Like Spicy Food? Check Out Shreveport's Next Spicy Challenge

If you love spicy food, you'll love this! There's a roving monthly 'spicy challenge' in Shreveport!

We've all heard of the Carolina Reaper. It's the hottest pepper in the world according to Guinness and peaks at 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units, which is how they measure how 'hot' something is. To put it in perspective, the average jalapeno pepper runs from 2,500 - 8,000 SHU. That means the Carolina Reaper is HOT! That's also why you see folks trying to eat them for your entertainment on YouTube. It's not pretty.

In case you didn't know, there are an estimated 50,000 types of chili peppers in the world. That means there are a lot of different heat levels available and even more ways to serve them up. If I'm being honest, I'm not a big fan of overly spicy foods which is probably considered a sin here in Louisiana. However, there are folks that love testing themselves against 'hot' foods and we have a group that does just that right here in Shreveport.

This months spicy challenge has been set! Friday June 16th at 8pmby u/OmNomNom318 in shreveport

Looks like we have a 'spicy' group here in Shreveport-Bossier and they're meeting up this month on Friday, June 16, 2023, at The Seventh Tap Brewing Project at 8 pm. They've even got their own private Facebook group called Shreveport's Pepper Pals. If you go, let me know how it goes and if you met the challenge;)