A couple of years ago I grew some habanero peppers in my garden. One of the plants had been mislabeled, however, and turned out to be carolina reapers. Eating them didn’t feel like normal hot peppers – it felt like I had been punched hard in the lips.
We grew some reapers intentionally once and we quickly figured out the best way to use them was to chop them up, scrape them into the compost bin, and then cut other stuff without washing the cutting board.
One of them chopped finely in a stir fry is fine, but only if you’re looking to eat something actually hot. For a crock pot full of a chilli meat/bean sauce, one reaper and a couple of bhut jolokia is about right for a nice medium heat.
A couple of years ago I grew some habanero peppers in my garden. One of the plants had been mislabeled, however, and turned out to be carolina reapers. Eating them didn’t feel like normal hot peppers – it felt like I had been punched hard in the lips.
We grew some reapers intentionally once and we quickly figured out the best way to use them was to chop them up, scrape them into the compost bin, and then cut other stuff without washing the cutting board.
One of them chopped finely in a stir fry is fine, but only if you’re looking to eat something actually hot. For a crock pot full of a chilli meat/bean sauce, one reaper and a couple of bhut jolokia is about right for a nice medium heat.
This has the same energy as an absinthe rinse and… I kinda get it.