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Pepper X

Dyal_SC
Dyal_SC Posts: 6,286
edited October 2023 in EggHead Forum
Ed Currie of Ft. Mill, SC officially broke his own record in the Guinness Book of World Records today with the whopping 2.693 million Scoville unit Pepper X. 


My favorite part of the video was when Chili Klaus was at a loss of mental clarity and stated he was “in heat.”  😂 Video gets good about 10 minutes in.  
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,771
    Dyal_SC said:
    Ed Currie of Ft. Mill, SC officially broke his own record in the Guinness Book of World Records today with the whopping 2.693 million Scoville unit Pepper X. 

     

    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,291
    Good to see they'd come up with a less subjective rating measurement than this; Wiki needs an update:
     


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  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,286
    Agree @Botch .  Too much bias in the taster approach.

    I personally don’t see the appeal to anything past a habanero, other than novelty. The reapers I grew once tasted decent after lacto fermentation for a hot sauce, but that was likely due to the other ingredients as well. I originally made a hot sauce with them straight up and it tasted like garbage and had intolerable heat. Made for a great deer deterrent though.  Had a very large yield of peaches and pears that year. 😆 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,291
    Dyal_SC said:
    Agree @Botch .  Too much bias in the taster approach.

    I personally don’t see the appeal to anything past a habanero, other than novelty. The reapers I grew once tasted decent after lacto fermentation for a hot sauce, but that was likely due to the other ingredients as well.
    It is interesting how our tastes change over time.  One of my first TDYs (business trip) as a shiny new 2nd Lieutenant was from Dayton to Orlando, with a connection in Atlanta.  I got some nachos in ATL, was asked if I wanted “jalapeños” (growing up in Sioux Falls in the 70’s, never heard of them); I said “Sure!”  They about killed me, had two beers on the short flight to Orlando, and missed a couple hours of the conference the next morning because I was ceramic-throned, tears running down my cheeks.  
    Got used to “some” heat in Albuquerque, but had to dump a pot of stew with just 3 minced habañeros (again, pickled) as it was too hot.  Am now making Jamaican Jerk cheekun with two fresh habs, they’re hot but I like them.  
    I really have no desire to go hotter; I’m guessing my increased tolerance is due to both experience, and old age (although my desire for salt is decreasing with age, supposed to be the other direction).  Dunno.  
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,291
    Oh, and I do want to get a “PuckerButt Pepper Company” t-shirt.   =). 
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,538
    i stopped using jalapenos in chili along time ago. prefer habanero, scotch bonnets, and always have some dried scorpion/reaper/ghost for added profile flavor in chili, nachos etc.  jalapenos are good for abt's and queso dip. 

    younger days, pretty sure i ate homemade indian rice with ghost, was just not ready for that at the time. your taste does change over time

    during covid i made a corner of super nachos called karens corner with ghost and scorpion, its true that you can lose your taste ability with covid. still worked the next morning with karen =)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,791
    Chocolate Habaneros, roughly twice as hot as a regular habanero, is as hot as I go. I only use them in ones and twos for cooking though. I plant them every 3 or 4 years and freeze the crop.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,791
    That reminds me of a few years ago. I planted several hot peppers. One plant was obviously one of the super hots whose name escapes me. I told my Dad that was an “Eat this and you die pepper “ . My nephews father in law at the time was there talking to my Dad and my Dad was telling him what the peppers were. He took that as a challenge and popped one in his mouth. He had to circle the entire 5 acre property before he recovered enough to speak. Since my nephew ended up divorcing his daughter for very good reasons, I don’t regret it. I kind of wish that he had swallowed it and seared his hemeroids off.
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,691
    I prefer Carolina Reapers over scorpions.  I find scorpions are a bit to sweet for my preference.  Almost likr an "off-fruit" flavor that I don't really like.

    I love Carolina Reapers though.  I usually put a few in my lacto ferments.  Add just enough zip to my veggies.

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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,162
    MaskedMarvel said:
    I grow many many reapers (as well as others) in a driveway container garden I set up. I’ll never grow in the ground again, I’m deep freezing a hundred peppers at a time over here..

    the reason I like the reaper is to add heat to sauces that already have a good flavor. Lots of times, with my hot sauces, adding heat changes the flavor away. 

    Reapers add heat without removing flavor. 

    Oh - and it’s never more than ONE REAPER PER BATCH TOPS lol





    i may make a sauce soon with only reapers to shut my friends up who say that heat doesn’t bother them…



    Bombdiggity!
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • MN-Egger
    MN-Egger Posts: 134
    As a young lad out on motorcycles with another couple, we stopped at a dimly lit dive bar. We all ordered hot dogs at the bar and I asked about condiments and the bartender pointed to a wall rack (along side the pool table) where I found ketchup, mustards, onions relish etc. I lathered up my hot dog and dove in. I had never eaten a hot pepper of any kind in my northern WI life. The problem soon reared it's ugly head, you see that weren't relish on that gourmet wall rack but chopped jalapenos! I was in serious pain and the bartender really helped me with water then milk and I vowed after that episode that this would not happen to me again. I began a path of getting used to and increasing my tolerance to hot sauces and peppers My boys also followed me on that journey and we were in several hot sauces of the month clubs. Although I can eat hot peppers, many still can cause too much pain for my appetite. Habaneros are about as hot as I like nowadays and are the mainstay on the kitchen table. 
    That little green jalapeno sure taught that young lad quite a lesson! 
    --
    Jeff
    Near Twin Cities, MN
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Sean of Hot Ones/First We Feast posted a vid a few days ago about Pepper X...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYtDA7j19c


    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • Teefus
    Teefus Posts: 1,236
    edited October 2023
    I just don't get it. I like a little heat. The operative word being little. As soon as the heat overshadows the flavors it's wasted. If I want a runny nose, watery eyes, and gastrointestinal distress I'll eat some E.coli.
    Michiana, South of the border.
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,132
    edited October 2023
    HeavyG said:
    Sean of Hot Ones/First We Feast posted a vid a few days ago about Pepper X...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYtDA7j19c


    Am saving that to watch this weekend. 

    Bet it’ll be great (though still not as good as the Gordon Ramsay epdisode - anyone who hasn’t seen it really should 😂).
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  • Langner91
    Langner91 Posts: 2,120
    Ed Curry has gained some serious respect after watching that.  Holy cow, the guy is able to talk after eating that pepper.  Says it lasts about 2.5 hours and is able to describe the sensations while everyone else is literally trying not to lose consciousness.  Unbelievable.

    "It has no real throat burn like the reaper.  That comes on later."  Yeah, right.
    Clinton, Iowa
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,132
    Watching it now. Ed doesn’t react at all. Incredible. Wifey ordering me a bottle of Xperience as we speak. 
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,132
    @Teefus

    For me, it’s a bit of a fun, personal challenge. Much like lifting weights - which I also enjoy - it’s about testing your limits and seeing yourself get stronger in the process, which is painful. Being able to enjoy both heat and flavour comes through building tolerance, I think. Personally, other than the heat in the moment, I’ve never had any of the symptoms you describe, though I’m sure some aren’t so lucky!
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Langner91 said:
    Ed Curry has gained some serious respect after watching that.  Holy cow, the guy is able to talk after eating that pepper.  Says it lasts about 2.5 hours and is able to describe the sensations while everyone else is literally trying not to lose consciousness.  Unbelievable.

    "It has no real throat burn like the reaper.  That comes on later."  Yeah, right.
    He's been developing hot peppers for so long he's become immune. Kinda like an old beekeeper that never even notices/feels when they get stung.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,132
    HeavyG said:
    Langner91 said:
    Ed Curry has gained some serious respect after watching that.  Holy cow, the guy is able to talk after eating that pepper.  Says it lasts about 2.5 hours and is able to describe the sensations while everyone else is literally trying not to lose consciousness.  Unbelievable.

    "It has no real throat burn like the reaper.  That comes on later."  Yeah, right.
    He's been developing hot peppers for so long he's become immune. Kinda like an old beekeeper that never even notices/feels when they get stung.
    Just a theory, but I often wonder if it comes down to expectations. Get stung enough times, or ride the pepper burn enough times, and you know where it leads and how you get there. Hit repeat and you simply no longer react, because you’re still solidly on the tracks you’ve travelled so many times. 
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  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,286
    I can imagine it’s the dopamine release that has him obsessed with the hobby.  My esophagus became inflamed just watching it though. 
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  • Langner91
    Langner91 Posts: 2,120
    GrateEggspectations said:
    HeavyG said:
    Langner91 said:
    Ed Curry has gained some serious respect after watching that.  Holy cow, the guy is able to talk after eating that pepper.  Says it lasts about 2.5 hours and is able to describe the sensations while everyone else is literally trying not to lose consciousness.  Unbelievable.

    "It has no real throat burn like the reaper.  That comes on later."  Yeah, right.
    He's been developing hot peppers for so long he's become immune. Kinda like an old beekeeper that never even notices/feels when they get stung.
    Just a theory, but I often wonder if it comes down to expectations. Get stung enough times, or ride the pepper burn enough times, and you know where it leads and how you get there. Hit repeat and you simply no longer react, because you’re still solidly on the tracks you’ve travelled so many times. 
    Sorta like marriage, I suppose.
    Clinton, Iowa
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,291
    GrateEggspectations said:
    HeavyG said:
    Sean of Hot Ones/First We Feast posted a vid a few days ago about Pepper X...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYtDA7j19c


    Am saving that to watch this weekend. 

    Bet it’ll be great (though still not as good as the Gordon Ramsay epdisode - anyone who hasn’t seen it really should 😂).
    Will have to look for that one tonight.  Another hilarious one was Sam the Cooking Guy and his boys set up the cameras and all took the "Paqui Chip Challenge"; they were hurting, and at one point Sam screams, "YOU!  You did this!!" like a first-time Mom giving birth, to her husband.  :lol:      
    Jump to the 14:00 mark
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrlaFNJ0EmA

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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,771
    Langner91 said:
    GrateEggspectations said:
    HeavyG said:
    Langner91 said:
    Ed Curry has gained some serious respect after watching that.  Holy cow, the guy is able to talk after eating that pepper.  Says it lasts about 2.5 hours and is able to describe the sensations while everyone else is literally trying not to lose consciousness.  Unbelievable.

    "It has no real throat burn like the reaper.  That comes on later."  Yeah, right.
    He's been developing hot peppers for so long he's become immune. Kinda like an old beekeeper that never even notices/feels when they get stung.
    Just a theory, but I often wonder if it comes down to expectations. Get stung enough times, or ride the pepper burn enough times, and you know where it leads and how you get there. Hit repeat and you simply no longer react, because you’re still solidly on the tracks you’ve travelled so many times. 
    Sorta like marriage, I suppose.
    So sayeth the divorcee 
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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