Ok.... here is a "Clarice is a dumb ass" story..........

[clarice]

This year, I tried to expand my pepper growing options....wanted to try something new.
Now being from Texas, I know about habanero peppers, but I have a neighbor who is one of those
"Hot pepper freaks" so I decided to grow some. Last night, I'm sitting on my porch with hubby
sipping a frozen rita...or three....and I decide to try one of the peppers. Now mind you, I only took a tiny bite..
here is what happened next.

1 Said to myself "This isn't too bad"
2 Felt a creeping, lava-like heat on my tongue
3. Face went red and nose started running
4. Screamed and ran for the margarita, holding my tongue in the ice
while simultaneously throwing a beer can at my laughing husband.
5. Ran to the kitchen, grabbed the milk jug, ran to the bathroom and started brushing my teeth
with milk.
6.Ran back to the kitchen ate 4 slices of bread
7. grabbed a sandwich bag, filled it with ice and held my tongue on it for 20 minutes.
8. Heat finally subsiding....drank 3 more frozen Rita's

[hollysmom]

1. please be careful handling those peppers, I understand that just touching it can cause you to carryi

the pepper oil to some unintended soft tissue and can camage that same soft tissue.

the nose running is what I consider a benefit and why I east spicy food, clears out my sinuses

eta - running, not funning

[clarice]

5. You are soooo right. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Story About That

When i was in Brazil the first time, they had a habanero sauce at the little cafeteria in the plant i was at. Our host told us to be "really careful" with it.

He said the people who make the sauce "back there" (meaning the kitchen) wear gloves, but not for sanitation reasons. He said nearly everyone back there got the pepper juice on the back of their hands and it raised welts.

I took the tip of the serving spoon, added that to a whole bowl of their version of jumbalaya, and boy was it flame on.

But he guaranteed me that he saw the welts with his own eyes.

[gvstn]

23. I agree with spicy food helping out when your sick.

When I have a bad cold or something I'll eat "spicy" food but curry chicken is what I consider spicy and plenty hot for my taste. But I still believe spicy food gives you "energy" when you are sick with something like a cold.

Once "banana" peppers became more available in sub shops, I switched to them from the usual chopped hot peppers because I prefer the milder flavor. I guess I shouldn't be in this thread.

[hollysmom]

27. why not?

surely we can all appreciate you and your thoughts

[gvstn]

28. Thanks!

I don't like hot peppers because I never saw the point of the after-burn. But I still like to say, "Spicy food gives you energy", because I think it is true, especially when you are sick. It has worked for me.

I appreciate your measured response to my talking about mild peppery spices in a thread about very hot ones.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I did that years ago...

and still remember that initial numbness as my mouth was trying to figure out how bad the pain would be. It was bad. Real bad.

Then I really screwed up when I wiped my eyes.

[clarice]

4. OMG !!!!! nt

[In_The_Wind]

3. Congratulations! You raised a successful crop.

[shenmue]

6. Yipes

[clarice]

7. RIGHT !!! i can not imagine ANYONE eating those on a regular basis. nt

[TeamPooka]

8. I'll agree with your original premise in the headline. nt

[clarice]

9. Go away, we were having a nice conversation.....and Mom says "Go clean your room, it's a mess" nt

[TeamPooka]

10. Aren't you the bossy little child. You don't make the rules.

[GeorgeGist]

11. Protip:

Skip the peppers and go straight for the Ritas.

[clarice]

13. You bet your ass. No more peppers for me. nt

[Fla Dem]

40. I'd burn any of those suckers you have left. Just from reading the conmments here, they are lethal.

Sounds like even contact can cause severe burning reaction. Don't want any pets or other critters to stumble on them and get a bad reaction. Burn the them.

At least you had a good excuse to overindulge on the 'ritas!

[clarice]

41. Yes, this will be the last year for habaneros. Stickin with the banana peppers. nt

[qnr]

12. I feel you - I love them (as this video will show) - but I know what you mean.

You don't really need to watch it, it's thirteen minutes, I just felt like including it. LQTM

[clarice]

14. DUDE !!! Ghost peppers !!! ??? Isn't that the hottest pepper in the world? nt

[qnr]

15. Used to be, now it's the Carolina Reaper. n/t

[clarice]

16. Have you had one? *shiver* nt

[qnr]

17. They don't have them locally, I've had scorpion peppers though, which originally unseated them n/t

[auntAgonist]

46. You'd have to pay me a LOT to do that and, he took seconds and then, straight up .. HOT.

[qnr]

47. It was really quite tasty. I ended up finishing the whole bottle in chili and

things of that nature.

[MrMickeysMom]

19. I have big respect knuckles for the habanero...

I take the seeds out when using it as on of my hot peppers for my sauces. I cough really bad after taking my gloves off and washing stuff in the sink.. even after handling it…

[clarice]

20. indeed !!!!!! nt

[panader0]

21. Jeannie makes a version of the Terlingua chili winner (1990 or so)

It calls for habeneros, as well as jalepenos and cerranos. Plus several different chile powders. It makes a thick dark red sauce.
Cooks all day with 3/8 inch diced beef or pork roast. The cooking leaves the flavor buts takes the sting out of the heat.
It's still quite hot. Serve over beans or posole or scrambled eggs or with chips or...
Once, while dicing the peppers I had to pee. I neglected to wash my hands first. An interesting sensation.
I had to give up tequila....

[clarice]

22. Wow sounds out of my league. BTW. Who is Jeannie? nt

[panader0]

24. My sweetheart.

And it's not that hard to do. It just takes time. Look up Terlingua recipes. Good stuff.

[clarice]

29. I will !!!!! nt

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

25. Being a stupid Yankee, I once grabbed some habaneros thinking they were jalapenos.

I went to bed holding onto an ice pack in a praying position. The pain from handling them didn't go away until four the next morning. I'm a smarter Yankee now.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

26. You'll wish it was Numb tomorrow morning :-)

You'll understand what Johnny Cash was singing about when he recorded "Ring of Fire"

Salt is supposed to help, it chemically works on the capsaicinates, allegedly.

I decided long ago that the Heat was supposed to emphasize the Flavor, not rip out your tongue and stomp on it with track shoes.

I think the Macho Man stuff is actually a comedy routine, and best left to the professionals. Or the clowns that don't get that it's a joke.

[clarice]

30. "ring of fire" lololol. nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

31. Food should not hurt, that's all there is to it.

It shouldn't make you uncomfortable.

This fascination we have in this country with the hottest pepper is simply absurd. Don't get me wrong., I love the flavor of a good pepper and when done right, hot and spicy is really tasty.....

But....

Food shouldn't fucking hurt. If it does, you're doing it wrong.

[MicaelS]

32. Too bad your husband....

Did not have his phone ready. That video on YouTube would probably get a billion hits.

[clarice]

37. He better be glad he didn't....

I would have waited til he was asleep and smear some of that pepper juice on his.....................

[Skittles]

33. you want I should kick your drunken, pepper-biting Texan dumbass, clarice?

LEMME AT YOU!!!

[clarice]

36. Come and get me Skittles......

I'll put an old fashioned, pepper eatin' ,Texas spankin on ya. lol

[Throd]

34. Also, after dicing habaneros, always wash your hands at least five times before you pee.

MY DICK WAS ON FIRE!

[clarice]

38. Thanks for the visual...lol. nt

[lovemydog]

35. I've watched some videos of people trying to eat those things

and it often looks like what you described. Hope you're feeling better today or tomorrow.

[clarice]

39. Oh yes...thanks.....alcohol killed the pain. nt

[Tipperary]

42. I have done exactly that.

The worst thing is touching your eyes or "other sensitive" parts after handling peppers.

It makes me cringe just to remember.

[clarice]

43. Lesson learned.....BELIEVE me. nt

[annabanana]

44. I have learned, over the years, the hard way, to value nuance of flavor

over degree of heat. (Although I still like it pretty hot)

My current fave is a pepper sauce made by an apiary in Crystal River Florida. The honey gives it the nicest note in the fire.

"Swamp Sauce" it's called..

[clarice]

45. Thanks, I will definitely check it out. nt