Originally Posted by
wacojoe
Today, on my latest trip through the drive-through at Popeye’s, I saw that they are featuring Ghost Pepper wings. You fire breathers let us know how true to the name they are, O.K.?
There will likely not be a response from me either. I'm not much into commercial "marketing" claims. I have found that most such products are only hot for hot's sake and devoid of any flavor value. I don't eat hot peppers just to say that I can, I eat them for what they add to the flavor of what I have added them to.
I currently have a bottle of sea salt and ghost peppers mix on the table---that I find interesting but needs to be controlled. If I add enough to get full benefit from the peppers, I have over salted. Thus, I have to use it more as a salt and compliment it with either the African Bird Peppers that sit beside it on the table, or some of my own home grown mix---also on the table. One of the more interesting things about the first two that I mentioned, is that both come from my Old Order Mennonite grocery---an unlikely source for such spices since the common diet of most plain people is rather bland. My Mother was an exception to that rule---thankfully!
Onto Eric's mix---you will have to give us a report. I have never tried using vinegar as a base, I have always used oils. Also, when I use habaneros in cooking (which is not common) I stick a toothpick through them to allow more blending of flavors. I do not do that often because I have found I am not good at judging other's tolerance of heat, so I most commonly "top dress" my own plate.
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