I ate a Ghost pepper!

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I love spicy food and I grow peppers and tomatoes in particular. Last year I grew over fifteen varieties of peppers, but they were moved by workers, so I had to wait and see what becomes what. Some of them got diseases but I never gave up on them, still picking a few everyday. Jalapeno and Serrano did well, Poblanos not bad. The rest was a mix of this and that. This morning I put a red pepper in my omelette, about an inch long, not big enough to be a Ghost pepper.

O M G !

I am ok now after eating some sour cream and a whole lemon, but, boy was I in pain or what? Now I am scared shitless about tomorrow, you know. No report will be shared about that. :joy::joy::joy:

Life lesson learned; know your peppers and behave. Here is a heat scale fyi.

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Oh wow, I find jalapeños quite spicy so looking at that chart I’m sure your mouth was on fire!!! Love that you grow your own peppers and tomatoes :slight_smile:

Good luck tomorrow… :wink:

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You wish your were shitless tomorrow. Success.

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@DS20
It was quite hot when I was eating it but the real pain started a few hours later. My stomach couldn’t handle it. Love jalapenos but not hot enough for me, I roast and eat them like candy.

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@Jane.c
Yeah, addicted to that kick. This one was something else though.

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Roasted jalapenos are just delicious.

Ghost peppers are a whole nother animal. I feel for ya. I’ve had some ghost pepper sauces, and they were pretty brutal.

Get that ruffage in so it passes easy lol

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Chef @LuluJo - Yep! This happened to me too :smiley: Aswell and getting kitchen beasted with the Reaper and the Trindad!

I used to work for a guy who made his BBQ sauces and would never share his recipes with anyone - He made one with the Trinidad scorpion which he powdered down in a coffee grinder and after he emptied the chamber, he blew into it to clear it out… Right into both of our eyes. That sucked lol

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Yes @CaptAZ, as a Tucsonan I have the love of all hot peppers. Working on the fiber and greasy stuff to ease tomorrow’s pain. Lol.

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Scenarios like this was part of the inspiration for my band naming our latest album “Second Scorching”…

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@Jane.c, I am in Montenegro, an AZ, CA transplant. Mediterranean weather. Place I live is the only fjord, interesting microclimate. When I lived in the States in southwest, we would have only few freezes, I used to have peppers as perennials. Three Habaneros are not much different from what I had. I can only imagine.

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Chef Josh, Jesus! That is the worst. Pepper spray basically.

I used to think chipotles were hot thirty years ago. Now I puree them and spread them on my toast with some soft cheese. Delicious!

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@TeejLazer, dude, I have been scorched allright, hence the drinking. Not blaming anybody or event but myself of course. You seem to be doing great. Keep on keeping on.

Love the name by the way!

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I find mayo spicy!

Lmfao jk yea I did the carolina reaper once, I was hallucinating and was not a good time!

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Yeah, my digestive system is hallucinating now. Lol.
:joy::joy::joy:

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Josh are you a chef?

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Yes I am a red seal chef and a butcher lol

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Two years ago I grew trinidad scorpions and carolina reapers. The pictures are on here somewhere. I used them to make salsas and sauces. Might grow them this summer again. I bit a reaper and it was an awful expierence :crazy_face:

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That’s too many scolvilles!:hot_pepper::hot_pepper::hot_pepper:

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Check out the products with those killers already!

I wouldn’t be afraid to get a taste of them. Addicted. Lol!

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I was in so much pain, I forgot about drinking!

:joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:

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