• Swarfega@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I like hot food but I got some sauce that is made from Carolina reapers. We make chilli con carne for the family but feed the kids first before adding the sauce. I literally put a table spoon in and that’s more than enough. It’s crazy just how hot it is. I really have no idea how people can stomach a whole chilli.

    • rx8geek@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Does it actually taste nice though? I like really hot food, e.g. love the taste of buldak bokkeum myun and regularly eat the Samyang 2x. But I find these chilli’s have some really unpleasant flavour compared to more ‘normal’ chillies.

      • phx@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Depends on what it’s used on and mixed with. I’ve got a hot sauce that’s made with reapers blended with cherries and some other stuff. It’s spicy but has quite a lovely flavor.

        I’ve also got some hope sauces that are in the 1-2,000,000+ Scoville range. You generally don’t apply those to food directly but rather use it to add a bit of heat to an existing sauce or soup etc

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        1 year ago

        Honestly, not really. However in this situation it’s only a table spoon so you don’t really taste it. You just get the heat.

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        1 year ago

        Carolina reapers actually have a very nice flavor profile: pleasantly sweet at first, then earthy, floral, bitter. The heat is a little delayed, and it starts in your throat and then comes all the way out to your lips.

        They’re absolutely devastating.