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Tue May 26, 2015, 07:35 PM

May 2015

I don't like hot peppers because I never saw the point of the after-burn. But I still like to say, "Spicy food gives you energy", because I think it is true, especially when you are sick. It has worked for me.

I appreciate your measured response to my talking about mild peppery spices in a thread about very hot ones.

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Ok.... here is a "Clarice is a dumb ass" story.......... [View all] clarice May 2015 OP

please be careful handling those peppers, I understand that just touching it can cause you to carryi hollysmom May 2015 #1

You are soooo right. nt clarice May 2015 #5

Story About That ProfessorGAC May 2015 #18

I agree with spicy food helping out when your sick. gvstn May 2015 #23

why not? hollysmom May 2015 #27

Thanks! gvstn May 2015 #28

I did that years ago... TreasonousBastard May 2015 #2

OMG !!!!! nt clarice May 2015 #4

Congratulations! You raised a successful crop. In_The_Wind May 2015 #3

Yipes shenmue May 2015 #6

RIGHT !!! i can not imagine ANYONE eating those on a regular basis. nt clarice May 2015 #7

I'll agree with your original premise in the headline. nt TeamPooka May 2015 #8

Go away, we were having a nice conversation.....and Mom says "Go clean your room, it's a mess" nt clarice May 2015 #9

Aren't you the bossy little child. You don't make the rules. TeamPooka May 2015 #10

Protip: GeorgeGist May 2015 #11

You bet your ass. No more peppers for me. nt clarice May 2015 #13

I'd burn any of those suckers you have left. Just from reading the conmments here, they are lethal. Fla Dem May 2015 #40

Yes, this will be the last year for habaneros. Stickin with the banana peppers. nt clarice May 2015 #41

I feel you - I love them (as this video will show) - but I know what you mean. qnr May 2015 #12

DUDE !!! Ghost peppers !!! ??? Isn't that the hottest pepper in the world? nt clarice May 2015 #14

Used to be, now it's the Carolina Reaper. n/t qnr May 2015 #15

Have you had one? *shiver* nt clarice May 2015 #16

They don't have them locally, I've had scorpion peppers though, which originally unseated them n/t qnr May 2015 #17

You'd have to pay me a LOT to do that and, he took seconds and then, straight up .. HOT. auntAgonist May 2015 #46

It was really quite tasty. I ended up finishing the whole bottle in chili and qnr May 2015 #47

I have big respect knuckles for the habanero... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #19

indeed !!!!!! nt clarice May 2015 #20

Jeannie makes a version of the Terlingua chili winner (1990 or so) panader0 May 2015 #21

Wow sounds out of my league. BTW. Who is Jeannie? nt clarice May 2015 #22

My sweetheart. panader0 May 2015 #24

I will !!!!! nt clarice May 2015 #29

Being a stupid Yankee, I once grabbed some habaneros thinking they were jalapenos. DamnYankeeInHouston May 2015 #25

You'll wish it was Numb tomorrow morning :-) Nac Mac Feegle May 2015 #26

"ring of fire" lololol. nt clarice May 2015 #30

Food should not hurt, that's all there is to it. A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #31

Too bad your husband.... MicaelS May 2015 #32

He better be glad he didn't.... clarice May 2015 #37

you want I should kick your drunken, pepper-biting Texan dumbass, clarice? Skittles May 2015 #33

Come and get me Skittles...... clarice May 2015 #36

Also, after dicing habaneros, always wash your hands at least five times before you pee. Throd May 2015 #34

Thanks for the visual...lol. nt clarice May 2015 #38

I've watched some videos of people trying to eat those things lovemydog May 2015 #35

Oh yes...thanks.....alcohol killed the pain. nt clarice May 2015 #39

I have done exactly that. Tipperary May 2015 #42

Lesson learned.....BELIEVE me. nt clarice May 2015 #43

I have learned, over the years, the hard way, to value nuance of flavor annabanana May 2015 #44

Thanks, I will definitely check it out. nt clarice May 2015 #45