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I'm guessing you're submitting this because it was recently certified as the hottest pepper by Guinness. This article from the Wikipedia page has a small write

I'm guessing you're submitting this because it was recently certified as the hottest pepper by Guinness. This article from the Wikipedia page has a small write up but also a video from Hot Ones[1] that has some guests trying it out. The ending of that video is hilarious, with Ed Currie (who created the pepper) just casually savoring the taste while everyone else is literally dying on set. > 'Pepper X' is now officially the world's hottest chilli pepper, rating at an average of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). [0]: https://guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/pepper-x-dethrones-carolina-reaper-as-worlds-hottest-chilli-pepper-759706 https://guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/10/pepper-x-dethr... [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYtDA7j19c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYtDA7j19c

exizt88 3y ago
The money quote in the second video is at 11:35: “It’s very spicy”
molticrystal 3y ago
I learned a lot from the Dirty Jobs episode, where again Ed Currie is just fine, but one of the crew ends up lying flat on the floor after trying a chip dosed with Pepper X. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TZtQAYOtnA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TZtQAYOtnA In the beginning of the episode Ed had a scoop of Carolina Reaper seeds, about 25k of them, and says he gets $7 for every 10, I wonder how Pepper X will end up working out.
- giantg2 3y ago
  I think he didn't patent the Reaper. He charges $7 for 10 seeds, but you can get the seeds and Reaper products from other places. Pepper X is going to be exclusive to his company and he's not selling seed.
  - Mistletoe 3y ago
    Ordering from other places is really hit or miss though. I’m reminded of my previous “Carolina Reaper” order from China, from Etsy of all places, and it turned out to be some kind of green Serrano… A whole year down the drain to save a few bucks taught me a lesson about buying quality seeds really quick.
    - giantg2 3y ago
      I mean, I wouldn't trust any seeds being bought from a non-brand in China. I thought they are supposed to irradiate biological shipments from other countries? You can get reputable reaper seeds from other sources in the US. I would still recommend buying directly from puckerbutt since they did the work to develop it.
      - mint2 3y ago
        I doubt sketchy seed or plant orders on Amazon follow any sort of proper protocols. Amazon should not allow these, but are shamelessly callous towards any external risk. A pest coming in on seeds or plant matter can easy become a multi billion dollar agricultural problem. There is no way anyone should be able to order bootleg plant material with a clean conscience. You save a couple bucks yourself but in the process buy a mega-billions anti-lottery ticket for everyone else.
  - kelseyfrog 3y ago
    We should be able to reassemble the DNA straight out of the product and then Crispr-Cas9 the changes into an existing pepper plant (assuming money and time are no object).
    - Arrath 3y ago
      You wouldn't pirate a pepper!
      - jareklupinski 3y ago
        PeterPiper pirated a pack of proprietary peppers
    - voldacar 3y ago
      This probably wouldn't be as expensive as you think.
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TaylorAlexander 3y ago
Looks like 10:20 is a good time stamp on the YouTube link if you just want to watch them all eat one.
m463 3y ago
I suspect a good way to enjoy pepper might be to dull your senses by either getting old or getting covid.
- ricc 3y ago
  Covid only affects taste, not the sensation of spice heat.
  - m463 3y ago
    I though it dulled super-hot.
    - Quentangle 3y ago
      From a purely anecdotal perspective, my experience was that COVID eliminated my sense of taste, and left my sense of very hot food unchanged as far as could be noticed. The result was a very unpleasant meal.
    - fernandotakai 3y ago
      nope. i had covid and lost my sense of smell/taste. i had a bottle of last dab and tried to see if the "heat" feeling also went away -- i can 100% tell you that not only it did not, but it actually felt worse because i could not taste the sauce, only the heat.
      - deleted 3y ago
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    - teh_klev 3y ago
      To add to the sibling comments. My first hint at getting COVID was that my local takeaway curry didn't taste of anything, but the usual fiery heat was still there. I almost phoned up the shop to have a moan about them sending out this tasteless dish but realised that I might have gotten the plague. I took a rapid test and lo and behold I was positive for COVID. It took me weeks to get my sense of taste back again.
xctr94 3y ago
I really like the show. I’m mildly addicted to hot food. “I love the flavor. I think there’s some oak in it… and pencil.” I’d never seen the host be in this much pain.
- mjlawson 3y ago
  "The pencil is really coming through." I really wish chili mongers would optimize for flavor in addition to heat.
  - extraduder_ire 3y ago
    They do. Apparently this is the best they can do for a pepper they were mainly looking for spice out of. There's many other varieties where flavour is a priority.
    - xctr94 3y ago
      I think they did care about flavor, as was mentioned in a news article interview about Pepper X. I don’t remember the full quote, but something like “you can’t just make it hot, it has to taste good”. But maybe it’s hard indeed to detect any flavor once you’re dealing with 2.6M Scoville units.
1121redblackgo 3y ago
They almost took out chili Klaus lol
thisisauserid 3y ago
I hate to be that guy but literally dying? I guess, in some sense, we all are all the time? "Literally slipped through the cracks of time" is still my favorite though.
- skilled 3y ago
  Figure of speech. That's all.
  - burjui 3y ago
    A dumb one. The word "literally" is already used to specify that the phrase following it is not a figure of speech. There are plenty of ambiguities in natural languages, and layering them will only make things unnecessarily complicated.
    - dehugger 3y ago
      It was a valid use of the word. Language evolves. "in effect; in substance; very nearly; virtually: I literally died when she walked out on stage in that costume." https://www.dictionary.com/browse/literally https://www.dictionary.com/browse/literally

exizt88 3y ago

The money quote in the second video is at 11:35: “It’s very spicy”

molticrystal 3y ago

I learned a lot from the Dirty Jobs episode, where again Ed Currie is just fine, but one of the crew ends up lying flat on the floor after trying a chip dosed with Pepper X. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TZtQAYOtnA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TZtQAYOtnA In the beginning of the episode Ed had a scoop of Carolina Reaper seeds, about 25k of them, and says he gets $7 for every 10, I wonder how Pepper X will end up working out.

giantg2 3y ago
I think he didn't patent the Reaper. He charges $7 for 10 seeds, but you can get the seeds and Reaper products from other places. Pepper X is going to be exclusive to his company and he's not selling seed.
- Mistletoe 3y ago
  Ordering from other places is really hit or miss though. I’m reminded of my previous “Carolina Reaper” order from China, from Etsy of all places, and it turned out to be some kind of green Serrano… A whole year down the drain to save a few bucks taught me a lesson about buying quality seeds really quick.
  - giantg2 3y ago
    I mean, I wouldn't trust any seeds being bought from a non-brand in China. I thought they are supposed to irradiate biological shipments from other countries? You can get reputable reaper seeds from other sources in the US. I would still recommend buying directly from puckerbutt since they did the work to develop it.
    - mint2 3y ago
      I doubt sketchy seed or plant orders on Amazon follow any sort of proper protocols. Amazon should not allow these, but are shamelessly callous towards any external risk. A pest coming in on seeds or plant matter can easy become a multi billion dollar agricultural problem. There is no way anyone should be able to order bootleg plant material with a clean conscience. You save a couple bucks yourself but in the process buy a mega-billions anti-lottery ticket for everyone else.
- kelseyfrog 3y ago
  We should be able to reassemble the DNA straight out of the product and then Crispr-Cas9 the changes into an existing pepper plant (assuming money and time are no object).
  - Arrath 3y ago
    You wouldn't pirate a pepper!
    - jareklupinski 3y ago
      PeterPiper pirated a pack of proprietary peppers
  - voldacar 3y ago
    This probably wouldn't be as expensive as you think.
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TaylorAlexander 3y ago

Looks like 10:20 is a good time stamp on the YouTube link if you just want to watch them all eat one.

m463 3y ago

I suspect a good way to enjoy pepper might be to dull your senses by either getting old or getting covid.

ricc 3y ago
Covid only affects taste, not the sensation of spice heat.
- m463 3y ago
  I though it dulled super-hot.
  - Quentangle 3y ago
    From a purely anecdotal perspective, my experience was that COVID eliminated my sense of taste, and left my sense of very hot food unchanged as far as could be noticed. The result was a very unpleasant meal.
  - fernandotakai 3y ago
    nope. i had covid and lost my sense of smell/taste. i had a bottle of last dab and tried to see if the "heat" feeling also went away -- i can 100% tell you that not only it did not, but it actually felt worse because i could not taste the sauce, only the heat.
    - deleted 3y ago
      [deleted]
  - teh_klev 3y ago
    To add to the sibling comments. My first hint at getting COVID was that my local takeaway curry didn't taste of anything, but the usual fiery heat was still there. I almost phoned up the shop to have a moan about them sending out this tasteless dish but realised that I might have gotten the plague. I took a rapid test and lo and behold I was positive for COVID. It took me weeks to get my sense of taste back again.

xctr94 3y ago

I really like the show. I’m mildly addicted to hot food. “I love the flavor. I think there’s some oak in it… and pencil.” I’d never seen the host be in this much pain.

mjlawson 3y ago
"The pencil is really coming through." I really wish chili mongers would optimize for flavor in addition to heat.
- extraduder_ire 3y ago
  They do. Apparently this is the best they can do for a pepper they were mainly looking for spice out of. There's many other varieties where flavour is a priority.
  - xctr94 3y ago
    I think they did care about flavor, as was mentioned in a news article interview about Pepper X. I don’t remember the full quote, but something like “you can’t just make it hot, it has to taste good”. But maybe it’s hard indeed to detect any flavor once you’re dealing with 2.6M Scoville units.

1121redblackgo 3y ago

They almost took out chili Klaus lol

thisisauserid 3y ago

I hate to be that guy but literally dying? I guess, in some sense, we all are all the time? "Literally slipped through the cracks of time" is still my favorite though.

skilled 3y ago
Figure of speech. That's all.
- burjui 3y ago
  A dumb one. The word "literally" is already used to specify that the phrase following it is not a figure of speech. There are plenty of ambiguities in natural languages, and layering them will only make things unnecessarily complicated.
  - dehugger 3y ago
    It was a valid use of the word. Language evolves. "in effect; in substance; very nearly; virtually: I literally died when she walked out on stage in that costume." https://www.dictionary.com/browse/literally https://www.dictionary.com/browse/literally