For years I have been known to many as the ultimate pepper eater. I've had them all, Habanero, Scotch Bonnet, African Birdseye, Madame Jeanette, and even Jamaican hot peppers.
But earlier when I was out with some friends at our favorite Mexican restaurant, I was defeated... by a mere Cayenne pepper!!! How degrading! I almost choked I had to drink some water so fast. After public humiliation and loss of my title... I can only blame it on vaping! My vastly improved taste buds are just not as coated over with analog crud as they used to be, and I've only been vaping a week!!! In a year I won't even be able to handle a jalapeno without dashing for something to drink.
This was easily in the top 10 most embarrassing moments of my life...
Damn you e-cigs, damn you and all your benefits.![]()
Rats. Well, I have to say that I resemble this posting! A few years ago I started growing hot peppers and making home-grown pepper sauce. This was going great guns, so I planted hotter and hotter. This year I grew cowhorns, jalapenos, giant jalapenos, Hungarian wax (hot banana), habaneros, chilles, pimenta, and tobasco.
Then I switched to vaping. Recently I've been wondering who in their right mind actually has a need for habaneros. Nibbling a tiny corner of an orange one nearly got me.
And I have some evil red stuff from the tobascos aging in the fridge. Boiling a batch of that (in a ceramic-lined pot) fumigated the entire house and my nephew tells me he's still suffering.
I hate to think that I'm turning into a pepper whimp. What about my following? (All those folks expecting pepper sauce this Christmas.)