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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 2, 2021 21:46:42 GMT -5
I finally sampled those Death Spirals today. The kid that I tutored in math a couple of years ago, that I got hooked on growing - mostly peppers, but tomatoes, too - is growing a plant that got HUGE! Larger than mine, but not as early, or as productive, but there's time! Here's a photo of him standing behind it - a small Thai plant is on the left, but most of this is Death Spiral! A friend growing a Death Spiral I gave him, that got huge! He is 5 foot 10, to give a reference. by pepperhead212, on Flickr Here's the first harvested one, a week ago, so it was getting hotter! Death Spiral, starting to ripen. 7-27 by pepperhead212, on Flickr We sampled the first one of mine (he wouldn't wait longer for his, like we were planning on), and I had a half, and he had maybe a quarter of it. But he touched his tongue to it, just to see, and freaked out, saying there was no way he was eating that! His sis (who was making a video of this) made some comments, trying to shame him into trying it, but he wouldn't give. Mind you, this is the kid who wanted me to start reaper seeds for him last year, and he actually tried the chocolate reaper with me! And uses the chocolate and gold bullet habaneros in cooking. So his Mom had to see how it could be that hot, and barely touched it to her tongue, and immediately freaked out, and said that it was the hottest thing she ever had in her mouth, looking for something to cool it off, settling on some ice cream! Meanwhile, her daughter and I were cracking up, and she was telling me not to try it, as she didn't want to have to take me to the hospital! Mind you, this lady is full blooded Indian - not born there, but visited a number of times, to see relatives, and she said there were some things she tried there, and couldn't believe people were eating them, they were so hot. Turns out, it wasn't as hot as the Red Carolina Reaper, that I grew a few years ago. When I chewed my half, it was incredibly hot, but I kept chewing it for 37.8 seconds (the son was timing me!). This was about the same as the chocolate reaper last year, and trinidad scorpions and bhut jolokias previously. The time I sampled the red reaper I could only make it to 18 seconds. Unscientific, but I definitely knew this was not as hot.
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Post by paquebot on Aug 2, 2021 22:24:41 GMT -5
I really should sample some of the hot ones I've been growing lately for friends. Hottest the past hew years as been Carolina Reaper. I like the in-between types and then use them for chili powder. I've got some Beaver Dam for a mild base and several paprika types for proper taste.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by september on Aug 3, 2021 0:05:55 GMT -5
pepperhead212 , love the photo of your young friend and the pepper plant! I can't even imagine your heat threshold in your mouth! I would want to bathe in ice cream too, if I had to taste it.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 3, 2021 0:23:45 GMT -5
I’m not much on eating raw peppers. I do like to cook with them. I tend to like the sweeter ones and my favorite way to cook them is low and slow with onions until caramelized. I don’t mind the hot ones cooked with sausage and onions provided they aren’t so hot you can’t taste the dish.
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Post by rdback on Dec 31, 2021 12:19:24 GMT -5
...I kept chewing it for 37.8 seconds... And then what, lol? I also grew Death Spiral in 2021. I ate a TINY sliver and that was plenty for me! I dehydrated the rest of them.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Dec 31, 2021 13:33:48 GMT -5
I actually tried a number of them, to see if they were getting any hotter as the summer went on, but they stayed about the same. I also dried most of them - I figured, if nothing else, I could dump some in the rabbit and groundhog holes that occasionally show up. I don't think they will like these too much. 😝
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