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Which reminds me, I need to algae feed my pepper plants - it has been over a week now.
 

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You need some Habanero for that

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I crave BBQ pork, don't yet know whether I'll have the strength to do some over the weekend.
Best all around pepper on the planet. I'd have a plant myself if they didn't practically give them away at the store.
 

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Best all around pepper on the planet. I'd have a plant myself if they didn't practically give them away at the store.
Good for You! :thumbup:

All I can get locally is "Surtsey F1" which is up to 100k SHU (10k - 100k SHU), at a price of close to 2€ for a 100 gram bag and a mix of green, red, yellow & rarely orange - the heat range goes from low to high in that order too, orange colored ones are king.

I have yet to try the Habanero peppers (100k - 350k SHU), my younger sister bought it for me and at the time it had only one fruit.
I am very happy to report it now has three closing in to maturing, a couple small green ones and several flowers.

My sister also gifted me her last years Thai Chili plant with loads of fruits ranging from green to ripe/red.
It too has only a 100k SHU rating (50k - 100k SHU), but is much more consistent in heat levels than the Surtsey.
She says it is too hot for them, that they draw a line at the Bishops Crown (5k - 30k SHU). 😅

I did have the oddly enjoyable uncomfortable pleasure of eating Carolina Reaper peppers she brought me last fall - they were breathtaking! o_O
I planted seeds and some actually sprouted, but the plants barely took on any size the whole summer. :(

My last years Thai Chili pepper plant, the fruits are more ripe/red now (this is an elder picture).
No new flowers though, I may have to harvest the fruits more aggressively so the plant feels the urge to renew?! 🤔

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On a challenge I placed a single drop of fermented "The Last Supper" sauce on my tongue and worked it around in my mouth.
I had a speech impediment for hours and for a couple days the roof of my mouth felt like I took a huge sip of boiling hot water.
Curiously fun experience. 😆
It is supposedly laboratory tested at 850k SHU.


I always had a pungency hotness preference for horseradish, garlic, onions - I can eat horseradish and garlic like candy.
But since my sister brought me a variety of hot peppers I have developed a Capsaicin heat crave that I have yet to find a limit for.

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Y'all can keep the hot spicy stuff. I can't tolerate it. I used to able to take a little heat but now if it's hotter than ground black pepper, I'm not touching it.
Ground black pepper?
Not even red or white?

To me that is like honey on buttered bread, very yummy but doesn't really hit the spot so I gotta eat volumes of it. 😆

How about Turmeric & Curry?
Those are quite mild.
 

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Ground black pepper?
Not even red or white?

To me that is like honey on buttered bread, very yummy but doesn't really hit the spot so I gotta eat volumes of it. 😆

How about Turmeric & Curry?
Those are quite mild.
I can handle white pepper but not red. I can eat turmeric and curry, even a little horseradish. Just something about peppers i can take anymore.
 

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I can handle white pepper but not red. I can eat turmeric and curry, even a little horseradish. Just something about peppers i can take anymore.
Awhile back I read a good explanation for why some like extra spicy and some don't. Apparently if you like extremely spicy food your taste buds are pretty much shot. Can't tolerate much spice at all you're a "super taster".
 

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Awhile back I read a good explanation for why some like extra spicy and some don't. Apparently if you like extremely spicy food your taste buds are pretty much shot. Can't tolerate much spice at all you're a "super taster".
Back when my wife and I got covid the first time, we lost our sense of smell and taste. We couldn't go to the grocery store so we just had to eat what we had. We had some homemade hot sausage in the freezer that was way too hot. I said, what the heck we cant taste it anyway, so I fried it up and started eating it. I couldn't taste a thing but after a couple minutes my head started pouring sweat and my stomach was on fire. That was a very strange thing. No taste or smell at all. I held a can of Vicks vaporub under my nose and took a big whiff. Couldn't smell anything.
 

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Back when my wife and I got covid the first time, we lost our sense of smell and taste. We couldn't go to the grocery store so we just had to eat what we had. We had some homemade hot sausage in the freezer that was way too hot. I said, what the heck we cant taste it anyway, so I fried it up and started eating it. I couldn't taste a thing but after a couple minutes my head started pouring sweat and my stomach was on fire. That was a very strange thing. No taste or smell at all. I held a can of Vicks vaporub under my nose and took a big whiff. Couldn't smell anything.
Read that most all birds can't taste. It must be true because this squirrel proof birdseed loaded with cayenne pepper keeps them away but the birds eat the heck out of it.
 

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Awhile back I read a good explanation for why some like extra spicy and some don't. Apparently if you like extremely spicy food your taste buds are pretty much shot. Can't tolerate much spice at all you're a "super taster".
Not what I read/understand.
I find my taste buds are quite sensitive, yet I can & like eating spicy.
My peppers spicy tick reemerged fairly recently, about a year ago.
I always liked the hotness of horseradish and garlic.

Read that most all birds can't taste. It must be true because this squirrel proof birdseed loaded with cayenne pepper keeps them away but the birds eat the heck out of it.
Nature envisioned birds to cary and spread pepper seeds, not mammals.
Makes only sense they do not mind the heat.

I just ate 10 Thai Chilli's with homemade potato pie.
Had a bunch of horseradish too.
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Google AI elaboration:

No, people who eat a lot of spicy peppers do not have inferior taste buds; instead, they often have a higher tolerance to spiciness due to fewer capsaicin receptors or desensitized nerve endings, rather than a fundamental lack of taste buds. The sensation of "spicy" is actually a response to pain receptors, not the taste buds themselves, so consuming spicy food can lead to a higher tolerance by desensitizing these receptors over time.

How Your Body Responds to Spice
  • Pain, Not Taste:The heat and pain from spicy foods, like chili peppers, are not detected by your taste buds, which sense sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami flavors. Instead, the compound capsaicin in peppers activates pain and thermal receptors in your mouth.
  • Receptor Sensitivity:Some people are naturally born with fewer capsaicin receptors, making them less sensitive to the burn.
  • Desensitization:Repeated exposure to spicy foods can desensitize these nerve endings, leading to increased tolerance over time.
What It Means For You
  • Increased Tolerance:Your preference for and tolerance of spicy food is more about a difference in receptor sensitivity than an "inferior" sense of taste.
  • No Damage to Taste Buds:Eating spicy foods does not damage or kill your taste buds.
  • Subjective Experience:The way people experience flavor, including the "heat" from spices, is subjective and influenced by both genetics and learned behavior.
 
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