Who Likes HOT chilly peppers????  By  mrscoot (Read 1,222 times)

Growing them is one thing, but I'd be a little careful eating them.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhut_Jolokia

enjoy them while you're young. once the gallstones become a problem those hot peppers are worse coming out than going in.
i <3 spicy food but the body can't handle it anymore.

The one that almost sent me to the hospital was a tiny green habenero pepper,,grown in NJ believe it or not..lol..I ate the whole thing raw,,chewed it for 5 seconds then swallowed it,,my gut felt like it was gonna burn up...I drank a $hitzload of milk and it helped out..

howdy, I can't do it now but when I was young, mom made a hamburger stew that was so spicy, it used to raise steam off my cheeks and steam up my glasses.

lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken

I do like hot peppers...

But not quite so hot as I ate fifty years ago... I do believe that health-wise, they are very good for you, if you don't have medical conditions that can be irritated by them, like bleeding ulcers and such. I still enjoy jalapenos and the occasional habanero, but those, along with some Oriental peppers CAN be just TOO much for the old system... They sure do TASTE good though! Almost "addictive"... LOL!

Last week at Wally World I found some California peppers that look just like jalapenos, but are BRIGHT RED. Couldn't resist... And, they were DELICIOUS! Taste like jalapenos, but not quite as hot. The perfect pepper for us old geezers who are wanting something a little tamer. I think those were called "Red Serrano" peppers, but I may be wrong.  You can't miss them... Very distinctive looking. Definitely worth a try for those who want to cool it down a notch!

Enjoy those fire-peppers, and keep the extra-soft bathroom tissue handy!

Leo in Texas

Use to grow my own habanero and started a co-worker on them. He did not believe that they were a particularly hot variety and just diced them up to make some boiled shrimp using all that I gave him for seed instead of just one.

The next day he came into work with red puffy eyes with red circles around them and an nice rosey color to his cheeks along with his nose and around his mouth plus he was walking like he spent a week riding a horse. As he walked by he hoarsely got out "The peppers".

He forgot them boiling on the stove while surfing the net until his eyes started burning and throat felt raw so he had to take the pan off the stove add water, open the windows and run outside where he drank water from the hose and splashed his face however when he wiped the water from his face with his hands and rubbed his eyes since he did not wash his hands thoroughly as I had instructed him or worn gloves he burned his eyes and face further so he repeated the hose rinse and drank some more. After all that water he had to relieve himself in a hurry forgetting how much his face burned so he neglected to wash his hands off thoroughly before which explained why he was walking funny. Later in the day since he did end up eating all the shrimp he got the ring of fire that comes 12 or so hours later adding to the difficulty walking and sitting.

By the way I do have a nice "Ring of Fire" Chilli recipe using the habenero peppers. Eat too much and 12 hours later you may be singing an Opera or possibly this Johnny Cash tune:


Gallstones are usually from too much fatty food and calcium buildup along with possible thyroid issues. The peppers would help cleans the liver and by doing so might cause an extra flow of fatty buildup already in the liver to be released in the bilirubin but they would be helping the liver get back in order. You gotta skim the fat out of the chilli while you cook it to prevent the stones from developing since once you grow them then they can be tough to live with. Diverticulitis and hemorrhoids would be another story.

I love hotness in the foood