Sentences with phrase «great pungency»

Not exact matches

The natives of Brazil consume great quantities of these peppers, preferring the small red ones, which are of excessive pungency.

In the earliest reference to his work on chiles, the American Journal of Pharmacy noted in 1911: «Wilbur L. Scoville presented a Note on Capsicum, showing the great variation in the strength of capsicum, and suggesting the possibility of the pungency of this drug being used as a simple test for quality.

So it makes sense that pungency would be greatest when the seeds are mature and can germinate.