Ghost Pepper ready for Picking
We bought our Ghost pepper plant at Lowe's a few weeks ago. It has since produced quite a few pods and yesterday one went red. We probably could have left the pepper alone on the plant a while longer - but I was nervous about birds getting to it. (note to self - need bird netting)
So how hot is a Ghost Pepper? Well in 2007 it was rated as the world's hottest pepper. Coming in at more than 1 million Scoville heat units (SHUs). Our Habanero peppers are a measly 100k - 350k SHUs. Here is a great website called Grow This, they detail in-depth all about the Ghost Pepper.
Well I wanted to try out this new pepper plant to see how hot is hot. So - like the Born to be mild pepper test, I decided to snip a piece off and just pop it in my mouth...
Yeah. not one of my smarter moves, but I'm glad I took only a small piece and I'm happy to say I was brave enough to do it - as I'm not the biggest fan about spicy foods. Now the rest of the pepper will go into a Jamaican jerk marinade this weekend, and we will dry the seeds out to place them in our custom seed packets we've created
Let us know if you'd like a few seeds for your garden!
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