Hi, my names Francis. I'm originally from a small bayou town called Jean Lafitte, which is about 25-30 minutes from New Orleans, LA. Growing up in this area, I started eating spicy foods before I could walk. Most people sprinkle at least some cayenne pepper in every meal they cook. Salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper and garlic usually :-)
My grandpa, who is now in his mid 80's and STILL eating more pepper than most people can stand, got me to try my first jalapeño at 7. Of course I wanted to prove how tough I was and he loved it so much that he would show me off to anyone who came over, so I ended up hooked lol. I wasn't really exposed to any other peppers till a few years ago. I heard people talking about habanero peppers but no one ever had one for me to try. It wasn't until my grandpa gave me a plant that I tried my first one. I currently grow jalapeño and habanero.
So a few weeks ago I was at work and some guys were talking about the "ghost" pepper and how hot it was, though none of them had actually tried it, and how you could spice up 50lbs of chicken with one pepper lol of course this got my attention, so I did a little web search and later in the same week I told my dad about it and he ended up recording a tv show called "Hairy Bikers" (or something like that) which not only had the the ghost pepper but an even hotter Trinidad scorpion butch t pepper! I immediately got on the Internet and ordered seeds. Then I watched a bunch of guys on YouTube eating them and eventually came across this site.
So here I am :-) hello everyone
My grandpa, who is now in his mid 80's and STILL eating more pepper than most people can stand, got me to try my first jalapeño at 7. Of course I wanted to prove how tough I was and he loved it so much that he would show me off to anyone who came over, so I ended up hooked lol. I wasn't really exposed to any other peppers till a few years ago. I heard people talking about habanero peppers but no one ever had one for me to try. It wasn't until my grandpa gave me a plant that I tried my first one. I currently grow jalapeño and habanero.
So a few weeks ago I was at work and some guys were talking about the "ghost" pepper and how hot it was, though none of them had actually tried it, and how you could spice up 50lbs of chicken with one pepper lol of course this got my attention, so I did a little web search and later in the same week I told my dad about it and he ended up recording a tv show called "Hairy Bikers" (or something like that) which not only had the the ghost pepper but an even hotter Trinidad scorpion butch t pepper! I immediately got on the Internet and ordered seeds. Then I watched a bunch of guys on YouTube eating them and eventually came across this site.
So here I am :-) hello everyone
from florida
