I posted
this message in the "welcome new member" page, and inquired there whether anyone had experience with freeze-drying Ghost Peppers. As can be seen in that thread, I'm giving it a try. Any advice on how to handle the product? I vividly recall the first time I dehydrated jalapeño peppers overnight in my kitchen: When I walked in the next morning, the fumes brought me to my knees. Sometime later, while grinding a bunch of these outside on my deck, the wind changed and I was overwhelmed by the dust.
I'm not planning to take chances with these GPs, and really interested in learning how freeze-drying changes their physical characteristics!