Eek.

One time I picked up a habenero pepper to throw in a salad, thinking it was just a pretty orange version of a very mild purple pepper I'd put in a salad the week before. It never ended up in my salad though after I innocently chopped it up and then removed the seeds and veins with my finger nails. My hands started to burn and I realized something was wrong, so I looked it up online. My hands burned for several days, transferred the burning to my face when I touched it, and I was afraid to even take out my contacts myself and made my husband do it.

I never realized food could be so painful.

Thanks to your post, I now know never to go near one of those Bhut Jolokia chilis!

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I love jalapenos. I love Poblanos stuffed full of cheeses or taco meat. However, those hotter chiles are just more than I can handle.

There is a man in Mexico who is impervious to the hottest chiles. He wants to set a Guinness eating record for any hot chile you can name. He can have my share too.

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A good tip when dealing with hot peppers- (although you Tamara fell into a hot pepper trap!)- wear disposable plastic gloves! That way, the oil won't seep into your skin and getcha later when you least expect it.(like when you go to itch your eye *shutters*)

If you ask your grocer they will most likely have a box in the back and be happy to supply you with a pair.

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That's one scorching Scoville!

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I learned my lesson (ages ago) about wearing disposable gloves when handling hot peppers. No matter what you do, the pepper essence will stay in/on your skin for DAYS if you're not careful.

That being said...I would love to get my hands on a few of those Bhut Jolokia chilis. 'Danger' is my middle name!

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Shaula,
Thanks for the link up. The image is courtesy alibaba.com which I have mentioned in my post. I hope we are not violating copyright by putting my blog name under the pic.
And gosh, while it is good for records, I'd never be even seen near something as hot as that. My hands burn when I touch regular Indian chillies too :)

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This weekend the boyfriend decided to chop a bunch of habeneros and saute them, then marinate them in seasoning. I didn't realize what he was doing until he flipped the batch in the frying pan, and started coughing from the pepper smoke. I laughed, until the smoke hit me. Imagine having atomic buffalo wings rubbed all over your face, in your eyes, shoved into your nose. It was worse.

We opened windows and left the apartment for a while. When we came back, the air was much better. An hour or two later we discovered that the oils take a long time to wash off hands. Even though he'd used soapy water several times.... let's say that it was a personal and painful lesson.

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FYI, capsaicin (the ingredient that makes peppers hot) is fat soluble. Rinsing your hands with whole milk will help make the burning stop.

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use any cheap vegetable oil (I use sunflower oil) to get the capsaicin of your skin (rubbing it, like it is soap), then use cold water and soap to get the oil of.

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An even better cure for the burn on your finger is to use some bleach water to clean off your hands. It will heat up a little, but then the chemical reaction will turn the capsaicin into a 'salt'

I use this method anytime I chop a lot of habs!

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Its bangladeshi cousin the Naga Morich is just as hot. Eating one is like thrusting a red hot poker up your nose - great fun!!!!

You can find out all about the worlds hottest chiles (Bhut Jolokia & Naga Morich here)

http://www.thechileman.org/index.php

Click on the hottest peppers on the plant icon)

Mark

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I learned my lesson eating jalapenos while drinking beer. A lot of beer.

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Hi Everyone,

Here is a close up picture of a mock up bottle of our new Naga Snakebite Extreme Sauce. You can almost see the Naga fumes seaping out the bottle. :shock:

[img]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/thechileman/Naga%20Morich%20Gallery/IMG_0371_1.jpg[/img]

Imaguitargod (one of our friends on the hot pepper forum) stupidly ate 1 Naga in his infamous thread.

http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=1324

Imagine what a sauce with upto 10 Fresh Naga Morich peppers in it tastes like

More info (for those interested) can be found on thechileman site (www.thechileman.org).

Mark

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I would like to put some light in this thread. The real name of the world record for hottest pepper is not Bhut Jolokia (It may be a scientific name, m not sure). But the common name for this chilli is "OO-Morok". This chilli is a delicacy for manipuri people, located at north eastern region of India. OO stands for "tree" and morok stands for "chilli". And this chilli is only known to the region and, other part of the country dont even know its existence.

so get informed....

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World's hottest? Bring it on! I remember trying a "real Indian curry" quite a few years ago while in undergrad school. That puppy felt like I'd swallowed a lit blowtorch!

That was some GOOD stuff....

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hey im brett 13yrs old, i had one of them Bhut Jolokia Peppers at lunch on friday. man those things are unforgivable (and i only had half and less then 1half of the seeds in it). after the first 10 seconds there was a change in my expressions my throat swelled and my tears were flowing like niagra falls. but after 5 packets of ketchup, 5 milks, and a soft pretzel i was good, but i feel sick from it even after a day.

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My dad used to raise this pepper that he called a "yo-yo" pepper. I don't know what it was. I haven't seen one in over 30 years, but it looked a lot like half a Duncan Butterfly yo-yo, hence the name. Of course that was just my dad's moniker for the pepper, he knew no other name. It was a medium green, nearly two inches in diameter, and only 3/4 inch long. I don't know if it would've changed color with age. That's the only color I ever saw. It would bring tears to the eyes of even seasoned pepper eaters! I believe it was some sort of Habanero or Scotch Bonnet, but I haven't seen the exact same specimen yet. If anyone has any info I would greatly appreciate it.

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Hi Guys,

For those of you that were brave (or stupid enough) to try our blisteringly hot Naga sauce - Naga Snakebite Private Reserve, a new batch is now availbe here:

http://www.thechileman.org/naga_morich.php

This sauce has been reviewed by several of the worlds top hot sauce sites and had gained a fearsome reputation as one of the worlds hottest natural chilli sauces. In addition our secret recipie will delight your tastebuds before blowing your mind!!

Enjoy

Mark

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Once, while out on a data, I used my hands to crush hot peppers all over my pizza. Because I was macho. But when I returned from the restroom, my junk began to get real hot. After a while I was squirming in my seat until it was so obvious that I had to confess what an idiot I was. DOHH!

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