A custom warning sign for friends and neighbors!
I finally picked my first Trinidad chili pepper today – I poked it with a pin and put the tip of the pin on my tongue. That small little pin head numbed that part of my tongue for some time afterwards.
We cut this very small pepper in half and put in our ceviche tonight that a friend recently caught in San Diego – a few pieces went an extremely long way – we didn’t dare eat a piece of the pepper and removed the very small slices before even eating the fish. This large dish which normally requires a number of generic hot Thai Chili peppers was incredibly hot just from the several very small slices. And not to mention the pungency of this pepper when you cut it open – it just smells dangerous.
Initially the heat isn’t so bad but it builds quickly and with just a kiss of this pepper your mouth is on fire. I can’t even imagine trying more than a pin head’s straight shot of this sucker!
Yes, there is even a website where you can purchase various Chili seeds including this “scorpion” – check out: www.superhotchiles.com
Sounds interesting. And I thought it was us in India who have some hot chilli.
Yes, India has the Bhut Jolokia or “ghost pepper” – I think that is the 2nd hottest pepper in the world identified right now. I think I will try planting some seeds of the Bhut Jolokia as well soon 🙂
My Bhut Jolokia’s are prolific. They stand about 4 feet high and because I read that sometimes they require some help pollinating, I gently do the job myself and not leave it up to the bees. I just ordered the Trinidad Scorpian, so we’ll see what happens with that one. In the mean time, we’ve created a blend of finely ground peppers that we call “Devil Dust”.
Van – nice to hear from someone who is growing the Bhuts! Wow, 4 feet, I didn’t realize they get that tall, I’ll have to plant in the ground rather than the pot as I was originally thinking. My Trinidad is about 16 inches all, but its in the pot. The first crop of peppers were small and well developed.The second crop of peppers are much much larger and quite thin. They are just turning color now.
Sounds very dangerous indeed. I’m a pepper lover, but i will most definitely not mess with this bugger, I will stick to our locally grown Motton pepper here on the beautiful island of Roatan.