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Originally posted by jhe888:
I like hot - at the Thai places, what they call "spicy" is fine, and what they call "Thai spicy" is generally about my limit depending on my mood. Habaneros are more than I like by themselves, but not by much.

But no way in hell would I even consider eating Pepper X, or a Reaper.

This describes me perfectly. Because of my parents upbringing in households that ate spicy food I was introduced to spicy food at an early age. I draw the line where the 'hot' factor takes away from the flavor factor. Peppers enhance flavor and that is why I eat food with it in the recipe. I draw the line at anything above Habanero hot. I don't enjoy pain. Weird huh?

Jim

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Originally posted by Expert308:
I won't even go beyond the Jalapeno. I don't get why anybody would want to eat any of those super hot ones, other than maybe to prove their manhood. A guy I used to work with makes his own salsa. He used to complain that he had to grow his own peppers for it because he couldn't find hot enough ones in the store. He brought some of his salsa into the office once. Just being in the same room with it made my eyes water so bad I had to leave. Why?????

If you eat hot stuff fairly regularly, you build up a sort of tolerance to it, to the point where what used to be hot isn't anymore. Consequently, you have to find hotter peppers to be able to feel the heat, as it were.

Fun fact. Hot peppers are hot because their seeds can survive the intestinal tracts of birds which don’t have the ability to feel capsaicin. So the seeds can be spread. All other animals digest the seeds but they also feel the capsaicin.

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Originally posted by kx90:

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Originally posted by Otto Pilot:
Before anyone contemplates eating one, this was a comment made in an article about a Welsh farmer who accidentally created a 2.6 million Scoville pepper.

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The scientists believe that if you tried to actually eat this chili, your airways would likely close up from the burn and you’d go into anaphylactic shock and die. However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t a force for good, not evil.

http://www.iflscience.com/plan...orlds-hottest-chili/

In the words of Liam Neeson..."Good luck."

If you search on YouTube for "Reaper pepper and Fireball" you'll find a video of a guy that eats three of them and then chugs Fireball Whiskey. It's pretty.

Just watched that vid lol "It's like...(hacking)...I just ate 3...(more hacking)...of Satan's testicles."

You can buy hotter sauces but they use chemical capsicum to achieve it. The fanfare over Pepper X is it allows for hotter all natural sauces which bring real flavor in beside just raw heat.

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
I like to eat really spicy things but as I have aged, the colon and backdoor remind me I shouldn't anymore.

If you like HOT spicy but fear damage to your "back door", then try xtra hot Atomic Horseradish.

(I can't eat it)

Go easy with the stuff, 'cause it may damage your "front door".

There is an inverse relationship or point of diminishing returns between hot and flavor in peppers and hot sauces. I'll take the flavor.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
I like hot - at the Thai places, what they call "spicy" is fine, and what they call "Thai spicy" is generally about my limit depending on my mood.

I have eaten at Thai restaurants with a couple of members of SIGforum. They always request "Thai hot." I tried it once. It was several hours before I could feel my lips again.

Rocky Road tastes so much better.

Do these peppers make ghost peppers appear tame?

I have no desire to try anything hotter than Jalapeno peppers, and even then, only when sparingly chopped up and used in a recipe.

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Originally posted by GWbiker:
I had a biker chum in Harrisburg PA who would chomp on bell peppers and anything HOT that no one else could eat.

His farts would clear the room.

I think he's still alive.

His initials wouldn't be MS would they. MS is my friend and had a custom holster made to carry his bottle of hot sauce with him. I know he has eaten hot sauce rated at 2 million scoville units, it'll be interesting to see if he tries these peppers.

He has gone coast to coast at least three times and participated in a number of Iron Butts - also the highest annual mileage rider in his local HOG chapter (H-burg) three years running - well over 100K on his bike.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

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Originally posted by Storm:

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Originally posted by Expert308:
I won't even go beyond the Jalapeno. I don't get why anybody would want to eat any of those super hot ones, other than maybe to prove their manhood. A guy I used to work with makes his own salsa. He used to complain that he had to grow his own peppers for it because he couldn't find hot enough ones in the store. He brought some of his salsa into the office once. Just being in the same room with it made my eyes water so bad I had to leave. Why?????

If you eat hot stuff fairly regularly, you build up a sort of tolerance to it, to the point where what used to be hot isn't anymore. Consequently, you have to find hotter peppers to be able to feel the heat, as it were.

I suppose so. I guess I just don't see the point in putting myself through the pain. To each his own though, enjoy!

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Originally posted by Pizza Bob:

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Originally posted by GWbiker:
I had a biker chum in Harrisburg PA who would chomp on bell peppers and anything HOT that no one else could eat.

His farts would clear the room.

I think he's still alive.

His initials wouldn't be MS would they. MS is my friend and had a custom holster made to carry his bottle of hot sauce with him. I know he has eaten hot sauce rated at 2 million scoville units, it'll be interesting to see if he tries these peppers.

He has gone coast to coast at least three times and participated in a number of Iron Butts - also the highest annual mileage rider in his local HOG chapter (H-burg) three years running - well over 100K on his bike.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

No, not the same person. "MT" in Harrisburg rode a BMW and may have given up riding a motorcycle due to back problems.....or too much HOT sauce.

When I was young, I could barely tolerate any level of spiciness in food, but moving to Texas taught me to appreciate a certain level of spice/heat in food. I never got to a point where I could enjoy 'thai spicy' levels of heat, but I could go beyond Jalapenos and still be fine. Now, while I still enjoy some peppers, I'm back to not being able to eat them. For some reason, about a year or two ago, I started to hiccup whenever I eat anything Jalapeno-hot or more. The hiccups can be strong enough to be painful so I've had to cut back on the level of spice in my food again. Maybe I have an ulcer or something, who knows. Regardless, I do miss having a little more spice in my food.

- Bret

Death is Nature's way of telling you to slow down....

I grow carolina reapers, Trinidad scorpions and ghost peppers among others. Use them in salsa, chili and dry them. Biggest mistake I made was grinding them in the house. Without goggles...

I have some sausage in the freezer that a local butcher made for me using a large amount of the big 3 for spice. They will really get your attention.

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Originally posted by Storm:

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Originally posted by Expert308:
I won't even go beyond the Jalapeno. I don't get why anybody would want to eat any of those super hot ones, other than maybe to prove their manhood. A guy I used to work with makes his own salsa. He used to complain that he had to grow his own peppers for it because he couldn't find hot enough ones in the store. He brought some of his salsa into the office once. Just being in the same room with it made my eyes water so bad I had to leave. Why?????

If you eat hot stuff fairly regularly, you build up a sort of tolerance to it, to the point where what used to be hot isn't anymore. Consequently, you have to find hotter peppers to be able to feel the heat, as it were.

Capsaicin creams relieve pain by actually activating nerve endings to the point that they downregulate the receptors on them - effectively, it stimulates the nerves so much that they turn themselves off. Thus, it take progressively larger and larger doses to achieve the same burn for those who use them regularly. Same idea with tolerance of pain medications, anxiety meds, and, of course, heroin.