I grew these ghost peppers and now I’m afraid of them.

[RiverJeff]

Hi, I am RiverJeff and I am a Pepperhead. Can't wait to see your mixtures! Bring on the Heat.

[SheilaAnn]

Hi RiverJeff 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

[Finster]

I can't even begin to relate to this.
Jalapeno range is about as far as I'll intentionally go.
Beyond that, there just isn't any enjoyment for me.
I look forward to seeing what you do with these...

[LA Pork Butt]

Just to increase your fear and drive you to the safe side I did read about a guy who died from eating a ghost pepper. I can’t remember if it was one or many peppers.

[Spinaker]

They are awesome. I carefully grill them and then slice them very thin, and add them to chili. They have a wonderful flavor if you use them in moderation. They are best used in chili, soup, gumbo and stuff like that. You can use them to make salsa, but they can EASILY overwhelm everything.

They are not meant to be popped in your mouth like a jalapeño or Serrano pepper.

[texastweeter]

I use in place of chipotle

[Spinaker]

Great call and a huge heat boost

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

Next year maybe grow your spicy peppers next to not spicy peppers? I love the Russian roulette scenario that sometimes causes when you plant seeds the following year... milder ghost peppers, maybe... stupid hot sweet peppers, maybe

[Mosca]

I actually planted habaneros, serranos, and ghosts all in close proximity. But I don’t usually mess with the seeds, I just get new sprouts next spring.

[shify]

You can always use the ghost pepper to add heat to other milder salsas (e.g., jalapeno), hot sauces, guacamoles.

Or you can leave it whole or halved and use it in a pot of rice or add to the water for boiling shrimp like Jamaican pepper shrimp. When cooked that way you get the flavor and aroma and some of the spice but not all of it,

[texastweeter]

Well if you want to get nuts, we usually have some reapers, scorpions and such grown and dried laying around.