ghost peppers

[2thepoint]

some body gave me a starter plant in the spring now I have a bunch of chilies close to ripening. The only problem is what do I do with them after I harvest them?

thanks,
Phil

[MaryB]

Dry and crush to add to food, freeze whole, make salsa, pickle them to top burgers... anything you would do with any other hot pepper! I made atomic buffalo turds with them for a chili head meeting, they cleaned the plate but got reports the next day it was an unpleasant time sitting on the throne!

[txnative1951]

Being from Texas, I would say, chili, of course.

[DougGuy]

When you work with those uberhots, be SURE to wear some nitrile gloves, maybe even dbl thick as just touching those will get into your skin and it can be rather unpleaseant. Chopping them or other prep, wear respiratory protection. If you dehydrate them, put the dehydrator OUTSIDE. If you think I am kidding, put some in a food processor and then open the top inside your kitchen. Prepare to vacate with coughing, choking, runny burning nostrils, burning eyes, you won't ever forego equipping yourself with good protective gear again!

Dry and crush to add to food, freeze whole, make salsa, pickle them to top burgers... anything you would do with any other hot pepper! I made atomic buffalo turds with them for a chili head meeting, they cleaned the plate but got reports the next day it was an unpleasant time sitting on the throne!

I grow some Red Caribbean peppers here, not as hot as a Scorpion or Ghost, but hotter than a habanero by far. It gets my scalp sweaty to eat them, and although it is plenty hot, it never burns on the way out where jalapenos which are 1/10th the heat will burn me up. Never figured that one out.

[762 shooter]

Listen to DougGuy. Nitrile gloves. I got a drop of Carolina Reaper juice on my hand at the base of two fingers.
That sucker burned for three hours like a hot poker.

As to uses, I just bring them out to shut up the "Nothing is too hot for me" braggarts.

762

[6bg6ga]

Take needle and thread and string them up to dry. Once dried pun on gloves and cut off the stems. Once this is done put in a blender and blend. Let stand for a few minutes and then remove blender top and dump peppers into plastic or glass jars to store. Aviod inhaling the fumes or particles.

[gwpercle]

Do NOT just pop one in your mouth, frozen or dried and crushed would be best. Pickled peppers would be another way to keep them.
Dried in a food dehydrator until totally dry, crushed and put in a glass jar they will keep for years and still be HOT.
Gary

[MaryB]

Why I made the Atomic Buffalo Turds from them(pepper stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped with bacon then smoked). It was for a group who claimed nothing was to hot to handle... I was laughing so hard after they took a bite that I was crying. I ate one... and will never do it again! I like hot but I prefer flavor over extreme.

Listen to DougGuy. Nitrile gloves. I got a drop of Carolina Reaper juice on my hand at the base of two fingers.
That sucker burned for three hours like a hot poker.

As to uses, I just bring them out to shut up the "Nothing is too hot for me" braggarts.

762

[44man]

They got the name because after eating, people can see through you. I like hot and spicy but draw the line at pain. Those things hollow you out!

[RU shooter]

Take needle and thread and string them up to dry. Once dried pun on gloves and cut off the stems. Once this is done put in a blender and blend. Let stand for a few minutes and then remove blender top and dump peppers into plastic or glass jars to store. Aviod inhaling the fumes or particles.

thats what I did with the ones I grew a few years ago still have half a biggie full little goes a long way ! And a biggggggg+ 1 to the fumes and fine powder that's floating in the air after chopping them up in the blender ! Feels like you got pepper sprayed !

[SSGOldfart]

You could always make pepper spray,add a little to your dry rub next time you smoke meat,they will bring out a good taste with venison,but use just a little crushed pepper. Some like it with red beans and rice,,any recipe where you would use crushed red pepper,just use your own but keep a keg ready,really if you pickle them,it will cut down the heat a little bit and make it easier on your stomach.
Also a glass of cold milk will help stop the burn if you make the soup to hot.and by all means keep the kids away from it.and warn the wife unless your looking to trade her in

[DerekP Houston]

I let my serrano's dry on the plant and then crush them, would probably have done the same if my habenero's had produced anything. Ghost peppers are a good bit hotter than I can tolerate! I'd 2nd the opinion on wearing gloves when harvesting...you don't want those oils where the son don't shine.

[runfiverun]

little girl brought back some hot sauce from the Caribbean last year.
scotch bonnet [my favorite] ghost pepper and scorpion.
you can't really tell the ghost pepper from the scorpion but the scorpion has just a little bit deeper flavor and is maybe a bit sweeter.
I got a tick bit carried away with the ghost pepper sauce last night and feel it this morning.

anyway one more thing you can use the peppers for is to train dogs that beg or whine for food not to do that.
every time they whine for food offer them a chip or whatever with a drop or two of the sauce on it.
now you gotta be careful doing this, it worked on the Chihuahua just fine, but big dumb Haley now has an affection for hot sauce.

[MaryB]

I tried that with my cat Tigger... who knew cats like hot sauce!

[Reverend Al]

I made atomic buffalo turds with them for a chili head meeting ...

OK, I can't help myself and just HAVE to ask ... what is your recipe for "Atomic Buffalo Turds"?

[2thepoint]

little girl brought back some hot sauce from the Caribbean last year.
scotch bonnet [my favorite] ghost pepper and scorpion.
you can't really tell the ghost pepper from the scorpion but the scorpion has just a little bit deeper flavor and is maybe a bit sweeter.
I got a tick bit carried away with the ghost pepper sauce last night and feel it this morning.

anyway one more thing you can use the peppers for is to train dogs that beg or whine for food not to do that.
every time they whine for food offer them a chip or whatever with a drop or two of the sauce on it.
now you gotta be careful doing this, it worked on the Chihuahua just fine, but big dumb Haley now has an affection for hot sauce.

Years back I had a lab puppy named Moses who loved chewing on the ends of sheet rock. I had a large pile of them while I was renovating my house. If left alone for a short time he would chew the end off a sheet like a potato chip. So I figured I'd cure him by slopping on some hot sauce and that would be the end. Well anyway like Mary's cat, my lab had zero taste buds and really liked the hot stuff. He proceeded to eat more when he had the opportunity. He was sentenced to time in the portable crate kennel for bad behavior!!

[MaryB]

Aka jalapeno poppers, started on the BBQ circuit long before they became popular

http://blog.bbqaddicts.com/recipes/a...buffalo-turds/

OK, I can't help myself and just HAVE to ask ... what is your recipe for "Atomic Buffalo Turds"?

[skeeter2]

ABT recipe:

brown one lb jimmy dean pork sausage
add garlic to taste
add one 8 oz box cream cheese and a tablespoon or two of sour cream (melts nice if left on low heat)
cut jalapeños in half and remove seeds
fill peppers with sausage mixture and wrap with a piece of bacon
smoke over Apple wood at 250 degrees until the bacon is nice and crispy and brown

[Reverend Al]

Awesome! Thank you!

Aka jalapeno poppers, started on the BBQ circuit long before they became popular

http://blog.bbqaddicts.com/recipes/a...buffalo-turds/

[w5pv]

I like spicy food but I also don't have to prove to any one how hot I can eat.



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