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CCSS: 6.NS.A.1
TEKS: 6.3A, 6.3B, 7.3A
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Hot Ice Cream
iStockPhoto/Getty Images (Carolina Reaper); Courtesy of Aldwych Café and Ice Cream Parlor (Devil’s Breath); Paul Hakimata Photography/Shutterstock.com (teen)
An ice cream parlor in Glasgow, Scotland, is now serving a flavor that you have to be over 18 years old to try. The flavor, called Devil’s Breath, is the world’s spiciest ice cream! It’s made with the world’s hottest chili pepper, the Carolina Reaper.
Chilies are spicy because they contain a chemical called capsaicin. Capsaicin activates cells in your mouth that tell your brain you’re eating something superhot.
Eating a scoop of the spicy ice cream can be painful, says Lee Bandoni. He helps run the Aldwych Café and Ice Cream Parlor, which makes the flavor. The burning feeling can last a few hours. “The sensation is so extreme,” Bandoni says. “It’s like a fireball.”
YOUR TURN
Scoville units are used to measure how spicy a pepper is. A jalapeño measures about 2,500 Scoville units. That’s 1/800 the measure of a Carolina Reaper. What is the Scoville rating of a Carolina Reaper?Record your work and answer on our Numbers in the News answer sheet.
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