Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Fear of Ghost Peppers

At one time ghost peppers were considered the hottest pepper variety.  Today that status is given to the Carolina Reaper.  Nonetheless, ghost peppers are definitely hot–far hotter than habaneros.  I decided to grow some this year, but in the potting, repotting, and planting, I completely lost track of which pepper plants are the ghost peppers.  Unfortunately, they look a lot like the habaneros.  Now I’m fearful that if I cut up a pepper for my soup, it will be one of the ghost peppers. 

I consider myself an aficionado of hot peppers, but I am not a masochist.  So why did I grow them?  Because I occasionally do stupid stuff.

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