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Has anyone tried poppers with any peppers other than jalapeños or sweet peppers?

I’ve been thinking about making Serrano or Habenero poppers the same way I do with jalapeños and want to know if it is worth it. I do love jalapeño poppers, however they’re almost never spicy and if they are it’s a small kick 90% of the time. I want to make hotter ones. Any ideas? Any peppers that I didn’t mention.

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u/tycnslice — 1 hour ago
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Any advice what’s going on with these Carolina reapers seedlings

Can anyone think what the problem might be with some of my Carolina reapers seedlings,they started off really well vigorous growth nice leaf colour then they just turned a really dark colour with slow growth almost no new growth at all, the third plant is a scotch bonnet seedling that’s 3 weeks behind and still twice as big and very healthy

u/Ok_Yesterday_1299 — 5 hours ago
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Stay spicy! Hot sauces loosing heat after a while

Hey folks,

After years of „would be nice“ i finally decided to go commercial, as a side hustle at first.

But I noticed that many of my sauce do loose heat after some storage. One that’s been sitting in my fridge for a few months now went from above average heat level to a mild, almost chuggable level.

How do you guys manage to retain a good spiciness for a longer time. Thinking about best before dates around the one year mark.

Any help and advice is much appreciated!

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u/ReggaePunk — 9 hours ago
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Today at dinner I told my family I have been working on increasing my spice tolerance

4 people told me that eating spicy food is bad for you. That’s it I just want you guys to laugh with me.

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u/GreasyButtSyrup — 18 hours ago
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Forgetting the spiciest options on the menu are for you

Anybody sometimes second guess their tolerance and get the 2nd or third hottest options (sauces, spice levels, etc.) at a restaurant and get disappointed? I constantly do this and it’s so annoying

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u/exboxthreesixty — 21 hours ago
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Spicy Buldak is making my life impossible

Normally I eat healthy but yesterday I was craving some noodles which led me to eat a bowl of spicy buldak. I’m able to handle high spiciness levels pretty well so eating this was no problem, however the aftermath is what’s really bothering me. To put it in simple words, I’m having the worst diarrhea ever a day after the meal; I’m talking about radioactive orange typa stuff coming out of my system. The whole day I’ve been going to the bathroom, and even though I’m pretty sure I already took out anything that had to do with the buldak in the toilet, I swear I can still feel it in my throat, causing some of the worst nausea I’ve ever dealt with. If anyone has tips pls help.

Ps. Even if you have the urge, never eat the spicy buldak.

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u/Same_Piccolo_3674 — 16 hours ago
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First attempt at pickling jalapeños. Please help

I finally decided to pickle my own jalapeños but I’m not too happy with the results. They are crisp, for the most part, and have good flavor but they turned yellowish brown and are a little mushy around the edges.

I used this recipe (https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/254513/pickled-jalapenos/), some pictures from others look similar but some look really green and crisp, unlike mine. What did I do wrong?

u/richempire — 22 hours ago
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So I've tried Buldak 2x

I've always considered myself a person with high spice tolerance. And I absolutely love spicy food, even when it's a bit too much. I like the punishment.

But holy shit this thing brought me down to my knees.

I cooked it following the instructions, and ate them while they were still warm. I finished them, but at what cost... These things are probably the spiciest thing I've eaten to date.

The sauce itself is maybe not that hot but just the sheer amount of noodles and sauce and eating it all in one sitting. Jeez I have to prepare a glass of milk for next time.

And I just saw that there's a 3x...

Anyone else have a similar experience?

u/KyxeMusic — 1 day ago
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Share your favorite spicy sauce. I will start

I it is super balanced. And I usually cook it at home instead of buying as it is super easy.

Ingredients

1/2 cup neutral oil

2 tbsp chili flakes

1 tbsp sesame seeds

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp soy sauce

1/2 tsp vinegar

Optional: pinch of Sichuan pepper or a little crushed peanuts

Steps

Put chili flakes, sesame seeds, garlic, sugar, and salt in a heatproof bowl.

Heat the oil until hot but not smoking.

Carefully pour the hot oil over the mix. Stir well.

Add soy sauce and vinegar.

Let it cool for 10–15 minutes.

u/Overall-Attorney-695 — 22 hours ago
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When a cook warns you..

So I was grabbing an Uber Eats order from Sarku yesterday and was starving. So i thought what the hell, im in the food court and waiting and this thai place next door is deadaf. Ill get a plate while I wait. I order a bunch and the cook warned me about the chicken, and said it was exceptionally spicy. I didnt listen. I suffered yesterday and Im suffering today. the thing is, it was soo sweet and delicious, that when the burn wore off, i was right back for more. it was full of small dark roundish greenish peppers that curled like snail shells. I will be back for more

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u/Did-I-Do-That-Oops — 21 hours ago
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Made my own “Humble Pie” since Red Barron won’t send me one. Description below.

This is just pepperoni, fresh jalapeños/Habaneros then I added my homemade reaper,scorpion,ghost,scotch bonnet pepper powder to it. This is my meal prep for tomorrow lol

u/Able-Tangelo8480 — 2 days ago
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This woman opening a barrel of fermenting peppers, with a garlic topping.

u/IkilledRichieWhelan — 4 days ago
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Would you rather A) A habanero on every single bite of food of anything you ever eat OR B) A Pepper X you must eat once a week

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u/Wide_Comment3081 — 1 day ago
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Make your own hot chili oil, and buldak chips

Ive really started enjoying making my own spicy chili garlic oil. It costs 1/10th what it costs to buy it premade and it can make it 10 times as spicy lol. Im snacking on buldak chips while i make it for added effect.

u/Grimdoomsday — 22 hours ago
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Can I get help on which Takis to try?

Ok so I’m an European who wants to try Takis but I’ve noticed they have heat levels and I wanted to know if they’re based off White people level of spiciness or real level of spiciness. Because the Blue Heat looks interesting but I’m 80% sure I couldn’t handle it.

(I don’t know my maximum spice level, I only know I can handle 1 tsp of Buldak Carbonara sauce for one pack of noodles so not much)

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u/Emotional-witch620 — 2 days ago