Well I took the smallest reaper I got from Juanitos and cut it in half anf my brother and I ate it last night. I did much better than I thought I would do and the most painful part was in my throat for the first few minutes then it went forward into my mouth after. I did fine with my stomach and no problems there. My brother on the other hand went home about 45 minutes after eating it at my house and tried to go to sleep but was experiencing stomach pains and finally he had to throw up. He said that cured him for ever trying to eat a superhot again. Just prior to eating the reaper we cut my first and only ripe superhot ( a Ghost ) in half and each ate that followed shorty after by a small white hab whole. The reaper was eaten about 10 minutes later. So as far as eating superhots go the RedSavina- Ghost level of heat is about the tops as far an enjoyment goes with eating peppers. Anything hotter for us is just pure pain and agony lol.
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chinense Ate my first reaper last night
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Hehehe more pain arriving soon 
Nicely done! Well, for you at least. Your bro had it pretty rough, I would hate to puke a pepper up, the acid combined with the throat re-burn would be awful.
One of my reapers has it's first two pods about halfway to ripe and I'm a bit freaked out about eating more than a sliver. But I'll give it a go.
I don't mind any amount of mouth burn at all but when it hits the throat, well, not so much. I tried a good sized chunk of yellow moruga today and was great with the mouth burn but for the few minutes it scorched my throat I wasn't so pleased.
One of my reapers has it's first two pods about halfway to ripe and I'm a bit freaked out about eating more than a sliver. But I'll give it a go.
I don't mind any amount of mouth burn at all but when it hits the throat, well, not so much. I tried a good sized chunk of yellow moruga today and was great with the mouth burn but for the few minutes it scorched my throat I wasn't so pleased.
Making reaper powder is quite interesting....I just noticed I have about 10 to 15 more I need to pluck.
lol good to know my peppers are going to good use.SavinaRed said:
i had the same reaction as your brother, i could handle the heat in my mouth and it went away after 15 minutes... but the stomach was bad and i had to throw it up (which was great, it lights up your tearducts, sinuses, mouth, throat all again)
haha I remember when I over did some really hot sauce I made with some super hots. I thought I was macho man and did 6 shots in about a minute. Well about 3 minutes later I met up with the porcelain god and paid homage to it on my hands and knees for a couple of minutes. It was way worse coming up than it was going down. It cure me of ever doing something like that ever again.juanitos said:
I just got 6 boxes of Reapers in from Judy.... ate 1/2 one then went out to mow the lawn while the burn was still fresh... actually got light headed... OWWWW!!! LOL
UPDATE - ate the second half... found out that a combination Werther's chewable caramel followed up with a Werther's hard caramel is the best thing I've found so far to cut heat ASAP!!! Still have the shakes, but for the most part the burn is gone.... whew!
UPDATE - ate the second half... found out that a combination Werther's chewable caramel followed up with a Werther's hard caramel is the best thing I've found so far to cut heat ASAP!!! Still have the shakes, but for the most part the burn is gone.... whew!
I made a pint of reaper puree today using Alabama Jack's recipe. I didn't count but there were about 30-35 pods in the mix.
Taste tested about 1/8 teaspoon. It was really very bitter. Worse than the scorpion batch I made last year.
The burn was very slow, creeping up and up but manageable due to the small dose.
It will go a long way warming up my cooking all winter.
Now to make some powder.
Taste tested about 1/8 teaspoon. It was really very bitter. Worse than the scorpion batch I made last year.
The burn was very slow, creeping up and up but manageable due to the small dose.
It will go a long way warming up my cooking all winter.
Now to make some powder.
I think you will find the powder superior over the puree.MisterBigglesworth said: