There is a new "sheriff" in town hotter than the Reaper

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DrScaryGuy said:
I need a good every day sauce. I've been killing the tall bottles of tapatio and cholula. I'm almost out of my reaper de muerte, but i don't want to spend $10 per little bottle. I may deserve pain, but i'm not going to pay for it like that. there are more fun ways to handle that sort of situation, anyway...
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I like tapatio on eggs and to spice things up a little. My latest favorite is the Aardvark hot sauce. Itā€™s hotter than tapatio but has a really good flavor.
 
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Carolinatlc said:
I like tapatio on eggs and to spice things up a little. My latest favorite is the Aardvark hot sauce. Itā€™s hotter than tapatio but has a really good flavor.
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you piqued my curiosity... but it's ingredients are Tomatoes, vinegar, carrots, water, onion, habanero, mustard, sugar, salt, and some other stuff
that's not hot sauce, that's spicy ketchup!
 
DrScaryGuy said:
I need a good every day sauce. I've been killing the tall bottles of tapatio and cholula. I'm almost out of my reaper de muerte, but i don't want to spend $10 per little bottle. I may deserve pain, but i'm not going to pay for it like that. there are more fun ways to handle that sort of situation, anyway...
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Iā€™ve had 3 of their sauces and all of them are very good, but I went with the standard sauce since the others are too hot for me to enjoy, the standard has just the right amount of bite.

You can order sample packs to try the various flavors, which is how I found about this pepper sauce, the sample packs came in a box of gun parts I ordered last year, Iā€™ve kept a bottle in the fridge ever since.

Palo Alto Firefighters Pepper Sauce

paloaltofirefighters.com
 
beamernc said:
@fishgutzy, which Piedmont Farmers Market? When I look it up it shows the one in Concord/Kannapolis. Are you driving to Concord or is there one with the same name closer to you?

Do you recall the vendor?
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Lat year I got mine from a vendor at the flea market in ft mill.
 
NCMedic said:
So I'm guessing very few of y'all eat Indian food?
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Many years ago now, I went to an Indian Restaurant up in Burlington, VT. When I ordered the "mild" curry ( with white raisins and pistachios) the waiter was very concerned about my not liking it and suggested the regular, saying it "wasn't too hot." It took me about 3 mins to convince him that I wanted the mild and wouldn't be upset if it wasn't to my liking.

Turned out perfect - plenty of heat for me (just on the edge) and the white raisins provided some sweetness balance. I tipped the waiter well as he was really, genuinely concerned that I enjoy the meal.

I socially distance from capsaicinoids. A little mixed cracked pepper is just fine for me.
 
fishgutzy said:
Pepper X is not yet the official hottest proper. Awaiting for Guinness book qualification.
Pepper X scores 3.18 million Scoville units.
Getting some seedlings next weekend along with Dragons Breath.
This weekend picked up Reaper, Trinidad scorpion, Ghost, and cayenne.

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I've never understood the penis measuring contest that goes along with hot peppers.

Don't get me wrong. I love spicy foods.

But trying to incorporate the "hottest peper ever" into my food just so I can say I did has never appealed to me one bit.
 
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@fishgutzy, where are you getting your ghost plants?
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This year, a vendor near the left end of the open air side that also has the year round market (left side as you enter the farmers market.
Several venders on the right side building have a lot of ghost peppers too. Lots of red habanero too.
 
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beamernc said:
@fishgutzy, which Piedmont Farmers Market? When I look it up it shows the one in Concord/Kannapolis. Are you driving to Concord or is there one with the same name closer to you?

Do you recall the vendor?
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As of 20 minutes ago. Lowes denver had about 30 plants
 
fishgutzy said:
This weekend picked up Reaper, Trinidad scorpion, Ghost, and cayenne.
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We grow Dragon's Breath and Carolina Reapers every season (and Ghost and cayenne occasionally).
 
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Wolfpack33 said:
IIRC Ed Currie of Puckerbutt Pepper Co is the wizard behind Pepper X and Carolina Reaper. He is out of Fort Mill, SC. I think he keeps a few ā€œace in the holeā€ varieties of peppers that are hotter than the Carolina Reaper. Seems like a super nice dude.
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My dad is in Ft Mill. Brought us a brownie/granola bar/fruitcake kind of something from there around Christmas. Marked XXX. Some friends and is crumbled it up on a plate one evening and all attempted a bite. Not a pleasant experience at all. šŸ¤¢šŸ”„
 
fishgutzy said:
This year, a vendor near the left end of the open air side that also has the year round market (left side as you enter the farmers market.
Several venders on the right side building have a lot of ghost peppers too. Lots of red habanero too.
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@fishgutzy, where is the farmer's market located that you referred to? I can't find the vendor if I can't even find out where the market is located.

Is this the market in Concord, off of Winecoff School Rd?
 
GreatGazoo said:
Many years ago now, I went to an Indian Restaurant up in Burlington, VT.
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I knew some white kids who tried to play a trick on a fresh off the boat indian by getting him to eat a spoonful of wasabi. he said "that's an interesting flavor" and didn't understand why they stopped giggling and stood amazed.

I was also dating a bengali girl and went to a bengali restaurant where the fellas in the kitchen obviously didn't like me taking one of theirs... i could have pressed charges over the amount of heat they put in my "medium" food. Instead, I ate it and complimented them on the cooking, then made a show of how i was taking the girl back to her apartment. She couldn't finish one bite of my dish. Good thing i'd done all that practicing with hot food all my life.

two fingers said:
I've never understood the penis measuring contest that goes along with hot peppers.

Don't get me wrong. I love spicy foods.

But trying to incorporate the "hottest peper ever" into my food just so I can say I did has never appealed to me one bit.
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I don't understand the people who die trying to conquer mt everest, but whatever.
spicy food is like heroin or alcohol - you build up a mighty tolerance if you keep at it. hotter is better in those cases, because otherwise everything weaker just tastes like ketchup.
 
I've grown hot peppers for years. Ghosts and Scorpions taste like ashtrays. Reapers have better flavor, but an African strain called Fatali is the pinnacle of heat and flavor for me. I still just prefer plain old habanero for the most part, simply because nothing else on earth taste like them (smokey and fruity). Zavory, a hybrid strain, comes close to replicating habanero flavor without the heat, but misses something in not having it.

I swear, you don't read about them much, but there is an old Southern grown pepper called a Cowhorn that can get as hot as some of my boutique hot peppers.
 
DrScaryGuy said:
I don't understand the people who die trying to conquer mt everest, but whatever.
spicy food is like heroin or alcohol - you build up a mighty tolerance if you keep at it. hotter is better in those cases, because otherwise everything weaker just tastes like ketchup.
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Tolerance? Or ablating or passivating the tongue and soft palate? :rolleyes: :p
 
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DrScaryGuy said:
I knew some white kids who tried to play a trick on a fresh off the boat indian by getting him to eat a spoonful of wasabi. he said "that's an interesting flavor" and didn't understand why they stopped giggling and stood amazed.

I was also dating a bengali girl and went to a bengali restaurant where the fellas in the kitchen obviously didn't like me taking one of theirs... i could have pressed charges over the amount of heat they put in my "medium" food. Instead, I ate it and complimented them on the cooking, then made a show of how i was taking the girl back to her apartment. She couldn't finish one bite of my dish. Good thing i'd done all that practicing with hot food all my life.


I don't understand the people who die trying to conquer mt everest, but whatever.
spicy food is like heroin or alcohol - you build up a mighty tolerance if you keep at it. hotter is better in those cases, because otherwise everything weaker just tastes like ketchup.
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Hey if you ENJOY it I'm all for it. But I'm glad I haven't built up that tolerance. I love spicy to a point. And I don't enjoy bland food. But so far I can enjoy a lot of flavor that isn't hot. In other words, I don't want to feel the need to put hot peppers on a great steak. I just want to taste a great steak.
 
HotSoup said:
Where do you get your plants? If I grow them do they need to stay away from other peppers?
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You do not need to grow hot peppers peppers away from sweet (or less hot) peppers, unless you plan on keeping seeds to replant. While they can cross pollinate, it cannot change the taste of the current seasons peppers.
 
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HotSoup said:
Where do you get your plants? If I grow them do they need to stay away from other peppers?
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We buy them locally, and we do separate them from our other plantings, yes.
 
HotSoup said:
Where is locally?
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Zebulon NC. Unfortunately, we're going to have to find a new place to get them; the local hardware store is closing. šŸ˜Ÿ
 
HotSoup said:
Let me know where you find them. Definitely want to grow a couple this year to try my hand at hot sauce with them.
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Oh, I've got mine in for this season. Plenty of time to ask around before I need to buy again. But I'll let you know if I find a good source.
 
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GreatGazoo said:
Tolerance? Or ablating or passivating the tongue and soft palate? :rolleyes: :p
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not sure if kidding, but i'll assume you know, since you used some technical terms there...
For everybody else who may not be in on what i think is the joke, capsaicin is sometimes used kind of like botox. Injections can stop excessive nerve activity but it's used for real physiological disorders rather than cosmetics. And it is sometimes used as a topical salve to reduce pain (after the initial burning sensation, anyway).

anybody got a source of Resiniferatoxin? i'll try anything once...
 
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DrScaryGuy said:
not sure if kidding, but i'll assume you know, since you used some technical terms there...
For everybody else who may not be in on what i think is the joke, capsaicin is sometimes used kind of like botox. Injections can stop excessive nerve activity but it's used for real physiological disorders rather than cosmetics. And it is sometimes used as a topical salve to reduce pain (after the initial burning sensation, anyway).

anybody got a source of Resiniferatoxin? i'll try anything once...
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A bit of both, but it is good to be a CFF "Man of Mystery." ;)

As noted above, I am very sensitive to these compounds: and whilst I can only shake my head in wonder at others who seem to enjoy what to me is a lot of pain, I fully rejoice in we men enjoying our "toys" with like-minded souls whether that be peppers; wine; beer; firearms; engines; woodworking; cooking; guitars etc.

That's not going to stop me from poking some fun at those who like teflon-coated palates just as I'll be made fun of for, oh, working up dozens of Pathfinder or D&D characters that I'll never actually play or eating plain spaghetti with parmesan cheese. To quote Jane Austen: "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?ā€ P&P Chp 57.

:D
 
GreatGazoo said:
... working up dozens of Pathfinder or D&D characters that I'll never actually play ...
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one of the ladies at work says her uv resin 3d printer is fantastic for that sort of thing
so if you haven't spent enough money lately...
 
Dale Gribble said:
Made from Trinidad Scorpion peppers. Scoville runs from 1.2M to 2M.

The Chipotle Tobasco runs from 1500-2500.
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Is the 1.2M-2M the rating for those peppers? Or are you saying thatā€™s what the sauce Tabasco Scorpion sauce is?

I ask because I went to look for it online today and the sauce shows 35,000.

for anybody that cares:

Tabasco Sweet & Spicy: 100-300
Tabasco Buffalo Style: 300-900
Tabasco Green JalapeƱo: 600-1200
Tabasco Cayenne Garlic: 1200-2400
Tabasco Chipotle Pepper: 1500-2500
Tabasco Sriracha: 1000-3000
Tabasco Original Red: 2500-5000
Tabasco Habanero Pepper: >7000
Tabasco Scorpion: 35,000

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BigWaylon said:
Is the 1.2M-2M the rating for those peppers? Or are you saying thatā€™s what the sauce Tabasco Scorpion sauce is?

I ask because I went to look for it online today and the sauce shows 35,000.

for anybody that cares:

Tabasco Sweet & Spicy: 100-300
Tabasco Buffalo Style: 300-900
Tabasco Green JalapeƱo: 600-1200
Tabasco Cayenne Garlic: 1200-2400
Tabasco Chipotle Pepper: 1500-2500
Tabasco Sriracha: 1000-3000
Tabasco Original Red: 2500-5000
Tabasco Habanero Pepper: >7000
Tabasco Scorpion: 35,000

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not really.....not a fan of Tabasco. I am a Pete guy
 
Jernigan's Nursery in Dunn has ghost pepper plants and they also have a booth at the farmer's market in Raleigh.
 
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