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Student Documentary on Hot Peppers
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OH! OH! I'll do it...again....Froggie said:Well you could have someone down a Naga for the documentary....
Yeah, Kyle mentioned about saving me a Naga. A couple members of our crew think they want to give it a try, so we'll probably do that.
ShutterBird said:
Hang on for the ride...
Shutterbird,
I would like the general public to know that as chilli/chile/pepper lovers, we are not all (mostly
) youtube heros that try and prove how tuff we are.
All the youtube clips from members of this forum that involve eating raw chillis and tasting sauses are very professional, informative and technical (in a general way).
It's more about the taste of the chilli and the way different chillis burn in different ways...
Watch a few video's from Quadshotz and thehippyseedco and you will see what i mean. these are (as 99% of us here are) people that eat the chillis for the knowledge gained from doing so..
I would like the general public to know that as chilli/chile/pepper lovers, we are not all (mostly
) youtube heros that try and prove how tuff we are. All the youtube clips from members of this forum that involve eating raw chillis and tasting sauses are very professional, informative and technical (in a general way).
It's more about the taste of the chilli and the way different chillis burn in different ways...
Watch a few video's from Quadshotz and thehippyseedco and you will see what i mean. these are (as 99% of us here are) people that eat the chillis for the knowledge gained from doing so..
AlabamaJack
eXtreme
you get an AMEN from me on that moyboy
QuadShotz
Banned
It's also just a lot of fun. 
I started growing chiles because of two reasons; I always enjoyed gardening as a kid, and because the level of heat and/or variety of chiles I desired just is not available here. I'd built my way up from yoru average sauces and food to where I was slicing up store-bought habaneros in my food and buying every hot sauce I could find locally...but it got old. I wanted a new challenge you could say.
Then I found THP, and the rest is Infamy..heheh. I discovered the Naga, the Fatali, and the whole new range of peppers I'd only read about. Now, I grow them.
Hippy is the one that got me into doing that Vid sort of thing. I'd first bought seeds from him and when I saw allll his vids, I was like, damn..I wanna do that!
I fig why the hell not? I've always preferred natural things, and with the common idea in the US about hot peppers/sauce being just for dares and for crazy people..I like the idea of being able to help shape a new opinion.
I can handle hot better than most, so I feel like it's a Mission to spread the word of REAL & NATURAL hot, and that it's actually something people eat...not just a "OMFG..LOLZ..P0wN3D" sort of thing.
Eating hot peppers regulary is normal in a number of countries, but as the majority of the USA was originally populated by Anglos who never eat that sort of thing, it isn't "normal" here.
Sure there's ethnic foods like Thai, Mexican, Chinese, etc. that do..but even then it's toned down for the wimpy consumer base here.
I mean c'mon...Taco Bell has this new "volcano" taco with "lava sauce"...which is 100% Marketing. I make everyday food that'd make the average non-chilehead hava seizure. Nobody in my family will eat anything I cook anymore because they'll scared..lol
Chiles make me feel alive, are a sometimes frustrating but rewarding addiction...err..hobby, they give me a foodhold in a fantasic community of chilehead brethren, they taste good, and provide me with many health benefits as well.
What's not to like?
-QS
I started growing chiles because of two reasons; I always enjoyed gardening as a kid, and because the level of heat and/or variety of chiles I desired just is not available here. I'd built my way up from yoru average sauces and food to where I was slicing up store-bought habaneros in my food and buying every hot sauce I could find locally...but it got old. I wanted a new challenge you could say.
Then I found THP, and the rest is Infamy..heheh. I discovered the Naga, the Fatali, and the whole new range of peppers I'd only read about. Now, I grow them.
Hippy is the one that got me into doing that Vid sort of thing. I'd first bought seeds from him and when I saw allll his vids, I was like, damn..I wanna do that!
I fig why the hell not? I've always preferred natural things, and with the common idea in the US about hot peppers/sauce being just for dares and for crazy people..I like the idea of being able to help shape a new opinion.
I can handle hot better than most, so I feel like it's a Mission to spread the word of REAL & NATURAL hot, and that it's actually something people eat...not just a "OMFG..LOLZ..P0wN3D" sort of thing.
Eating hot peppers regulary is normal in a number of countries, but as the majority of the USA was originally populated by Anglos who never eat that sort of thing, it isn't "normal" here.
Sure there's ethnic foods like Thai, Mexican, Chinese, etc. that do..but even then it's toned down for the wimpy consumer base here.
I mean c'mon...Taco Bell has this new "volcano" taco with "lava sauce"...which is 100% Marketing. I make everyday food that'd make the average non-chilehead hava seizure. Nobody in my family will eat anything I cook anymore because they'll scared..lol
Chiles make me feel alive, are a sometimes frustrating but rewarding addiction...err..hobby, they give me a foodhold in a fantasic community of chilehead brethren, they taste good, and provide me with many health benefits as well.
What's not to like?
-QS
Guys, thank you SO much!
That's kind of what I was looking for. I'm a little resistant to filming any of our crew members eating a Naga just for the sake of silly entertainment. I don't want this to be another "Jack Ass" installment, know what I mean?
I also don't want to portray the sub-culture as crazy. I just find it very intriguing stuff. So what you guys had to say was pretty cool.
By the way, is it Pepper-Heads or ChileHeads? I've now heard both.
That's kind of what I was looking for. I'm a little resistant to filming any of our crew members eating a Naga just for the sake of silly entertainment. I don't want this to be another "Jack Ass" installment, know what I mean?
I also don't want to portray the sub-culture as crazy. I just find it very intriguing stuff. So what you guys had to say was pretty cool.
By the way, is it Pepper-Heads or ChileHeads? I've now heard both.
Here's a third... chiliheads... just pick one or you'll go crazy, the Aussies spell it chilli. I spell it chili. Some people use chile which is actually the Spanish spelling, but they use it to differentiate chili (the meal) from chili (the pepper). But chili is the correct spelling. Chile is the Spanish spelling, and possibly an alternate spelling, depending on the dictionary you use.ShutterBird said:
QuadShotz
Banned
ShutterBird said:
Thx man, and btw..if yer crew can't eat a raw hab and like it...dont' give them a Naga. You might get sued.
Naga will make ya think it ain't hot..for almost exactly 1min. Then, your world falls apart in a shower of sparks coming from your former friends the throat, toungue, face, and gut.
It causes actual pain. How much pain is dictated by a lot of things..foremost how much you've built up a tolorance. NEVER try eatign super-hot anything on an empty stomach. Eat small adn lots of, meals leadign up to it. breads and pasta I find good.
DON'T be full, dont be empty.
Ya shodl be comfy and relaxed...if ya stress..it'll exacerbate when it gets hot.
IMO, much of eatign seriously hott stuf is mental. No Fear, No Worry. Be Zen, just breathe...ride the wave.
If ya ever done "cid", you know what I mean.
Prime example..I thought I was hott shitt..then I ate one half of my Burkina Habs. And had the most painful experience ever. I pushed through it, but that wasn't fun at all beacause I had a fuk'd tiem chewing up up with my crappy teeth..while it started burning lke helfire.. (I'd bet 97% of people feeling the way I did woulda puked or just freaked out.)
But, I didn't freak out. I sucked a lot of wind, but I made it. And, now I know not only the measure of that chile, but of myself.
Why do that to myself? Because I can.
-QS
moyboy said:Shutterbird,
I would like the general public to know that as chilli/chile/pepper lovers, we are not all (mostly
All the youtube clips from members of this forum that involve eating raw chillis and tasting sauses are very professional, informative and technical (in a general way).
It's more about the taste of the chilli and the way different chillis burn in different ways...
Watch a few video's from Quadshotz and thehippyseedco and you will see what i mean. these are (as 99% of us here are) people that eat the chillis for the knowledge gained from doing so..
I ate my naga because I just wanted to experience it. The taste, the different burn, all the effects, and probably in some way as a rite of passage. I have always wanted to eat the hottest chile in the world since I read about it. No one dared me, or put me up to it. I am not generally one of the macho types, just curious mainly.
QuadShotz
Banned
And he did good too.
AND, faik, the first ever blow-by-blow forum posting while eating a Naga.
Thats' just awesome.
Us chileheads are a proud bunch, and we respect what others do in THEIR OWN pursuit of The Hot. Whether killer growing, superhuman eating, or just a cool recipe. :-)
When I posted my two silly Jalapeno pods as beign my first ever that I grew my self..I knew that I'd not be ridiculed for it here. I'm proud of those little 2" Red Jalapenos...because they are MINE.
Dirt, sweat, and tears...I helped Nature make those. I babied, nurtured, and pampered them like they were my kids. And, to misuse a phrase....I had the fruit of my labors.
We lust after and congratulate the posts of amazing harvests..we all feel the hit when things go wrong too.
No kind of 9999999999 Million Scoville Extract sauce can compare to that feeling of tasting something you've grown for months. Or, a sauce you made from scratch..and you KNOW it's just what you wanted it to be. And nobody else has it. Yet, more often than not, we'll share that same recipe with our friends..because we want them to experience it too.
Us chileheads are a global thing..we have members here from all over the planet. Yet, we are one in spirit.
We encourage, welcome, teach, admonish, congratulate, laugh, cry, and worry with our fellow man and women.
Ya can't beat that.
AND, faik, the first ever blow-by-blow forum posting while eating a Naga.
Thats' just awesome.
Us chileheads are a proud bunch, and we respect what others do in THEIR OWN pursuit of The Hot. Whether killer growing, superhuman eating, or just a cool recipe. :-)
When I posted my two silly Jalapeno pods as beign my first ever that I grew my self..I knew that I'd not be ridiculed for it here. I'm proud of those little 2" Red Jalapenos...because they are MINE.
Dirt, sweat, and tears...I helped Nature make those. I babied, nurtured, and pampered them like they were my kids. And, to misuse a phrase....I had the fruit of my labors.
We lust after and congratulate the posts of amazing harvests..we all feel the hit when things go wrong too.
No kind of 9999999999 Million Scoville Extract sauce can compare to that feeling of tasting something you've grown for months. Or, a sauce you made from scratch..and you KNOW it's just what you wanted it to be. And nobody else has it. Yet, more often than not, we'll share that same recipe with our friends..because we want them to experience it too.
Us chileheads are a global thing..we have members here from all over the planet. Yet, we are one in spirit.
We encourage, welcome, teach, admonish, congratulate, laugh, cry, and worry with our fellow man and women.
Ya can't beat that.
That about sums it up QS. Very well said. I will add that a lot of the fun of chiles is sharing them. What you know, recipes, pictures, sauces, salsas, seeds, etc etc. For me, it was my first year growing and now as you said QS I think MY sauce is the best I have. Plus as a bonus I have inducted another little chilehead into the throng - my two and a half year old son who still asks to go out and check the peppers every night.
AlabamaJack
eXtreme
JayT said:
It gets in the blood JayT...good for you...you are raising that boy right...