I think I read the Carolina Reaper is 2.2 million and pepper spray is 2 million. That is why I made this post. We have peppers hotter than a pepper that is hotter than pepper spray. That being said according to chili heads there is some peppers who will be the hottest one day and the next may only be top 20 the next. I guess there is a lot of variation and makes you wonder if there is an element of luck when you look at these pepper eating competitions.
I think a good way to use dried very hot peppers is to grind them up in small batches in a spice grinder (wearing an N95 mask helps). The ground powder can then be kept in a pepper shaker and applied at the appropriate concentration on any food that needs heat. The ground powder will slowly lose heat when it is in an unsealed container.
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That is what I have thought of doing and heard on cooking Reddits. Use a spice grinder. I am growing Carolina Reaper, Bismarck and Sweet Scorpion now. Time will tell how much heat they are dried. I know Carolina Reaper and Bismarck will be hot but the sweet scorpion is a mystery as there is very little information on it and only 1 seller selling it.
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Nice. I have a dedicated coffee grinder I been using for years. 5 seconds on then shake it and do another 5 seconds. Then into a glass shaker jar as needed to replenish. Sometimes I look at store bought stuff and Iām grateful to never have to buy that nasty stuff again. Who knows what they use in that but itās nothing like homegrown with all the seeds removed. Itās so vibrant, strong and amazing.
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When I get a spice grinder for my peppers I am likely going to get a manual one if possible. All the electronic stuff now days is not made to last.
My experience with a Cuisinart spice and nut grinder has been good. It has lasted many years and will grind much faster than a manual grinder. I have a small manual grinder designed for hot peppers only, and it was so slow that I now pre-grind the peppers in the Cuisinart.
What do you think about using a Molcajete? I got one of those thinking they could work. I could hopefully use it to grind my hot peppers, oregano, thyme and French Terragon while giving it a nice spicy flavor.
Is the Molcajete a type of mortar and pestle? Unless the dried peppers are really brittle, I would not expect them to break into small enough pieces in a mortar. Pepper skins are quite fibrous, and you might just get fairly long fibers. I wanted to try that out with my dried peppers, but I couldnāt find our mortar and pestle.
It is similar. I asked on here and researched it. I guess the technique is different. I guess a Molcajete is also more used to make things like quauc or salsa while a mortar is more used to make pesto. I hear you can make pesto with this too. One of the descriptions of a Molcajete is it grinds peppers. https://www.veramexicana.com/article/mexican-cooking-utensils-metate-and-molcajete/#:~:text=Molcajetes%20are%20bowl-shaped%20and,commonly%20used%20in%20Mexican%20cuisine.
When my son got home, I borrowed his mortar and pestle, which is made from what looks like black granite. It ground a single pepper pretty well, although there were pieces of skin several mm long; and it would take a long time to grind up the pepper seeds. I think that it would be pretty time consuming to grind up any significant quantity of peppers. But, if you have really hot peppers and only grind up enough for a meal, it should work pretty well.
Youāll definitely need to wear a mask for hot peppers because you canāt cover the Molcahete.
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Iām happy with Cayenne. I learned as an adult that my mouth is not the weak link in the capsaicin toleration chain. Since then Iāve tried not to be a tough guy.
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Exactly.
Anybody can be a tough guy when eating in a social environment surrounded by gawkers amazed at your self-control. Itās a lot harder to be the tough guy when youāre all alone perched on a throne of comeuppance and regret with no one to be awed by your suffering.
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The hottest pepper I grow and really enjoy is the Aleppo.
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got the recipe and made a batch and we think it is even better than what we boughtā¦ if anyone interested i can post the recipe ā¦
tommyg
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Sure, I would like your offer! Thank you.
Thank you very very much!! How do you rate that pepper: Heat! Where can you buy such a pepper? Can I buy a few seeds from you?
Thanks for sharing, appreciate it very greatly.
not sure how to rate the heatā¦its hot but has such a good unique flavorā¦but i love hotā¦but its not like ghost pepper and those kindā¦they are too hot to eatā¦ they sell seeds on etsy and i order some one time but it turned out to not be datilā¦ just found this https://www.rareseeds.com/pepper-hot-datil
it has a different flavor of any pepper i have ever tastedā¦most people love it ā¦only had a couple out of a 100 that didnt like itā¦
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also i used the datil for pickles and it gives them a unique spicy taste that everyone lovesā¦i used the balls breadnbutter stuff so all you got to do is add sugar and use itā¦i grow my own cucumbers and i cut the big end off of the datil pepper and put one in a pint and two in a quartā¦one near the bottom and one about the middle of the jarā¦i shake them every now and then to make sure the datil flavor gets in the entire jarā¦the datil flavor is sooooo goodā¦
im like you. my wife complains when i put too much black pepper. she will tolerate jalapenos in a dish but thatās it. as a dried ground pepper ring of fire cayenne is the strongest i go but habaneros in a sauce is good also. Iāve had the capsasin come out of my face with sweat and go in my eyes. not fun. my brother can eat a ghost pepper whole and drink whiskey afterward and other than sweating, he tolerates it pretty good for a northerner.
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hahahaā¦ sounds like fun to meā¦the ghost and whiskey!! lolā¦ the datil has such a unique flavorā¦its just different than any pepper i have ever eatenā¦its really hot but if you take the time to take out seeds you get the flavor and heat but not so badā¦ i leave the seeds in my sauce ā¦ it makes your tongue burn for 30 minutes!!!
i love cayenne tooā¦eating some of it now and drinking a cold one and dipping in the sauce from datil. i love being retired!!.. every day ends with a Y and is saturday every day!!
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