Since moving to California in 1999 - I've had to get used to all kinds of HOT.
"Hellfire and brimstone"
The weather here can reach 117 in the summer. I don't care how climatized you think you can become, that is HOT. Though I love baking in my 140 degree sauna for an hour, 117 for an extended period of time can be unrelenting.
Appearances are "hot".
There are a lot of good looking people in the world, but California seems to attract more and create even more. Though there are some plastic surgery disaster stories, there are a lot of people here that seem to be "beach body ready" with or without the surgeons. It can be motivating- but also intimidating, and definitely requires a mindset adjustment.
"I'm burning up!"
I used to think that Tapatio was hot. I wouldn't eat jalapenos because the spiciness of the pepper would overwhelm the entire meal. Cayenne? Forget about it. I was happy with mild sauce from Taco Bell and thought their "medium" sauce had kick. Anyone who could eat "hot" was just showing off.
When I moved to California, I was just naturally indoctrinated to higher and higher levels of spice, without really noticing it. Gradually adjusting my tongue's sensitivity, I was able to appreciate new spice levels and how they accentuated the meal. It was nice! I also realized fairly quickly that Taco Bell might be still fun to eat once in a while - but was so far from true Mexican food, that it couldn't even be considered in the same category. Their taco sauces were like ketchup, while the sauces in the taquerias became like lifeblood to me.
Our oldest son loved to eat the hottest things on the menu, and our middle son started a mission to be able to conquer the title and wear the fiery crown. I had no such desire. Eating things that burn everything in its path - and I do mean everything - sounds like foolishness to me!
My son @bbqgriffinwings went with his friends to Pismo recently and grabbed several bags of beef jerky. One was spiced with ghost peppers - and he thought it was comical that they called it hot. Now, this is a young man that eats THE hottest things on the menu, and actually enjoys his meal. I've tasted the ghost pepper sauce, and the I can't taste anything else for 10 minutes. But him? He inhales the stuff with my husband. They love it - they're desensitized where they can distinguish all kinds of nuances where I can only distinguish FIIIIIRE. MY MOUTH IS ON FIIIIIRE!
After being unimpressed with the ghost pepper bag of jerky, he left the other one called "Armageddon" sitting in the cupboard for about 2 months. He almost forgot about it - until last night.
Maybe you don't know about Scoville units of heat?
Allow me to introduce you to this world. Maybe you can find where you sit comfortably on this scale! For my friend @bluefinstudios - that would be the good ol' bell pepper!!
How many Scoville units does that baby have?
A nice round ZERO. hahaha
Blue has joked that even water is too spicy for him. A Scoville unit originally referred to how much the pulp of the pepper needed to be diluted with water, until the test person could no longer detect ANY form of spiciness - or as they refer to it "Pungency" hehe. So if you put one gram of bell pepper into water - of course, there would be no spice detected because you can put the whole chunk of bell pepper into your mouth and have zero affect. (Don't worry, folks - they don't subject tongues to this kind of taste test anymore! It's much more scientific! and... safer for those precious tastebuds - and more! lol)
So you have an idea of the non-reactive side of the scale! But what about jalapeno peppers? Blend that into a paste with some water, and my friend Blue is going to feel that heat!! Just to give you some idea of the difference between the bell pepper and the jalapeno? That's going to be a difference of at least 2500 Scoville units. The jalapeno can range from 2500-8500 but I want you to keep that number in mind. I'm sure there are a few of you that have had the flames of fire dance on your tongue from eating an especially spicy jalapeno! But keep in mind - that ONLY went up to a max height of about 8500 Scoville units!
Remember I mentioned that my son and husband loved ghost pepper sauce?
That little devil pepper used to be the title holder of hottest pepper in the world! It's known formally as Bhut Jolokia - and held the title until 2011. There are a LOT of peppers between jalapeno and the Ghost pepper - but guess how many Scoville units the Ghost weighs in at??? 600,000 - 1,041,427 SHU!!!! This begs the question - WHY? hahaha Why would anyone want THAT much heat in their mouths??? I don't know - but if you know, you know, apparently!
I'm sure you've heard of Scotch bonnet, and Habanero, and even Thai chili! But these are all BELOW the Ghost Pepper. So... yep! You can imagine that burn!!! I have literally touched the smallest amount on my tongue and felt it burn, and then burn hotter, and then burn even hotter! I was curious about the TASTE but couldn't even get past the intense heat that seemed to grow! It almost ruined my meal - that tiny sip of danger!
Back to my son!
He had always wanted to try the MOST extreme, but he had never had the chance. Ghost pepper only held the title for so long, when it was beat out by Infinity Chili which was quickly beat out by Naga Viper - which was THEN quickly beat out by the Trinidad Scorpion - SPECIFICALLY, the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Butch T. and yes - that matters! People are always trying to engineer the NEXT BEST firedancer! The Trinidad Scorpion weighs in at....
1,500,000 - 2,009,231 SHU.
Do you see that!!! The HIGHEST heat on the Ghost doesn't even come close to the LOWEST heat on the Trinidad Scorpion. Can you imagine the sting of that scorpion???
But it gets worse! In 2013, little miss Carolina Reaper came along to steal the title from that scorpion! The Carolina Reaper has held the Guiness title AND the world title as hottest pepper and it weighs in at....
1,500,000 - 2,200,000 SHU
Not overwhelmingly hotter than its predecessor - but hot enough to take the title away!!
Last night ...
My son decided to grab a bit of that Armageddon!!
He took one bite - and started chewing - he said within 4 seconds, the fire began.
In his words:
"My tongue started tingle. Two seconds later, it started to sting. Every chew hurt, every movement of my tongue hurt. Doing nothing hurt, but moving the food around was worse. I figured it would go away in about 20 seconds - at most. So I put another one in. As soon as I put another one in, my nose started to run. I think I had the jerky in my mouth when my nose started to run, so I sniffed - and I thought OH MY GOSH WHY DID I DO THAT! My nose was on fire too. Eventually, I was in too much discomfort to just sit there. I jumped up off the couch, and paced the room. I ran the faucet over my tongue and just started to scratch at it. I took a spoonful of sugar and just kept running the sugar over my tongue. It took everything in me to not groan in pain out loud and wake everybody up. We only had about a pint left in the milk carton, so I just drank the rest, swishing it around and around. It didn't help, and it was at the point now where my stomach was starting to spark. I started pacing the kitchen again, running my fingers through my hair and scratching at it - lifted my shirt up and scratched at my chest - just to try to distract myself from the pain. Finally, after about 2 more minutes of agony, I grabbed another spoonful of sugar and it helped a bit. I realized that was the ticket - so I threw the spoons in the sink and dumped sugar on a napkin. I'm in pain - but at the same time, curious on how it could possibly get stronger. I was thinking it can't be Carolina Reaper - I didn't see that on the package. I can't imagine how it could get hotter with just normal peppers. I couldn't stand up anymore, I had to lay down on the couch - feeling the fire completely in my stomach. About 10 minutes later I finally fall asleep. Not sure how much time went on, but I woke up with the feeling needing to throw up. I don't know how I was even able to sleep in that much pain. I stood up - ran to the bathroom, sweating, and tried to get it to come back up. It wouldn't come up but I forced it - and it HURT even more on the way back up. Burned so bad - still in my stomach, so I did it again- and again. My throat was on FIRE, but finally it was over. I'll never do that again!!"
So, he tells me all this (the next morning!) and I said Micah! That had to be the hottest peppers!!!!
He says "No! It didn't say the type of peppers on the package."
I said "Micah. They HAD to list it in the ingredients!!! Give me the package!!"
Sure enough, LOOK FOR YOURSELF! Not just THE HOTTEST PEPPER, BUT THE SECOND HOTTEST, THE THIRD HOTTEST AND CAYENNE, HABANERO & THAI CHILI TO BOOT. and plain old black pepper 😂😂😂
PLUS..something called magic plant capsicum?!? WHAT in the world....is that 😂😂😂
What in the world?!?!? How did he NOT read the packaging?!?! LOLOLOL Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Scorpion, Ghost, Cayenne, Thai chili, and Habanero!!!!!!! I dont even know why they added actual flavoring like sugar, onion powder, vinegar... etc?!?! You will not convince me that anyone wouod taste anything but lava!!!!
ohhhh my Micah!!! When he goes big - he goes all in apparently!!!! 🤣 I was moaning with him, and then as he was re-telling it - I just busted up laughing as the story got funnier and sadder and spicier!!! He was laughing with us - so... I guess it was ok! LOL
All I could say was - WELL, AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T FIND OUT HOW BAD IT WOULD HURT GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH!!!. (Seriously, I do not know how anyone could bear that kind of pain!!!!) He's a NUT. lol
No kidding - this is the next day now. He just retold this whole story to me and my hubby again and he said "Well, I might do it again - and if so, I'll just be sure to do it with ice cream."
Whose kid is this?!?!? 🤣🤯
Sheesh. Well he js probably one of very few people that have eaten the hottest peppers in the world...lol but i gotta say... Don't eat the Armageddon, folks!!! Unless you are ready for the end of YOUR world! lol
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Info on the Scoville scale is sourced from Scovillescale.org Go check it out to see how hot you can take it!
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Oh my… hahaha 🤣
I can’t eat spicy 🌶️ at all. Reading this blows my mind hahaha 🤣
hahahaha can you believe it?!? and if he had known it was those peppers he would have prepared better...but even the next day he didn't check which peppers lolol
he had no idea!!! only the intensity!!!
but then said he would try it again!!!!! is he insane?!! lololol
Certifiably insane!!! Mikey is a nut!!! !LOL
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He would try again… wow… 😳 he is brave hahaha 😝!LOL
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HAHAHAHAHHAA only 117 when you're here???
I don't believe it lol
That is mad! I had no clue, that California is famous for its spicy food. Hot weather - of course. Tanned, beautiful, half- naked people - sure. Crazy sizes of breast implants and other body modifications - I have seen a lot of photo reports :D
But spicy food somehow did not come to my mind.
Wow, I definitely have to educate myself on the subject, and... read the labels carefully!!!
I really enjoy spicy food, but man.. I really like my taste buds, I don't want to burn from the inside :D
hahahhaaa
well we have many cultures here in California...so many different kinds of spices.
Mexican food....most places pride themselves on the spice level of their hottest (but also tastiest) salsas. That's where the boys eat the ghost pepper sauce....it's way way way too hot for me lol
and then there are just the chicken wing places that like to outdo one another with crazy spice challenges for the hottest wings...that's just a world wide phenomenon though hahaha not exclusive to California at all. hehehe
and then we have many many Thai places...and seriously..when they ask me the heat level for my dish??? from 1-10?? I say 1 or 2.
I have made the mistake of saying 3 and not even been able to finish the meal.
I cannot imagine 10?!?? why!!!! how can anyone eat it ahahaha
but I guess over time, people really become adapted and desensitized!!! just like anything I guess hahahaha
but no thanks...I'll still with that Wonderful tingle....and not feeling my face melt off...😂😂😂😂😂😂
I saw idiot 'challenge' to eat extremely hot chilis, and some peoples were actually close to dying! What would you do such a thing to yourself :D
If you can't handle 2, I don't think I will be visiting any of those places myself 🤣
I imagine, you can desensitized yourself this way, but again - what to do so? If there is no huge amount of spices in food I imagine such a person would stated, that the dish is not seasoned at all 😉
I was crying reading this...😂😂😂 the Mikey bit was hilarious! I could actually imagine him telling the tale, all animated lolol and picture him running around the house. That sugar piece... ROFLLLLLLL Great open mic post, Ms. Dreems - a very enjoyable read! !LOLZ !LUV and give Mikey a !Hug from me hahaha - he's CRAZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
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Eating the hottest pepper? I don't think so. I think you should ask the Nigerians how easy it can take them to eat the hottest pepper. We eat pepper just like never before.
hahahhaa I can't eat anything this spicy!
he can eat so many hot hot HOT things but he has never been in this much pain lolol
would you ever try that Carolina reaper? hehhehee
I'll definitely avoid Armageddon!!! Why would anyone want to try THAT again?!?!
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hahahahaha I didn't even want to touch the bag too much because I was afraid I would get some tiny bit of oil on my finger and then rub my eye or something lololol
after I took the pictures I CAREFULLY touched the edges to give back to him...and then he threw it away lololol
maybe he will buy a fresh bag when he's crazy enough to get it again.
he should NEVER
why would Anyone do that?!! lolol I do not know!!!
I don't expect they have many repeat customers 🤣 Let's hope he steers clear!
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In my youth I would have tried it, now though, not a fluffing chance!
Mind you I think it was nothing to do with the peppers but everything to do with the magic plant capsicum
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probably that teeny tiny addition they snuck in! 😂😂😂😂😂
but no....that Carolina reaper is a beast!!!! lolol
I would never ever EVER want to try! lol
hehe yes I think me woulds pass too!
Lmao.. this is the fiery crown for me, the boys are loading up
they are crazy...hahahhaa
my husband was telling me...awww let him try again!
I said YOU try it...and he just laughed lololol
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