The Hot Sauce Madness Love Burn Suite

<p><em style=color: rgb(51 51 51);>The Hot Sauce Madness Love Burn Suite</em><span style=color: rgb(51 51 51);> is a book of poems that revolves around the beloved and sometimes notorious culture of hot sauce and hot peppers. Its 814 rhyming couplets delve deeply into that rich and addicting world whether they focus on peppers' flavor pain linguistics or history. Come take a bite out of these verses and see if you can handle the heat.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span class=ql-cursor>?</span>1912: pharmacist Wilbur </p><p>Lincoln Scoville first </p><p><br></p><p>measured </p><p>the heat of peppers</p><p><br></p><p>(the word's in quotes </p><p>because there's no </p><p><br></p><p>actual heat in this </p><p>equation just spiciness </p><p><br></p><p>which hoodwinks </p><p>our bodies into thinking </p><p><br></p><p>physical flames are </p><p>licking our </p><p><br></p><p>tongues throat lips). </p><p>Chilies aren't caliente which </p><p><br></p><p>implies </p><p>heat from an actual fire</p><p><br></p><p>but picante </p><p>the word we</p><p><br></p><p>use for heat that arises</p><p>from spice. </p>