There is a huge difference between “hot and flavorful” and “heat that obscures everything else”. The reapers and the ghosts and their ilk are well into the latter category. They add nothing to the flavor when used in quantities that don’t render the dish inedible, so why bother? There are other peppers that deliver tolerable and appropriate heat, and also deliver good flavor.
@werehatrack I can’t remember if I’ve had the reaper yet, but I’ve had a lot of the spicier ones, and I agree. Even the habanero has this kind of uncomplimentary vinegar aftertaste that either has to be processed out or factored into the recipe. Spice is nice, but flavor is king.
I try all the peppers raw that I can. Cut off the bottom 3rd of a pepper and use that part to explore flavors, much less hot than the stem area closer to seeds and ribs.
Carolina reapers are very earthy and almost completely lacking in sugars.
Habaneros are sweet and fruity.
Ghost peppers are widely varied, the chocolate ghost and yellow ghost are the best.
I dice up all the tops and make salsa with red onion and lime juice
@Bendalyre Remind me never to come to your house for dinner. While you may be a good cook, I think even on grain of black pepper is too hot. My kid, on the other hand, drank jalapeño pepper juice like it was water and dumped tons of cayenne pepper on stuff like it was salt or sugar. She’d eat about anything if you doused it with enough cayenne pepper.
My grocery store recently got Carolina reaper cheese.
it’s basically a hopped up Pepper Jack.
per the label " Monterey Jack Cheese with Jalapeno, Habanero, and Carolina reaper Peppers"
have it in shreds and slices.
It’s basically the same as their Ghost Pepper Cheese, just with Reapers in place of the Ghosts.
I love the Ghost Pepper variety, so I decided to try the new stuff.
at first go round all i could find were the Shreds.
that was good, hotter than the ghost pepper, but still tasty.
when i finished that, I found the slices, and HOLY MOTHER… that shit is just PAINFUL! ( orally… never had a backdoor issue with spicy stuff)
I think it’s back to the Ghost pepper cheese. I don’t even know if I’ll finish this pkg, or toss it…
@earlyre
Yeah. Reaper goes beyond flavorful and just wants to hurt you. As a suggestion, you could use a little bit of it in soups or cremes (adding regular cheese to dilute the kick) or use it to repel insects and wildlife surrounding your house.
40 years ago, when I was the parts manager at a car dealership, I used to make chili for the Inventory Day lunch. The main pot would be what I called false alarm chili, with essentially no heat. Off to the side, I had a second smaller pot that was labeled Nuclear Holocaust. The idea was that people should take a bowl full of the false alarm and as much of the Nuclear Holocaust as they wanted to add to bring the heat level up to where they liked it. Once in a great long while, somebody would make the mistake of trying the Holocaust straight. This was not a mistake that I ever saw repeated. That smaller pot was seasoned with peppers that I grew myself, and they were a variety that was not ordinarily considered edible. As a matter of fact, they were originally intended to be a decorative dwarf pepper. And they were oh my freaking god hot, to the point that people who regarded habaneros as something to toss into a salad would take one nip of one of these and be grabbing for a loaf of bread. I never found out what they were rated on the scoville scale, and I lost track of my stash of the seeds quite a while back, so I don’t know if I could grow more of them now or not. I’ve seen things that were called dwarf decorative peppers, but they don’t really look exactly the same. On the other hand, I don’t really miss them.
These are great suppositories.
@yakkoTDI
I double dog dare you!
@MarkDaSpark @yakkoTDI They are used for the purpose of jumpstarting a team of oxen that have got the glaggies. Very effective.
@werehatrack @yakkoTDI
Is that the voice of experience (from either one of you)? That’s definitely an application I’ll let someone else perform!
@yakkoTDI did you remember to take the cover off?
@MarkDaSpark @yakkoTDI
@yakkoTDI
Habeñero are too much for me!
There is a huge difference between “hot and flavorful” and “heat that obscures everything else”. The reapers and the ghosts and their ilk are well into the latter category. They add nothing to the flavor when used in quantities that don’t render the dish inedible, so why bother? There are other peppers that deliver tolerable and appropriate heat, and also deliver good flavor.
@werehatrack I can’t remember if I’ve had the reaper yet, but I’ve had a lot of the spicier ones, and I agree. Even the habanero has this kind of uncomplimentary vinegar aftertaste that either has to be processed out or factored into the recipe. Spice is nice, but flavor is king.
@werehatrack I have heard that a lot. I agree. I like tasting my food.
@werehatrack yes I totally agree
Haven’t had the chance to try
No idea; never had them.
/showme a guy eating a bowl of scorching hot Carolina Reaper peppers and having Instant Regret Karma.
@mediocrebot Pretty decent job Mr. Bot; now send me my complimentary IRK!!
GOT MILK !!!
Carolina Reaper is good for cooking when used with discretion in soups, stews, and chili, but is generally too hot for eating or dipping.
However, Trinidad Scorpion has slightly less heat and a better flavor in my opinion.
Just say NO! Cooking maybe. And the Pepper X… Oh My!
@rustyh3 this is no lie. That pepper is so hot it’s in the Guinness Book of Records for being the hottest pepper on earth.
A couple of flakes of ghost pepper is plenty for adding heat and flavour to a soup or sauce.
I try all the peppers raw that I can. Cut off the bottom 3rd of a pepper and use that part to explore flavors, much less hot than the stem area closer to seeds and ribs.
Carolina reapers are very earthy and almost completely lacking in sugars.
Habaneros are sweet and fruity.
Ghost peppers are widely varied, the chocolate ghost and yellow ghost are the best.
I dice up all the tops and make salsa with red onion and lime juice
@Bendalyre
/giphy hat’s off
@Bendalyre Remind me never to come to your house for dinner.
While you may be a good cook, I think even on grain of black pepper is too hot. My kid, on the other hand, drank jalapeño pepper juice like it was water and dumped tons of cayenne pepper on stuff like it was salt or sugar. She’d eat about anything if you doused it with enough cayenne pepper.
I make a mango-red bell pepper salsa, Habanero peppers provide the heat. Think pico de gallo with alternate base ingredients.
My mouth loves super spicy peppers: my butt does not. Fun going in, painful coming out.
@OnionSoup Yup, a case of Flaming Asshole Syndrome…
My grocery store recently got Carolina reaper cheese.
it’s basically a hopped up Pepper Jack.
per the label " Monterey Jack Cheese with Jalapeno, Habanero, and Carolina reaper Peppers"
have it in shreds and slices.
It’s basically the same as their Ghost Pepper Cheese, just with Reapers in place of the Ghosts.
I love the Ghost Pepper variety, so I decided to try the new stuff.
at first go round all i could find were the Shreds.
that was good, hotter than the ghost pepper, but still tasty.
when i finished that, I found the slices, and HOLY MOTHER… that shit is just PAINFUL! ( orally… never had a backdoor issue with spicy stuff)
I think it’s back to the Ghost pepper cheese. I don’t even know if I’ll finish this pkg, or toss it…
@earlyre
Yeah. Reaper goes beyond flavorful and just wants to hurt you. As a suggestion, you could use a little bit of it in soups or cremes (adding regular cheese to dilute the kick) or use it to repel insects and wildlife surrounding your house.
40 years ago, when I was the parts manager at a car dealership, I used to make chili for the Inventory Day lunch. The main pot would be what I called false alarm chili, with essentially no heat. Off to the side, I had a second smaller pot that was labeled Nuclear Holocaust. The idea was that people should take a bowl full of the false alarm and as much of the Nuclear Holocaust as they wanted to add to bring the heat level up to where they liked it. Once in a great long while, somebody would make the mistake of trying the Holocaust straight. This was not a mistake that I ever saw repeated. That smaller pot was seasoned with peppers that I grew myself, and they were a variety that was not ordinarily considered edible. As a matter of fact, they were originally intended to be a decorative dwarf pepper. And they were oh my freaking god hot, to the point that people who regarded habaneros as something to toss into a salad would take one nip of one of these and be grabbing for a loaf of bread. I never found out what they were rated on the scoville scale, and I lost track of my stash of the seeds quite a while back, so I don’t know if I could grow more of them now or not. I’ve seen things that were called dwarf decorative peppers, but they don’t really look exactly the same. On the other hand, I don’t really miss them.
@werehatrack “No! Don’t go straight to the holocaust!”