I fell in love with the flavor of habanero peppers 10 years ago. I have been growing them for 9. Three years ago I went down the pepper rabbit hole and found there are hundreds of different types of hot peppers. All different shapes, colors and flavor profiles. My favorite right now is White Chupetino. Flavor and smell of a habanero but 10x stronger, and same amount of, maybe less than habanero. 2022 garden I had over 40 different types of peppers. 2023 I had a seed starting failure and was only able to grow 17 types.
Those look fantastic. Sometimes it’s the smaller peppers you’ve got to watch out for the most. One of my favorites like that is a Peruvian variety called Aji Charapita. They pack a serious punch in a small package. Habaneros were my “gateway drug” into the capsaicin world too
My grandmother (full Italian) swore that hot/spicy keeps you "cleaned out". She lived to be 97 and sharp as a tack.
I'm a wimp when it comes to spicy food. I can pour alcohol on cuts all day and it feels like water. But mildy spicy food...nope.
I picked up 2 of these bottles for $7 at Market 32 (Price Chopper) this past week. Good, HOT, but too much pepper extract flavor vs. the natural heat of ghost pepper. Nevertheless, I’m sitting here sweating dabbing a little on Doritos
My wife bought a couple different Melinda’s hot sauces for me and I enjoyed each. Wasn’t that one though.
