Bhut Jolokia

[Ron West]

I keep telling my wife that pain is a flavor. I'm going to make the
curry paste at the bottom of this page
http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/profile_jolokia.asp

"wear a mask to avoid inhaling the powder" lol

Police pepper spray is 2,000,000 on the Scoville scale while the
jolokia pepper is over 1,000,000. Ouch.

Oh yea, the bite i ate did not have seeds or membrane in it.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Ibi Sum <ibisum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Awesome! I like to hear the bars horticultural stories .. Especially
> if it involves barbaric pain.   :)
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> ;
> --
> Jay Vaughan
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> On Sep 3, 2008, at 13:26, "Ron West" <ronwest at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Well, they are finally ripe (they take 3-4 weeks longer than other
>> peppers) and they certainly live up to their reputation. There was no
>> way in hell I was going to eat the whole thing so I cut off a slice
>> about the size of my thumbnail. Given its reputation I was mainly
>> curious to see just how hot this thing was. I put the slice in my
>> mouth and chewed - good flavor but the heat wasn't intense like I
>> read. Then it hit me. Bad. I was thinking, "don't swallow it" but for
>> some reason I did. The pain when it hit the back of my throat was
>> intense. I started sweating and my wife said I turned white. I had
>> some plain yogurt ready (milk helps with pepper burn but I don't drink
>> milk) and that helped with the fire. I can't imagine eating a whole
>> pepper like I've seen people do.
>> Search on YouTube for Bhut Jolokia and watch the insanity. I now know
>> why this is called the "Ghost Pepper"!
>>
>> --
>> Ron
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>> "I'm schizophrenic, and so am I."
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>> http://www.myspace.com/beepmusic
>> ITMFA
>> <jolokia.jpg>