gpc

When I was becoming a fire eater I put a few drops of Endorphin Rush hot sauce on a spoon directly into my mouth. In what seemed like a millisecond my face turned beet red; my nose and eyed were running like a faucet. It was great!

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

I long ago outgrew the need to prove I could consume hot stuff.
That realization occurred when I started passing blood in my stool.

My teen years were spent in Jamaica where I became fond of the flavor of Scotch Bonnet peppers.
They are a close relative of the Habanero. When fresh they have a wonderful fruity flavor.
According to where they are from, as each Caribbean island has a slightly different climate and soil composition.

When consumed sensibly, they have a great flavor and you can regulate your compression ratio.

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

No, Cholula.

Moondoggie Loc: Southern California

Both are almost like nuclear weapons! The Reaper is the hottest on the scoville scale

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

My little brother grows these. Don't know why because he just drys them out. Doesn't use them.

cmc4214 Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania

cdayton

A while ago I bought some cheese with pepper chunks that turned out to be ghost pepper - should have read the label before tasting. Way too hot for me.

Geezer Loc: Capreol, Ontario, Canada

Birds don't mind them because they lack the "heat sensors". The plant evolved "hot" to keep mammals away. A bird will eat the seeds (which they can't digest), and crap them out many miles away, thus expanding the range of the plant.
After drying them and grinding into a powder, I mix it with the Peanut Butter that I give the birds. It's fun watching Squirrels try a mouthful....

jiminnee

Yeah, I know of it. Had an unfortunate experience with that stuff sometime back when it "accidentally"got into something I'd ordered at a local taco place. It took just about 3 months for my mouth to heal up after that. Had the owner of the establishment not been a friend, I think I might have filed suit for damages. Don't recommend ever trying it unless you are really in to that type of punishment.

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

I barely tolerate Jalapenos... So when cooking with them, I place them in a large bowl of water, and proceed to core/seed under water, on the stove, with the vent-a-hood running! Found a pretty nifty tool at a large flea market in Texas that does an excellent job of coring/seeding the jalapenos!

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

I love hot stuff and have read numerous times that hot peppers were good for you. One of the few foods I like that can say that.
The guy that developed the hottest reaper's said he did it because he learned hot peppers were a cancer prevention food. and I've read often where hot peppers are good for you. I realize some people can't eat hot, my wife is one, but it never really bothered me or my digestive track in the least. What my wife considers hot, I can't even say is spicy. I told her often she is the reason you can't get hot stuff in a restaurant...

Some hot peppers have funky flavor, some have good flavor. I could drink Franks Red Hot sauce out of the bottle, and I put a ton of it in my chili and taco's for the flavor and spiciness. I also like a bit of the really hot stuff in there if the flavor is right.

I've never had anything labeled "HOT" in any restaurant that I considered hot. The hottest I found was at a Quaker State and Lube joint that claimed to have Atomic Chicken Wings. They had some fake papers the menu said you needed to sign to eat them. You didn't, and I did eat them. They were medium hot imo, but were terrible wings. In other words, all show and no go.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

I enjoy some spice in some dishes but I abolutely will not even thin of trying snything with Ghost or Carolina Reaper peppers. I tried a burger one time that advertised it had Ghost peppers on it. I could taste nothing but the peppers and did not enjoy the irritation in my mouth. I couldn't even enjoy the beeer I ordered to go with the burger. The hottest I'll go with are Habeneros, and them I'll be conservative with.

BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

While I love hot stuff, only certain stuff like chili, taco's, salsa, hot sausage, wings and some soups. I love burgers but hate hot or even spicy burgers. Also don't like spicy eggs. Some things are good hot some not so much. Everyone is different.

bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

A million here! A million there! And pretty soon to talking about real hot!

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BigDaddy Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

Wonder why the California Reaper is not on there?
Our first hot pepper plant my wife bought at Home Depot or somewhere. I don't know the name on it but when I took a bite of one I about died. It was SUPER HOT. The tag said what it was and that it was MILD. Obviously some clown must have switched the label.

I saved the seeds and planted one. It grew great, but alas, when ripe, none of the peppers were hot, slightly mild. I guess it was a hybrid and didn't pass on the hot genes. This is a pic of the offspring, I think the original looked more like the Scorpions. It was what got us started on the really hot peppers.

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