Spicy hottest thing you've tried, heard of etc.?

Fira

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My dad tried Habanero Hot Sauce before, my dad most likley heard of 16,000,000 Scolville units.
 

TallBill

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I got sprayed with 2 million SHU mist in training. Face, mouth, eyes, fucking horrible.
 

_Rick_

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Got me some harmless looking "pepper puree".
The French call it "puree de piment". It's yellow and supposed to have some mango added for taste.
I usually add about a knife point to a dish that serves four. This renders the dish spicy.
A thin veneer on a piece of bread is an exquisite sensation, if you're into hot foods.
I think what gets me most about it, is that it's so deceptive.
Inside there's probably Antillan chilis, which are comparable to habaneros - some of the habanero tangy taste is present.
I actually stopped using habaneros and Antillan's, because the taste is too intense. I prefer the piri-piri hotness, even if it takes more to get a meal to comparable levels of hotness.

Once I put an entire habanero onto a pizza. Luckily it didn't react with the cheese, and after suffering through the first quarter or so, I removed the remaining pieces, because the pizza had become inedible with them on it....
 

TallBill

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Heh I've grilled and eaten a Habanero. Hot shit. Love the flavor but whole was a bit much.
 

BoomerD

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I planted a Fresno chili plant a couple of years ago. Turned out to be a peach habanero. I ate SOME of them...and traded some with my neighbor.

Flavor was good, but just a bit too hot for my tastes. I like jalapenos and serrano peppers. I prefer their "fruity taste" to that of the chinense species...plus they tend to not be quite as hot. :eek:
 

rommelrommel

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Had some Blairs hot sauce once, forget which one it was. That was really terrible. Hot as hell and no flavour.
 

MayorOfAmerica

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I have a high tolerance for spicy. I will occasionally pop a habanero from the garden in my mouth because I like the flavor. With that said, I took a bite of a raw ghost pepper and it was too much heat for me. I prefer them cooked down. That one bite of the raw pepper was probably the spiciest thing I ever ate.
 

Gibsons

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Single hottest thing was an "agent orange" sauce at this mexican place. The owner made his own sauces, this one was just habaneros and vinegar blended up into a thick paste.

Hottest meal was some shrimp dish at a Thai place. It was delicious, but difficult to finish. Lots of tears. :)
 

thecoolnessrune

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Spiciest thing I've had is just a *tiny* bit of the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. My friend and I will make beef jerky, and in the process we will add *maybe* a teaspoon of dried, crushed Trinidad per 2 pounds. That is a perfect amount of spiciness for us and more importantly, great flavor :)

I like spice, but am hardly one of those people with a high tolerance for it. If I'm not enjoying it, there's no point.
 

lxskllr

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A whole habanero gave me the most painful experience. I've had hotter(a couple ghost chili sauces), but they were taken in more reasonable quantities. the hottest prepared food I've had was a local Indian place. You pick your food, and heat level from 1-10. I get 15.
 

sourceninja

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I make a yearly ghost pepper chili for our xmas party. They have good flavor but I sprinkled a few bits of a dried one on a sub sandwich last year and realized just how hot they are.
 

waggy

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last summer a guy down the street had a bunch of stuff on a table for free. my daughter grabbed a tomato and a pepper. she knew i loved them so got it for me.

i had never seen it before. since we were having grilled hamburgers i cut it up and put on my burger. HOLLY SHIT! it was hot. then i found out it was a habenro pepper
 

SaurusX

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I had the XXX chili from the local chili place and that stuff nearly burned a hole in my stomach. I love spicy foods, so I thought I'd be a big man and go for the gold. From the taste I could tell they used ample amounts of habanero and I only got a quarter of the way through the bowl before sweat was beading on my forehead and I had to put the spoon down. Next time I'll try the XX chili.
 

silverpig

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I've eaten a raw habanero before.

The thai restaurant near my old place used to give me 5 bird's eye chilis in my coconut curry. It made my lower jaw go numb.