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The Scoville scale <link> is a well-established way of rating the hotness or spiciness of foods.
The E24 system <link> is a well-established way of rating the value of resistors.
We suggest combining the two.
All spicy foodstuffs can be marked using colour bands - first digit, second digit,
decade multiplier, additional optional bands for precision.
Thus a sauce rated at 560,000 Scoville units would be banded Green, Blue, Yellow.
This would mean that (1) the hotness indication is completely independent of language or caligraphy, and (2) the resistor colour code, a most useful notation, would be promulgated to a much wider consumer audience, without having to resort to more than the usual number of random violent beatings.
So when an overseas visitor proffers a dubious looking bottle of greyish liquid, indicating with eager smiles, nods and hand gestures that it is intended as a condiment, the Red, Violet and Green banding - indicating a rating of 2.7 Million Scoville units - should give the recipient adequate warning that a pinhead-sized drop of the stuff is sufficient to completely evaporate all the mucous membranes in a human head.
Scoville scale
https://en.wikipedi...wiki/Scoville_scale
How hot is it ? [8th of 7, Feb 11 2018]
E24 series
https://en.wikipedi...eferred_numbers#E24
By their colours shall ye know them. [8th of 7, Feb 11 2018]
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Since it was written in obscure Javanese pictograms, no. |
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It's not clear whether the Indonesians developed "sambal" as a foodstuff or a chemical weapon, but the inclusion of something closely resembling Sarin (based on its effects) in an otherwise innocuous rijsttafel is nothing less than unsporting. |
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so what you gonna use the tolerance band for ? |
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and how much brandy did it take for the "resistance is scoville" brainfart to appear ? |
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We leave that sort of spirit-induced lame pun to [MB], who is - rightly - the acknowledged virtuoso in such matters. |
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The tolerance band will indicate how long, in nanoseconds, you can tolerate the stuff before screaming for medical help, then collapsing. |
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Like Sophie Dahl, but 'otter? |
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[pertinax], there's a group of gentlemen looking for you,
from the Illustrious Order of Punsters. They have an award
they want to give you. |
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Oh, and they're not just going to hand it to you. We suggest you have a large amount of "personal lubricant" available. Otherwise.... well, it's going to be even more unpleasant than necessary. |
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