DrumsAndBeer":3r4xljx9 said:
Cleavage and hot peppers, talk about click-bait.
Ain't it the truth!
I've now worked my way through the assortment. There were 2 peppers that were either Scorpions and/or Carolina Reaper as the shape is similar. Mostly Ghost Peppers and 2 yellow ones that I'm not sure of the variety.
Gotta say that none of them lit me up and made me jump up and down. Some were pleasantly hot but most were totally underwhelming. Frankly I was expecting so much more.
Don't know if these were specifically selected as the mildest of their type (unlikely IMO), they weren't at their peak of freshness and the hot diminishes with freshness (also unlikely), or perhaps my tolerance has built up to the point that they don't register as they would otherwise.
On the ones I suspected were the hottest, I didn't just dive right in and eat half the thing in one bite like those chicks did. Rather I went slow and consumed it in small bites until I had a sense of them, knowing full well that the heat is mostly in the seeds and they are pretty much located up towards the stem.
Be that as it may, I did enjoy them and will revisit at some point to see if another batch are different. The cost was nominal for the assortment. Something like $5 for what must have been a dozen different chilies. In fact the container says-
"Super Hot Chile Mix. Our finest collection of super hot chilies for the chili connoisseur! Ingredients: Fresh Chilies.
(May contain Trinidad Scorpion, Carolina Reaper, Scotch Bonnet and/or Bhut Jolokias)
Net weight 2 oz (57g)
Decided to get in a container of the tiny Thai chilies this time. They pack some heat along with flavor and the size is such that I can have as many as I want at a sitting. Had these before several times.
FWIW, the hottest chili I ever had was many years ago. Back in the mid-70's when I was working in the weld shop, the lead man brought in a bowl of small green chilies he had grown. They were maybe 1/4" diameter x 4" long. Don't know the variety. Even back then I was chili head and he and I snacked on these during our shift. No one else would touch them but I found them fine.
That is, until I grabbed one and bit off a good chunk and suddenly my world went tits up! The heat was so overwhelming that I though I would puke or pass out or something. I mean it was fierce, brutal, and no exaggeration!
I proceeded to rush to the water fountain nearby and tried to cool my mouth. I held the water in my mouth and that seemed to help somewhat, but as soon as I swallowed the water the pain came back with a vengeance. This went on for some time and I was totally unable to work. Finally, after multiple trips to the water fountain it started to subside. By now my head felt like it was on fire!
When I finally made it back to my work station, I told the lead man that he needed to try that chili I just ate as I had laid it down right there after biting into it. Of course he bit it and his eyes lit up.
So it wasn't just me. That one particular chili apparently had several orders of magnitude higher scoville units for some reason. All the others I ate that day were mild in comparison. And of course, now I know that just plain water will not neutralize the reaction. Kinda like putting water on an oil fire.
All to say that I recognize and accept that chilies are an agricultural product and variations can and will occur. That's all..........
:cherry:
Cheers,
RR