Ghost Peppers

Has anyone ever had the experience of consuming a dish where they were used. I had some salsa a few months ago that took my breath away and gave me a stomach ache. Scotch Bonnet & Haberneros are baby stuff compared to these. The first grower to hit the farmers markets with the plants and then the peppers will sell out. IMHO it is something i only want to experience once. I would like to grow a few for my parrot (Eclectus) and see what he thinks. He loves dried cayenne and Thai peppers.

Being a huge pepper lover and growing several varieties in my garden, I had to look this up. Pretty pepper- but not for me. Be sure to watch the video. It is said that birds are immune to the stuff that makes peppers hot. Eclectus might like them just fine. Not sure I'd want to take the chance, however. Just reading the article made me sneeze!
http://www.ghostpeppers.net/

My god the video really says it all!!

Are ghost peppers flavorful as well as hot? Habaneros have excellent flavor as well as all that heat. Is the same true of ghost peppers?

-Paul W.

Had a sauce (to go with pulled pork) recently that had a very tiny amount of ghost pepper in it. Pretty fiery (though not painful, seems like it was a *really* small amount), but the sauce didn't have any particularly unique flavour - not in the way that habanero-based sauces are flavourful.

The Ghost Peppers now grow in North Africa and parts of the Middle East. Their use is singular....when a hot Ethiopian, Moroccan or Tunisian sauce does not meat the "heat standard" expected by the maker a small amount of these are added, that adding heat but not impacting at all on the flavors of the sauce. It is rumored that there are small fire-breathing dragons and that the fire comes precisely from devouring large quantities of these peppers.

Go to youtube and search for ghost peppers, the videos of people trying to eat them are hilarious. -RP