero — 100,000–350,000 — Fruity, very hot; Carolina Reaper — 1.5m+ — Novelty. Capsaicin dissolves in fat, not water. Dairy, coconut milk or oil relieve heat; water spreads it around.
- Who is the Chillies poster for?
- Chillies belongs to the Kitchen section rather than to a school year, because food is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning ingredients can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Chillies poster?
- Capsaicin is in the pith, not the seeds. Removing the white membrane removes most of the heat. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Chillies belongs on the wall where that food work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Chillies?
- Storing Bread, Cheese and Choosing Fish sit alongside Chillies in the Kitchen section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Storing BreadCheeseChoosing Fish
- Is the Chillies poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Chillies downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Kitchen section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Chillies poster print at?
- Chillies is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Chillies loses nothing.Printing guide
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