The Carolina Reaper!!

[tom12]

"but, what of the Scotch Bonnet and this Reaper pepper? What do people do with them? Is it just a form of self-flagellation for past sins?"
Cosmic, I don't know about the Reaper Pepper, I have learnt from my girlfriend, Afro Caribbean food uses this but in a selective way, so if you were making curried goat you would put the Scotch Bonnet in the curry but only as flavouring, so you need to take it out while cooking before it bursts, still too hot for me though.

 

[jacks6]

So I'm taking from this thread.... If you want to try the carolina reaper, do it in small doses? Don't just pop the whole thing into your mouth, eh?

 

[jpmcwjr]

Cosmic, the only way I have gotten eggplant to not turn into snot is to cut it into thick slices, brush it with olive oil, and cook it on the grill with my steaks. It's pretty edible that way.

That's a good one. My favorite is moussaka, which has ground lamb, spices, eggplant, potato and topped with Bechemel sauce, baked just right you barely notice the eggplant.

 

[jpmcwjr]

More on the Reaper:

It was created by Ed Currie from the Pucker Butt Pepper Company in South Carolina over ten years

 

[cosmicfolklore]

baked just right you barely notice the eggplant

When I make moussaka, you won't notice the eggplant at all, ha ha. See, things that require cooking it in a manner that makes it... less crappy, is just a vegetable that isn't necessary. Why not just substitute in a zucchini? It tastes so much better, IMO.

 

[saltedplug]

There are hot peppers and hot peppers. While it's one thing to push one's palate with heat learning how to enjoy more heat incrementally, it's quite another to chow down on an H-bomb. There's seems to be no purpose to this other than to wear a sign about your neck, saying "Stupid," as they schlep your sorry butt to the ER.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Oh, come on, salted... some schmuck asks "what would you give me if I ate one of these peppers?" You are going to be digging deep into the wallet just to see someone do something stupid, and you're gonna root for him to do it too. It's only human nature. Sure, he is a moron, but morons serve a distinct purpose on this planet... and that is to entertain the smart people. ::

 

[saltedplug]

The Carolina Reaper delivers an average of 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)

As a comparison jalapeno peppers score between 2,500 to 8,000 SHU
Sorry, but still stupid!

 

[jaytex1969]

Where I work, we slice eggplant about 1/8" thick, dunk into egg, then into a mixture of bread crumbs, salt and grated Romano cheese. Lay them flat on a parchment lined sheet pan and bake for about 14 minutes at 500*. They turn out pretty good.
We also do many hot pepper dishes. We do a Habanero Carrot hot sauce that's pretty tasty.
I wear vinyl gloves during pepper prep and the burn still gets through after 20 or 30 minutes. Definitely take a leak BEFORE that job, as you don't want to handle your junk for some time after... 8O

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Haha, Jaytex, I had posted a few years ago about making a whole grill full of jalapeno poppers for the grill. Cutting and deseeding about 50 of the large peppers, I was wearing gloves, but still... I took them off to take a leak after cutting them... needless to say my family had quite a bit of laughing at my expense. Even soaking in a hot tub for a few hours... it was a rough night, lots of funky dirty dancing to imaginary music.

 

[saltedplug]

Cleaning jalapeños years back I got a seed caught in my eye. Flushing it with water brought only minimal relief. After several hours it stopped hurting and I retained my sight. Now I always wear glasses but no matter that I tell myself not to touch my eyes, I still do.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Mayonnaise takes the capsaicin burn out of skin contact.

 

[cigrmaster]

The idiot got what he deserved. Only a complete moron would eat the worlds hottest pepper. Having been to Jamaica and the Bahamas numerous times, I am well versed in Scotch Bonnet peppers. They are really tasty when prepared properly.

 

[oldmansmoking]

I have seen on TV the pepper contest where contestants eat one chilly at a time. Not for me will stick to my “Vindalo +” at my curry house.

You have Vindalo, Tindalo then Phal.

I have eaten a Phal in the good old days before I had my cancer.

Now the hottest is a Vindalo +.

Eating a Reaper is one scary thing.

 

[renfield]

I used to have a co-worker who ate 3-5 raw habaneros with lunch every day. I love chilis but that seemed like masochism.
I grow Ghosts, Scorpions and Reapers but have a hard time finding uses for all of them. They have great flavors but the heat prevents most of it from being perceived. Occasionally I’ll have somebody ask for some as they don’t think there’s a chili too hot for them. No amount of warning will dissuade them. It’s fun watching them ride the pain train straight to Humbleville.

 

[saltedplug]

When I was at the top of my "heat" game, I went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant that served the requisite chips with salsa, which to me was incredibly weak. So I asked for something with more heat , and the waitress returned with what was basically chopped habaneros, which I proceeded to eat with relish.
Another time I was camping in western NC and made my best chili, which was very hot. I took it to a potluck, and the man across from me ate it with great gusto, at one point looking up at me only long enough to say, :"When I like the food I don't say much," and he didn't.

 

[aquadoc]

I will be growing some reapers, ghosts, and chocolates this year. They make a great hot sauce. Maybe I will bottle some and send it out as gifts. Call it snowflake repellent.
BTW, for anyone interested, these varieties are a bitch to germinate. Save yourself time and order plants.

 

[joeman]

You may think he's a moron as well...but I live in Greenville...and gave 2 freshly picked Carolina Reapers to my brother. I don't know ANYone who can handle as much spice and heat. He'll go into a legit Mexican restaurant in the middle of 'Mexican town' and ask them to prepare their hottest dish possible. He'll turn red and sweat, but he loves it. He's nuts. He took one of those peppers and bit it like an apple. He broke out in a sweat, but he did eat that bite. He said it was very, very hot, but he didn't care so much for the flavor. I like savory things, but I won't 'go there' with him.

 

[magicpiper]

Thunderclap headaches? I think that would be the least of my worries. A million and a half scoville heat units going in, 10 billion units on the old tailpipe coming out. Reminds me of pictures of the old Saturn V rockets launching the Apollo missions. Flames shooting out the bottom for 500 yards. No thanks!

 

[mso489]

At a good Thai restaurant, they will always gently remind you not to eat that one lonely little pepper at the bottom of the bowl of clear soup. There's a reason there is only one.