Almost Moruga Time!

[I_love_peppers]

That's a great looking pepper. Keep us updated as that bad boy ripens!

Thanks so much! I'll definitely post more pics when it's ready.

 

[diriel]

Just wow... That pod does look scary.

In other news, anyone ever hear of, or try Sichuan Peppercorns as a way of "cooling things down" in a 5 alarm emergency?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper
I see milk and ice cream mentioned... so I thought this might be ok to post.

 

[I_love_peppers]

So I had a bunch of morugas ripen at once. Here's a couple of pics (sorry for the blurriness):

The taste was actually really, really good and definitely one of the hottest I've tried so far. When I cut open the first one, I saw some oil leaking out so that was pretty intimidating. I washed my hands a few times after handling one of the chillies (yes, I forgot the gloves), and accidentally touched my neck, which immediately turned a bright red like I had been burned. I'm very impressed and consider this one of my new faves.

Hope everyone is having an amazing harvest!

 

[RubItIn]

awesome looking pods! Big fruity flavor?

 

[I_love_peppers]

awesome looking pods! Big fruity flavor?

Thanks, kalimazoop! Yep, when I chewed it the fruity flavor hit immediately and then the heat snuck up and just continued to build for awhile. Pretty intense!

 

[RubItIn]

Indeed. We have to suffer to taste something so good. Lol.