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Originally Posted by Frownland
Thai dragon peppers
Had a bush of these growing at our house as a kid, and they weren't actually all spicy. There'd be some duds in there so you could eat two and be fine, but if you chomp into a firy one, you're going to be wiping tears from your eyes for the next ten minutes. |
Hmmmmm... Seems suspiciously like good ol' cayenne posing as something more exotic.
Edit: would like to add that the age of a given pepper strongly effects the spice factor. For instance, my @$$hole is still recovering from an aged jalapeño on last month's chicken sandwich.