Two years ago, I was the first (crazy) person in the area to blog about the bhut jolokia, the hottest pepper on the planet. Since then, another pepper, the Trinidad Scorpion, has on occasion been measured as hotter than the more commonly known ghost pepper. While I have yet to try the latter, the former has made its way into our daily lives. Okay, not daily; the human digestive system is not made to handle regular ghost pepper consumption. But more and more places are including the spice as an option in their meals.
The top two photos are from Papa's Pizza. After Dan Hylton's CD release concert, I stopped by Papa's for a quick bite. As the cook saw me pouring the red chili pepper flakes on my slider, he said, "If you like the hot stuff, I've got something REALLY hot for you. That is, if you can handle it."
"You don't mean...the ghost pepper?" I inquired. Sure enough, he brought out a small container for me to add to my food. when he saw me take down most of that container while only having a few sips of water, he gave me a bag of five or six peppers to take home. In a nice community touch, these were grown at The Warren, which hosted Dan Hylton's concert that evening.
So I took home the peppers and made...
