Thanks for the help gents.

I ate an entire raw serrano today, with my sammich. Liked it. Got a nose run going, plus a little sweat. May not even grow habanero next season.

Whistle I will look into those Carolina Cayennes.

Peppers are cool.. it's amazing how the temps vary tho.. I've grown some very hot jalapenos.. I've bought some very mild ones.. the serranos are the same... one time I planted green bell peppers next the jalapenos and the bell peppers picked up some heat.. need to do that again.. 😟

That’s a lot of peppers I’m going to have to try. Thanks to all of you nut jobs.

Also,…
“Pepper X, which clocks in at 2,693,000 SHU…”
“The Carolina Reaper came in at ‘only’ an average 1,640,000 million SHU…”

So the Reaper is much hotter. 1,640,000 million is a bunch of zeros. 1,640,000,000,000.

That’s almost as many zeros as are in my smartass score.

That’s a lot of peppers I’m going to have to try. Thanks to all of you nut jobs.

Also,…
“Pepper X, which clocks in at 2,693,000 SHU…”
“The Carolina Reaper came in at ‘only’ an average 1,640,000 million SHU…”

So the Reaper is much hotter. 1,640,000 million is a bunch of zeros. 1,640,000,000,000.

That’s almost as many zeros as are in my smartass score.

Smartass posts double. Might as well make it a hat trick.

Yeah I knew what you meant when you said box of chocolates. I have noticed differences in strength between peppers even within the same jalapeno plant. Weird.

I always assumed it had to do with the actual heat units the plants received throughout the year. Like from the sun. Amounts of water would likely also contribute. I’d assume a hot year with less rainfall would equal a hotter pepper. Even if it was the same variety.

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I dig peppers too habanero is about my limit. I have cooked with hotter peppers but the amount used is so small I doubt I could taste anything but the amount of heat in it

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I like cherry peppers and pepperoncini for a mild to moderate temp "hot" pepper. I use them as a condiment with steak and also put them on pizza and salads. Cherry peppers stuffed with prosciutto and provolone jarred in olive oil are good with crackers. When I grow a garden or do a container garden, cherry peppers are on the list along with jalapeno and standard bell peppers.

Twenty NINE!

Peppers are pretty easy to grow. Highly recommend growing some

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