As some of you probably know, from reading some of the posts before the site was hacked, I'm a self avowed chili head. I began with cayenne pepper and worked my way up through the various hot peppers. At last posting, before the site was hacked, I had made my way up to the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T which, at the time, was was the hottest pepper in the world. Recently, I was able to acquire some Carolina Reapers which are now officially recognized, by the Guinness Book Of World Records, as the hottest pepper in the world. This little jewel comes in at 2,200,000 Scoville Heat Units. By comparison, the Habanero has a SHU rating of 100,000 to 350,000. The hottest thing I've ever gotten into, though, is the Mad Dog 357 Pepper Extract. It's rated at five million SHU's, and I believe it. My wife fixed some chili, for me, and put a few drops in it. It was so hot it was all I could do to eat it.
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Just give me some Franks or rasberry tobasco.Isaiah 5:20 -
Matt, I would like to start trying to broaden my horizons on this front, mostly for the purpose of adding a breadth of flavor to chili's and stews (I think). I'd never be interested in trying to eat a Habanero, but a few months back a friend gave us some jalapenos and I ate one. I removed the seeds and the vast majority of the veins, sliced it vertically, and ate it much like I do banana peppers. Surprisingly, only one slice had much warmth to it and I found the flavor profile to be similar to a green bell pepper. I guess almost all of the heat is in the seeds and veins?
There are habaneros, poblanos (delicious to roast and slice for a burger topping), hot wax peppers, jalapenos, and typically serranos available here. The hispanic section of the grocery usually has some dried peppers, too.
As far as hot sauces for the average person, man, Tabasco Chipotle is delicious, imo! I like Frank's as well, especially for a base for hot wings, but in chili/stew I really prefer the Tabasco. Any thoughts on less extreme sauces for the person wanting to inch his way up heat-wise?Comment
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That's what it was Matt! Tobasco rasberry chipotle. Delicious!Isaiah 5:20Comment
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I eat the jalapenos the same way I eat all peppers, I just eat them seeds and all. I agree about the taste of the jalapeno. Of all hot pepper to eat, strictly for flavor, the jalapeno tops the list for me. I'm afraid I can't be of any help in recommending sauces for taste. I've eaten so much of the mega hot stuff that Tabasco, Franks, Texas Pete etc. all taste bland to me, and certainly have no heat whatsoever.
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I've got 4 different ghost pepper sauces and a few habanero sauces in the fridge for cooking with. I've got a 1 gallon bag each of frozen ghost peppers and habaneros from the garden this summer. Frozen is perfect for recipes because they slice well and retain much of the flavor and all of the heat.
I can't eat the ghost peppers as if they were strawberries like Matt can, but I'm almost to that point with habaneros.
Stumbled upon a bloody mary mix at Liquor Barn - Ghost Mary - that's very good.
Also, if you're dining at the Chuy's at Oxmoor, ask for the habanero or ghost pepper salsa with your food. The manager grows his own peppers and makes the salsa on request.Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.
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Is California Tortilla in Kentucky? Here in DC it is a pretty good Chipolte like place. Anyway, they offer at least 50 types of hot sauces pretty cool way to sample sauces I like mustard in with hot sauces it makes a good flavor.“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.â€-F. Scott Fitzgerald last line "The Great Gatsby"Comment
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I like reading threads like this, but.....when it comes to what you all are talking about eating, I must bow out. Can't take the heat. I like a kick with some smokiness to it. Carry onComment
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^ Try the Chipotle Tabasco.
I'm not sure that MD or surveyor has been in the realm of "human" recently enough to give me much advice
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Durkees... Original...Comment
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I'm afraid I can't be of any help in recommending sauces for taste. I've eaten so much of the mega hot stuff that Tabasco, Franks, Texas Pete etc. all taste bland to me, and certainly have no heat whatsoever.Philippians 4:11-4:13Comment
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I'm not to that point. I like heat, but there's got to be some flavor to it.
Buffalo Wings and Rings traditional Buffalo sauce, atomic heat is still very flavorful.
The Ghost Mary bloody mary mix mentioned above is good, but I'll mix it 3 parts to 1 part Zing-Zang to impart more flavor.
As far as flavorful salsas, I'd recommend Mrs Renfro's in ANY level of heat options. It's available in Ghost Pepper, Habanero, Mango Habanero as well as mild, medium and hot.Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.
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