Hottest thing you ever ate ?

Well?

Me, it would have to be spicy noodles I made with a large spoon of ghost chilli extract. Was so hot when I slurped the noodles the smacking on my face hurt like hell. Fire noodles. Only could finish half and was dizzy for a while.

 

Atomic hot wings after a long day of hiking, with a sunburned face and lips. I felt like I could see through time, I was in so much pain.

 

Trinidad Scorpions and Carolina Reapers.
#2 and #1.

Never again.


Ghost is about #6 currently ; )

 

Some brave people here.
We were invited by some caribbean friends not too long ago for some dinner including goat and some rather tasty veggies. Not sure what they seasoned that goat with, but I was baying at the moon all night. And I do love me some spicy food. Just thinking about it makes me sweat again.

 

Some sort of green pepper I got served in Korea. Looked harmless. Took a large bite.

 

Chicken broth.

 

Street taco....Don't know what was in it but it burned but it was killer-good. Went back the next day and ordered it again too! Now I love hot food.

 

Carolina Reaper is rated #1 (peppers) with an average Scoville rating of 1.5 million.

I'm good for Habenero, that's about it...rated at 350K.

There's a chemical found in a Moroccan cactus type plant rated at 16 million on the Scoville scale. I would suspect this would jeopardize one's health to eat it...it's been known to kill animals that have made the mistake of ingesting it.

 

Its not just the pepper , but how it's prepared as well. Such as extracts. I've been wanting to try the two you listed , how is the flavor ?

 

Went to a Tai restaurant. The have a scale and the top was adventurous. Tried it. Got through it with a lot of sweat and pain. Ordered mild from then on.

 

In Texas for an MLG tournament back in the day, "The 4 Horsemen burger".

Next would be "Atomic Wings" I picked up in NC.

 

Little yellow peppers about 2" long and maybe 1/2" in diameter. Don't remember what they were called but just a nibble off the end (after being duly warned) had me begging for death.

 

My Carolina Reaper plant is fruiting at the moment. Has about 40 chillies on it, I tried drying one out for 3 months then finely chopping it up (including seeds) and putting it in a Tom Yum Soup. Extremely spicy (almost too much even for me, I was crying and sweating buckets), but it's such an aromatic, tasty chilli.

I'm making a sauce with them, Id be happy to send anyone some of it or a few peppers, if you want to lift your spice game a notch.

 

Take the seeds out. Those are the nuclear core of hot peppers.

 

I prescribe to the stoic school of chilli consumption. Push through the pain.

I have a very high tolerance to chilli. I haven't yet ate one whole - I imagine I'd vomit quite badly. It's nice diluted in a meal though - if you're experienced with hot peppers it can be very pleasurable - the euphoria is distinct.

 

I grow various hot peppers and have about a dozen jars of ones I have pickled already this year, and have a billion pounds dried/dehydrated. I don't favor them. I will use them or give them away. I was just suggesting that removing the seeds will help moderate the heat. I personally prefer hot horseradish. I mostly grow hot peppers because deer are not fond of them (though they will eat them when times are lean). I use them as decoys around plants I do not want the deer to eat. They eat on the peppers a little and move on instead of going after say the sweet peppers, green beans, etc planted interior to them.

 

Pure Capsaicin is 16 million.... apparently the hottest hot possible.

There are sauces out there every level up to and including 16 million.
Blair's is one brand.

I don't see the point, lol.

 

I wish I knew.

Honestly I tried them both raw so I couldn't tell you about the flavors. The Scorpion, I tried the smallest sliver and it burned for over a half hour. That oil works it's way into every part of your mouth. Probably haven't drank that much milk since I was a baby. I dried some and will probably mix them into my other dried pepper grinds.
The Reaper was more of a dare.

So raw... as I said, never again.
I do plan on trying the Scorpions different ways, they seem to be a late bloomer. I'm giving most of them away.

These things are so hot, I'm not sure I would even enjoy them when prepared well.
I like hot food, but when it burns so much I can't enjoy the taste... I just don't see the point anymore ; )


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While true, when you get into Scoville levels this high.... even the flesh can be horror-inducing.

 

They say the Scoville scale is not "scientific", in that different tests show different numbers.

Some charts have these ratings in different orders, but the Carolina Reaper seems to be #1 on about all of them.

There are a lot of reference charts out there, and this one is from last year... but I thought I'd post it since it shows some of the ones discussed in this thread. Starting with Habanero... at the bottom.

Just in case anyone was curious.

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There are those who enjoy spicy food, and there are those who want to test their level of pain endurance..

I agree with you, if it's nothing more than a machismo contest how much pain you can endure and not about enjoying the food...well...any fool can suffer.

Pure Capsaicin can harm your health if enough is ingested; you can potentially consume a fatal dose of it.

 

The hottest thing I ever ate - hmmm. He had gorgeous blue eyes, a great six-pack and a European accent... do your really need a name?

 

No sir, we don't.

 

Yeah, I know Blair's would not sell it to minors.

There were only 999 bottles being made, called "16 million reserve".
Went for like $400 a bottle and it sold out.

 

That's probably a bargain, since it will last for a few generations.