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I like a vindaloo every now and then.Tried half a scotch bonnet once and sweated for half an hour but that's about it.Naga about knocked me on my ass though.
Know your chillis, or pay the price
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I guess he didn't know what he was stealing. Probably thought they were strawberries. 
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This.
Scotch bonnets are very hot, they can how ever vary. Sure there are quite a few hotter but chewing on a scotch bonnet would make anyone cry in agony.
Either way, you chop them up and put them in whatever you're cooking, not munch on them like sweets. What a doughnut!
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Well it depends on how much you eat them. Everyone builds up an immunity. When I was a kid, Japalenos seemed hot. After a few years they seemed to lose their kick, so I switch to green chillis. Then birdseye peppers. Now I mostly only buy habaneros and scotch bonnets...... just to get the same kind of kick I used to get from Japalenos.
I scratched my balls after chopping a scotch bonnet the other week. Also the following day i bit my nail and that burnt my tongue.
It's quite amazing how hot chillis can be. I wish i could be bothered to search for the science behind it.
It's quite amazing how hot chillis can be. I wish i could be bothered to search for the science behind it.
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Playing with my contact lenses after using chillis is something I never seem to learn from
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Made the mistake of washing my hands with warm (or was it cold, forget which) water after chopping bird's eye chillis, then 45 minutes later rubbed my eye. 4 hours later, the burning finally subsided enough that I could take the wet wash cloth I was forced to hold against my eye away.
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I'd be ashamed if that were me. I love a couple of raw chopped up Scotch Bonnets in my sandwich/wrap for lunch.
Will be doing the same with my Habaneros once they finally decide to grow
Will be doing the same with my Habaneros once they finally decide to grow
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I burnt the soft skin below my fingernails chopping scotch bonnet chillis, very painful, but not as painful as when I scratched my backside afterwards!
Lemon juice releived the pain.
Lemon juice releived the pain.
Yeah, as if they can return that to the music shop now, "I'd give the mouth-piece a wipe over if I were you"
Wash hands in oil, then washing liquid.
Need fat to dsolve the capsaicin, i's why you drink milk/yoghurt rather than water/beer.
Man of Honour
I have an African Naga plant and the offspring are savage.
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Try explaining that when someone walks in and your bent over with a lemon at your backdoor.
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I find scotch bonnets/habanero's almost unbearable eaten whole, they have such a quick build to maximum heat that I cant take it.
On the flip side, I can eat naga's as they have a slow build.
On the flip side, I can eat naga's as they have a slow build.
I've had Scotch Bonnets as an ingredient only, they're awesomely hot.
Tabasco Habanero is also amazing.