Ghost Peppers...What Should I Do With Them?

chadpsualum

A friend of mine that I bowl with works for a produce wholesaler. Tonight he brought me in a bag of ghost peppers asking me if I wanted it. Not wanting to turn something down I said yes.  Now I have to think about what I want to do with them.  Any suggestions? Dry some and grind them into a powder to use as a season?  Chili?  Blend some into a wing sauce?  I love really hot things, but I don't want to eat these straight up.  Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

4Runner

Toss them and get the Carolina Reaper.  Then throw them in a chili of course. 

Chubbs

Eat the bag and video it. Load video to YouTube and add link here. Thanks

chadpsualum

Chubbs said:

Eat the bag and video it. Load video to YouTube and add link here. Thanks

My wife suggested the same thing...

theyolksonyou

Chubbs said:

Eat the bag and video it. Load video to YouTube and add link here. Thanks

Audio only of the hot snakes the next morning. 

Thatgrimguy

Dehydrate, grind to powder and add to your rubs!

lousubcap

Here's a link to a thread that may give you some ideas.  Whatever you do, wear gloves once you open that bag.  
This Burns my Rear... 

bgebrent

+1 @Thatgrimguy.

DMW

I tossed some habaneros on the egg during a low and slow and let them ride until they were dry. Removed stem and ground in a mortar and pestle. I have it in a shaker and use it to amp up chili for those that like heat. I'll bet that would work for those as well.

And wear gloves when handling, for sure.

Legume

The yellow ones are sweet - dive right in.

northGAcock

lousubcap said:

Here's a link to a thread that may give you some ideas.  Whatever you do, wear gloves once you open that bag.  
This Burns my Rear

Even more Important, if you do touch them....don't go diddling with the wife or significant other.....It ain't good.....so I hear.

chadpsualum

northGAcock said:

lousubcap said:

Here's a link to a thread that may give you some ideas.  Whatever you do, wear gloves once you open that bag.  
This Burns my Rear

Even more Important, if you do touch them....don't go diddling with the wife or significant other.....It ain't good.....so I hear.

In all seriousness...I made the mistake years ago of taking out my contacts after handling some habaneros. Won't make that mistake again.  Gloves all the way. 

Thatgrimguy

chadpsualum said:

northGAcock said:

lousubcap said:

Here's a link to a thread that may give you some ideas.  Whatever you do, wear gloves once you open that bag.  
This Burns my Rear

Even more Important, if you do touch them....don't go diddling with the wife or significant other.....It ain't good.....so I hear.

In all seriousness...I made the mistake years ago of taking out my contacts after handling some habaneros. Won't make that mistake again.  Gloves all the way. 

Ouch brother. Ouch.

BigGreenHog

give them to your cat

annjamaican

Use gloves. Use sparingly until you're sure of how hot they really are.

YukonRon

I only give those to people I detest......oh wait.....I am sure your bowling partner really likes you, right?
Just kidding. Use gloves when handling, smoke them with oak until completely dry, pulverize in to a very fine powder. I store it in a very well labeled, fine dispensing, spice shake, in a cool and very dry place.
Use sparingly.
Be sure to label as to cause fear to those that view it. I label mine with
"Touch This And Die" with both skull and cross bones.

chadpsualum

BigGreenHog said:

give them to your cat

I have a cat?

tarheelmatt

Start a new "Challenge" phenomenon called "Eat a bag of ghost pepper challenge".  

I can see you going places with that one!  MANY places.... 

Sundown

An acquaintance of mine, knowing I like HOT showed up one afternoon last year with 2 bhut jolokia peppers wrapped on newspaper. He said a friend of his who liked hot gave them to him because they weren't good of anything in this world that he knew of.

I immediately made a pot of chili so I could see what the fuss was about, I sliced off a small piece of the devil pepper and tossed it in the pot.

Threw the chili out.

With that small piece of the pepper it wasn't even a pleasant hot it was frikken hot. Not something to be messed with!

Be careful

fishlessman

if you put one in a bottle of vodka today, it should be ready for bloodymarys this weekend

chadpsualum

fishlessman said:

if you put one in a bottle of vodka today, it should be ready for bloodymarys this weekend

That is the best idea yet.  Perfect!

chadpsualum

Sundown said:

An acquaintance of mine, knowing I like HOT showed up one afternoon last year with 2 bhut jolokia peppers wrapped on newspaper. He said a friend of his who liked hot gave them to him because they weren't good of anything in this world that he knew of.

I immediately made a pot of chili so I could see what the fuss was about, I sliced off a small piece of the devil pepper and tossed it in the pot.

Threw the chili out.

With that small piece of the pepper it wasn't even a pleasant hot it was frikken hot. Not something to be messed with!

Be careful

Thank you for the input.  I know these are ridiculous...that's why I posted this question.  Other than the vodka infusion idea (thanks @fishlessman ) I think it makes sense to dry these and make a powder.  That way I can add a small sprinkle here and there to anything I want to heat up.

Mosca

Whatever you do with them, remember what others have said: however hot you imagine them to be, they are much, much hotter than that.

I have loved hot foods for most of my 61 years. I do not consider those to be food.

milesvdustin

Eat one. I ate a butch t once. 

Eggcelsior

I like them. They give a nice amount of heat to most things.

GregW

I once decided I would get in the Habanero pepper business. We planted about 1/2 acre of the peppers.
We couldn't sell them or even give them away.
The average person just can't handle the heat.

GregW

milesvdustin said:

Eat one. I ate a butch t once. 

That's scary

henapple

Thatgrimguy

I think the vodka infusion will get dangerous hot. 

chadpsualum

Thatgrimguy said:

I think the vodka infusion will get dangerous hot. 

If you put a bunch in and were drinking it on the rocks I would agree.  If you're putting a shot of it diluted with some tomato juice then maybe not.  I have done scotch bonnet habanero vodka before for Bloody's and the still needed some additional horseradish and hot sauce to kick it up.  Maybe the ghost pepper infusion would be just the thing. Wont' know until I try.

Thatgrimguy

I mix my bloodies 50/50 vodka and anything else. If you only use a shot, sure, but if you go full monty on ghost pepper bloodies. You might actually end up bleeding! Once you figure out how hot it actually is you'll be fine. BUt that first drink would scare me.