Just how tough are you?

[Honey Badger]

Habanero is all I’m good for. Anything hotter hurts too bad.

 

[SoonerP226]

Fresh Habanero is about my limit. Anything above that I can't really taste.

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"Tough" is not the right word.

Well, maybe it is, as in, "if you're not gonna be smart, you better be tough."

I knew a couple of guys who liked hot stuff. There used to be a place at Penn Square Mall called Calido Chili Traders that had a pepper-eating contest. These two guys got there right after the contest ended; they started where the winner tapped out.

Fast forward a bit, and one of them was at a local Thai restaurant. He said he made the mistake of telling the waitress that "it wasn't very hot" the last time he ate there. He was sweating by the second bite that time.

As for myself, I don't much care for anything beyond cayennes. I like a little bit of heat, but I'm not into pain.

 

[jfssms]

I've eaten a few fresh reapers and will likely eat a pepper X once found. I like supper hots occasionally.

 

[druryj]

I thought I was purty tough until I sorta screwed up and challenged this little Thai lady who was the cook in a Thai restaurant in Thailand. She won. I thought she set my whole head on fire with a blowtorch.


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[SlugSlinger]

I’ve got a couple gallons of peppers so far.

How about some warm jalapeños and some “extremely” hot Bhut (naga) jolokias or better known as ghost peppers.

Scoville scale

Habanero 150,000 ~ 325,000

Naga Jolokia "Ghost Pepper" 1,020,000 ~ 1,578,000
Chocolate 7 Pot 1,169,000 ~ 1,850,000
Moruga Scorpion 1,200,000 ~ 2,009,231
Carolina Reaper 1,200,000 ~ 2,100,000

 

[n423]

FIL grew Thai peppers and pickled them. Enough heat for me...

 

[Snattlerake]

Dad used to eat a jar of jalepenos during one sitting. He'd just sit there, eat, grin and sweat.

I found this on the interwebs

 

[dennishoddy]

I’m good for a Jalapeño and that’s it. I like peppers to enhance the flavor of the food I’m eating, not kill my taste buds.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

I’m good for a Jalapeño and that’s it. I like peppers to enhance the flavor of the food I’m eating, not kill my taste buds.

I'm with you on that. Hatch Chiles on everything. They're a mixed bag of mild to pretty warm. I'll chop up a scotch bonnet or two when I jerk my chicken, but that's my Caribbean neighbors recipe. It's a rare treat and my limit on hot. I will order hot sauces once in a while, but after getting heat without flavor, I just gave up on trying new stuff. Louisiana Hot Sauce is good enough for me.

 

[jfssms]

I’m good for a Jalapeño and that’s it. I like peppers to enhance the flavor of the food I’m eating, not kill my taste buds.

you have eaten much more heat Dennis.