If you thought the hello was hot, wait for the goodbye.

I once bit the tip off of an ornamental pepper and my tongue and mouth instantly blistered from the heat. Not advised.

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I once bit the tip off of an ornamental pepper and my tongue and mouth instantly blistered from the heat. Not advised.


I did this exact same thing when I was a kid! The plant was at a freinds house and his parents told us they were poisonous so we wouldn't try to eat them. Well we were smarter than that so we tried just the tip of a pepper...

I was literally in tears for half an hour and nothing to this day has even come close to the hotness of one of those little mystery bastard peppers.

When I was in 2nd or 3rd grade a friend of mine dared me to eat some type of hot pepper, the variety of which I can't identify for you. All I can tell you is that it was small and red. His mother was Italian and a good cook, and she sometimes cooked with spicy peppers. Well that little pepper was one spicy little bastard. For at least half an hour my throat and mouth were on fire, and for the rest of the day all I could taste was that damn pepper. In my little kid's mind I thought that I might have that pepper's taste in my mouth for the rest of my life. It was a scary experience on several levels.

I dunno, he seemed to handle it pretty well. I assumed the hottest chilli would do a bit more to someone.

the actual hottest chili in the world is the Bhut Jolokia, it rates a tiny bit higher than the naga
both are in the jolokia family, but naga isn't as hot as the Bhut

Not true, cito: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101203/sc_yblog_thelookout/worlds-hottest-pepper-is-hot-enough-to-strip-paint