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stopdiggin

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9. well, I'm definitely in your corner there

Wed Oct 18, 2023, 11:04 AM

Oct 2023

but clearly there is a 'crazy corner' out there that really does eat and cook with ...

And they have their own lexicon of 'qualities' - burn, after taste, fruitiness, etc. etc. (how can you tell when your taste buds have been cauterized .. ?)

I myself cook with (garden variety) pepper on a consistent basis. But, my aim is for a 'spice' level. And I would never go near a Reaper (or Ghost). And truthfully - I even consider habanero - as going for a 'different kind of experience'. One I don't understand.

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Pepper Expert Scorches His Own Guinness Book Heat Record [View all] stopdiggin Oct 2023 OP

I bought this about 3 years ago. Eko Oct 2023 #1

That is 22,800 Scovilles, Pepper X is 11,800 per cent hotter (118 times hotter) Celerity Oct 2023 #2

Actually mines the Beyond Insanity. Eko Oct 2023 #3

I watch "Hot Ones" on the telly and this is on there with every guest. All say it is very hot and mitch96 Oct 2023 #6

Yeah, that is where I got the idea to order it. Eko Oct 2023 #10

do you toothpick it? onethatcares Oct 2023 #4

I grow Carolina Reapers in our garden (nt) stuck in the middle Oct 2023 #5

For what? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #7

I don't quite understand the point...unless it's to make a more effective pepper spray. Chakaconcarne Oct 2023 #8

well, I'm definitely in your corner there stopdiggin Oct 2023 #9