I now have a cupboard shelf just for teh hot

My little sister (bless her heart) just sent a care package-

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I have a very (very, very, very) healthy respect for capsaicin, but I love it and I can't get enough of it.

I like it enough that I'm willing to risk digestive distress - the temporary kind - in order to enjoy it.

I have a small variety of grinds and dried stock, and my own stash of hot stuff.

Anyway, the cool thing is that a little goes a looooong way, so it doesn't take up a shitload of space, so I am STOCKED. :D

Who else?

I know fearpb is kinda gonzo...:wink:

I'm with ya man, love the hotz. My stash is pretty low now though. I need to make a hot sauce run!

been trying to build up more tolerance to hot stuff for several years. getting better all the time

I was kinda stalled until I discovered habaneros years ago.

There's so much more than just heat to peppers - I'm working my way back toward the middle a little bit these days - always liked Serranos (used to eat 'em straight-up and drink 100 proof Comfort); stuff would turn me into a jet engine...:p

Anyway, just laid in some of those big Hungarian chilis - a little hotter than the Serranos.

It's kinda neat to only have to process one little dried Caribbean red to turn a huge crock of chili into DA BOMB. :biggrin:

I just got my hands on some Carolina Reapers. I am going to have to figure out how to use them now. I have a bottle of hot sauce that the only ingredients are ghost pepper, and capsaicin.......It is a very gradual build of heat, and then it lingers for hours. A few drops seasoned my chili.

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I was kinda stalled until I discovered habaneros years ago.

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WTF? nOOb
Edit: years, gotcha, I read year lol

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There's so much more than just heat to peppers - I'm working my way back toward the middle a little bit these days - always liked Serranos (used to eat 'em straight-up and drink 100 proof Comfort); stuff would turn me into a jet engine...:p

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I hope your not talking Southern Comfort :barf:

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DA BOMB. :biggrin:

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Is a great hot sauce, I've ate a bunch of that stuff and my asshole is still pissed.

I loves the hots.

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Originally Posted by green-lantern

I hope your not talking Southern Comfort :barf:

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Actually, yes - I found a world of difference between the 80 and 100-proof, and if you don't believe me, take about a three inch Serrano, give it about five serious chews, and dump about 2oz of SC100 on top of it.

Chew slowly and savor.

Repeat until you have no peppers or So. Comfort left.



Remember to wipe gently. :wink:

Southern Comfort = Barf/girls barf drink. :barfaway:

capsaicin isn't something i'm fond of. 10 grams can be lethal. high concentrations of it will cause chemical burns. but most of all--it overpowers other flavors.

don't get me wrong, i love richly flavored foods. it's practically impossible for me to consume enough garlic. the thing is, i enjoy rich and flavorful--so a blend of strong flavors is ideal to me. for example, pizza made with pesto sauce, gorgonzola cheese, cooked/diced garlic cloves, and kalamata or italian olives (maybe even banana peppers); hardly "capsaicin" spicy, but EXTREMELY strong flavored and delicious. if i were to throw habaneros into the mix, they'd completely overwhelm the other flavors. in my experience, cooked jalapenos (ala the kind they use for poppers) are about as strong of a capsaicin flavor as can be added without unbalancing a food dish.

Agreed, Carlos.

The fun is in finding the tangential qualities of all these things, given that the capsaicin is the unifying characteristic.

Again, the revelation for me was discovering how much more than pure heat the REAL hot varieties brought to the table.

I wouldn't mind having access to a wider selection than I have where I am, but I'm getting some terrific help. ^^^.:)

The ghost pepper salt is from my aunts store in Manhattan... good stuff you got there!

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The ghost pepper salt is from my aunts store in Manhattan... good stuff you got there!

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Good on your Aunt, then - that salt is AMAZING!

Yeah, my sis picked all that stuff up at the pepperfest at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, right around the corner from where she lives.

Next time I'm in NYC, I'll go give your Auntie some more business. :)

There is a place in Gatlinburg TN called the Pepper Palace that has about everything. I'm like a kid in a candy store.

Pepper Palace - Gatlinburg - Reviews of Pepper Palace - TripAdvisor

Another eventual destination - thanks, Paul! :)

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There is a place in Gatlinburg TN called the Pepper Palace that has about everything. I'm like a kid in a candy store.

Pepper Palace - Gatlinburg - Reviews of Pepper Palace - TripAdvisor

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I have the salsa from hell from there, it lives up to its name...

How the hell did I not see this thread?

My 2nd love in life is hot sauce and spicy food. I have been in the works in making my own hot sauces. (it's almost like brewing beer) ... okay.. maybe not that fun, but still. It is awesome to make saucy hotness.

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The ghost pepper salt is from my aunts store in Manhattan... good stuff you got there!

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Good on your Aunt, then - that salt is AMAZING!

Yeah, my sis picked all that stuff up at the pepperfest at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, right around the corner from where she lives.

Next time I'm in NYC, I'll go give your Auntie some more business. :)

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As an aside to the thread, my younger sister lives in NYC, and broadcast this to a batch of people from one of her professional associations, a few of whom I have met:

Ladies:

Remember after our first dosa hunting adventure we said goodbye to you, Anita, and went on over to Kalustyan's? And then while there, we asked an employee to help us pick out some of the hottest hot sauces for my brother? Well, in a subsequent care package I sent last week, I included some ghost pepper salt that came from Kalustyan's.

My brother is part of an online chat community that talks about (surprise) cars, and he wanted to strike up a conversation about spicy hot things. He took a pic of the contents of my last care package, including this salt. Well, it turns out one of his online buddies tells him that his aunt owns that store.

What a small world!

That story belongs with the one where I attended church in Philly a couple years ago with an ex-Brooklynite friend who intro'd me to her priest's wife, who is Charlie Sahadi's daughter!

And if I want to complete this thematic storyline, eons ago, within the first couple years I lived here, I took Eli Zabar's deposition.

For those who don't know, Sahadi's and Zabar's are absolute-must-visit destinations in NYC, PERIOD, for foodies. :wink:

My current shelf collection. I rotate some of these as I use the sauces up. There's a store down in Key West where I go to stock up. Hot Sauce Store

It's amusing just looking at the labels - how many ways can you represent heat? :p

I bet ya'll love firehouse subs...if only because of their 101 bottles of hot sauce.

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I bet ya'll love firehouse subs...if only because of their 101 bottles of hot sauce.

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Bet you're right, Carlos. :wink:

I tried to try the 303 concoction; it is defying me.

I cannot believe how hot that shit is....:blink:

Oh, and Mike's Hot Honey is pretty tasty, trying it on everything I can think of...

Added this to the collection.

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I put 2 drops in a 1/2 gallon of chili I made and you can definitely feel the heat from just that small an amount.