Fire up your taste buds … it’s International Hot and Spicy Food Day! Each year on 16th January, International Hot and Spicy Food Day allows lovers of heat and chili to celebrate all things spicily. Around the world, events take place to commemorate the day including chilli-eating challenges and cooking competitions. Hot spices have been used in recipes and cooking for over 6.000 years. In addition __ the enhancement of flavor, spicy food has other benefits. Spices have antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, and they can help fight inflammation in the body. Want to boost your metabolism or warm up on a cold day? Spicy foods can help. If you are planning on celebrating International Hot and Spicy Food Day __ creating a hot and spicy meal, you can draw inspiration from one of the many cultures around the world that are well known for their spicy dishes including Indian, Chinese, Thai, Creole and the Caribbean. Chillies and peppers are rated for their heat on the Scoville Scale, a measure of pungency and capsaicin content that was invented in 1912 by Wilbur Scoville, a pharmacologist. The Scoville Scale measures heat in Scoville Heat Units (SHU) with the higher the Scoville rating, the hotter the chili. A capsicum usually measures between 100 and 500 SHU while a jalapeno is around 5.000 SHU. Habenero chilies, popular in Mexican cuisine, rate at 150,000 SHU. The title of hottest chili is fiercely contested with spice aficionados constantly trying to create new spicier varieties of chili. The current hottest chilli __ the world is the Carolina Reaper which tops the Scoville Scale with a massive 2,200,000 SHU! So this International Hot and Spicy Food Day why not embrace the fire and celebrate the day? You could cook a meal using spices that you have not eaten before, or visit a restaurant or takeaway with spicy food. If you’re feeling really adventurous have a chilli-eating challenge and see just how much heat you can handle. A word of warning though, keep a glass of milk or a tub of yogurt on hand as dairy foods will ease the fiery sensation in your mouth while drinking water will make the burning worse. Be careful not to handle chilies and rub your eyes. It is advisable to wear gloves when handling hot chilies. (Available at: www.hillstreetgrocer.com – text especially adapted for this test). What is SHU, according to the text?

It is a scale created by a pharmacologist in order to measure how hot chillies and peppers are.

It is the abbreviation of "Scoville Heat Units", which measures for how long chillies burn.

It is a scale invented by Wilbur Scoville to wheigh chillies and pepper with precision.

It is a method to find out how pungent spicy foods are.

It states how strong peppers are: jalapenos are around 5.000 SHU, which is low, and therefore they are one of the strongest peppers in the world.

Questão 3171067 de Língua Inglesa - FUNDATEC 2024

Questão

ID 3171067

Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

Assunto: Interpretação de Texto | Text Interpretation

Ano: 2024 Banca: FUNDATEC - Fundação Universidade Empresa de Tecnologia e Ciências Órgão: Prefeitura Municipal de Santo Augusto

Fire up your taste buds … it’s International Hot and Spicy Food Day!

Each year on 16th January, International Hot and Spicy Food Day allows lovers of heat
and chili to celebrate all things spicily. Around the world, events take place to commemorate the
day including chilli-eating challenges and cooking competitions. Hot spices have been used in
recipes and cooking for over 6.000 years. In addition __ the enhancement of flavor, spicy food
has other benefits. Spices have antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, and they can help fight
inflammation in the body. Want to boost your metabolism or warm up on a cold day? Spicy foods
can help.
If you are planning on celebrating International Hot and Spicy Food Day __ creating a hot
and spicy meal, you can draw inspiration from one of the many cultures around the world that
are well known for their spicy dishes including Indian, Chinese, Thai, Creole and the Caribbean.
Chillies and peppers are rated for their heat on the Scoville Scale, a measure of pungency and
capsaicin content that was invented in 1912 by Wilbur Scoville, a pharmacologist. The Scoville
Scale measures heat in Scoville Heat Units (SHU) with the higher the Scoville rating, the hotter
the chili. A capsicum usually measures between 100 and 500 SHU while a jalapeno is around
5.000 SHU. Habenero chilies, popular in Mexican cuisine, rate at 150,000 SHU. The title of hottest
chili is fiercely contested with spice aficionados constantly trying to create new spicier varieties
of chili. The current hottest chilli __ the world is the Carolina Reaper which tops the Scoville Scale
with a massive 2,200,000 SHU!
So this International Hot and Spicy Food Day why not embrace the fire and celebrate the
day? You could cook a meal using spices that you have not eaten before, or visit a restaurant or
takeaway with spicy food. If you’re feeling really adventurous have a chilli-eating challenge and
see just how much heat you can handle. A word of warning though, keep a glass of milk or a tub
of yogurt on hand as dairy foods will ease the fiery sensation in your mouth while drinking water
will make the burning worse. Be careful not to handle chilies and rub your eyes. It is advisable
to wear gloves when handling hot chilies.

(Available at: www.hillstreetgrocer.com – text especially adapted for this test).

What is SHU, according to the text?

Alternativa A:
It is a scale created by a pharmacologist in order to measure how hot chillies and peppers are.
Alternativa B:
It is the abbreviation of "Scoville Heat Units", which measures for how long chillies burn.
Alternativa C:
It is a scale invented by Wilbur Scoville to wheigh chillies and pepper with precision.
Alternativa D:
It is a method to find out how pungent spicy foods are.
Alternativa E:
It states how strong peppers are: jalapenos are around 5.000 SHU, which is low, and therefore they are one of the strongest peppers in the world.

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