Moruga Trinidad Scorpion comments, please?!

[LeeRoy]

Just harvested these today from about a half-dozen plants. This is the first time I've ever grown these (or even seem them in person), so someone please tell me how these look. These are the largest and most mature; there is probably another bowl worth of smaller ones (maybe half or less the size of these) I haven't yet picked but that appear ripe. Many other pods are still green.

 

[westin]

I haven't grown them, but from the other pics that I have seen, those look great.

 

[BakersPeppers]

[sup]They look ok to me I will say im used to seeing them a bit more wrinkled and with a bit more pronounced tail... but those look ok [/sup]

 

[Island_Dan]

Bite into one and describe the flavor and experience please haha

 

[theghostpepperstore]

Bite into one and describe the flavor and experience please haha

Better yet, just pop in a whole pod and describe the experience 3 hours from now!

 

[LeeRoy]

Yeah, yeah. I taste tested a tiny sliver and they are definitely nuclear. Simply touching the inside of one with your fingertip then touching your tongue is enough to bring the pain.

 

[Island_Dan]

Hahaha do a video man!! Entertain your people!!!!!

 

[patrick]

Here's a TS Morouga I grew a few years ago.

 

[Cayennemist]

+1 for a pod test

 

[patrick]

My bad on the photo. It's actually a TS Morouga Blend pod.

 

[spicy_echo]

I'm all about the heat, but do people actually eat these things? What in the world would you do with them?

 

[BakersPeppers]

Heres what our Moruga's look like

 

[DocNrock]

I'm all about the heat, but do people actually eat these things? What in the world would you do with them?

They make a great powder if you dehydrate them.

 

[ThrowHeat]

They are also great for cooking with. The burn is much more tolerable when you heat them up and mix them with food.

I love me some Morugas.

 

[FiyaEater]

Leeroy I can't help you with the i.d. as I am a noob but those pods look so hot saucey! Oh and BTW where did you get that avatar I'm diggin' it.

 

[georgej]

I'm all about the heat, but do people actually eat these things? What in the world would you do with them?

Yup. People eat them whole to learn/teach characteristics.. To prove a point or get a buzz.

But peppers are much nicer with food. Less bitter, and at the end of the day - its a spice. It should be complimenting/seasoning a dish.
I love using coriander or turmeric in food, I don't eat it by the spoonful

 

[LeeRoy]

Oh and BTW where did you get that avatar I'm diggin' it.

I can't recall. I swap out my avatar every few posts.


The pods in the bowl above have been dried in a food dehydrator. I've got another bowl I'm going to use to make a sauce. Specifically, an authentic (though nuclear hot) western North Carolina style barbecue sauce.