I'll start this fun thread.

My wife has a passion for growing chillies, not ordinary chillies but mind blowing steam coming out your ears heart attack stuff.

She can eat dozens of these potent little gems.

They can be green one week the size of a pea and taste like a green bean then magically a few days later they can induce heart attacks and purple eyes to unacustomed partakers.

A recent experience had me in lala land for 30mins (no joking).

The little red devil struck and gave me a mind blowing outer body experience.

Looking forward to hearing other members Thai induced mind blowing experiences.......

I can eat things as hot as my wife can, but she does not get the ring of fire effect in the morning that I do.

I have a Thai cheffy friend who eats mouse shit chilies from a bowl like other people eat peanuts.

I eat half a chili where my wife will eat 4 or more. I get my revenge by cooking with ginger and green peppers (what a culinary discovery that was) and she complains that it is too hot. I try not to mock. Chili is very healthy and should be helping preventing heart attacks.

The red colour of chillies is nature's warning to 'STAY AWAY!!!'

Doesn't work with me though. Hotter the better.

A recent experience had me in lala land for 30mins (no joking).

Are they legal to grow?

A recent experience had me in lala land for 30mins (no joking).

Are they legal to grow?

something that powerful should have a goverment health warning on it, i lost 30 mins of my life in a self induced catatonic chilli coma.

The red colour of chillies is nature's warning to 'STAY AWAY!!!'

Doesn't work with me though. Hotter the better.

Thats what I thought till the arrival of the bright orange chillies in our backyard. Natures added a new warning color. After eating 1, my teeth felt loose.

The red colour of chillies is nature's warning to 'STAY AWAY!!!'

Doesn't work with me though. Hotter the better.

Thats what I thought till the arrival of the bright orange chillies in our backyard. Natures added a new warning color. After eating 1, my teeth felt loose.

Don't worry, they are "recommended by dentists".

When people talk about mind-blowing, it always reminds me of blowing birds' eggs when we were kids. And you know what was left inside the egg? Nothing.

Id like to be able to eat chillis but I find them physically painful. I have enjoyed some som tam etc but only when its very very little chilli. I am jealous of my friends who eat them often as they seem to really derive pleasure from doing so! One ex gf would eat them until she sweated (only from her face for some reason) and cried and this was her idea of a great night in.

I compare this recognizable experience with getting a tattoo. At some strange point in the 'session' the pain changed into some weird masochistic feeling of bliss....

Ever since i prefer every meal with at least a few chili's in it. I have gone so far as making my own chili powder from dried chili's. But that's a whole other thread .

A recent experience had me in lala land for 30mins (no joking).

Are they legal to grow?

something that powerful should have a goverment health warning on it, i lost 30 mins of my life in a self induced catatonic chilli coma.

@Chitty.. Do you mind posting a photograph of this particular chili ?

While we are waiting for Chitty to post a pic, thought Id put the orange widow maker up.

ps, thanks for the like of the bubs pic mate!

While we are waiting for Chitty to post a pic, thought Id put the orange widow maker up.

ps, thanks for the like of the bubs pic mate!

Oooohw, That 1 looks too hot&nasty!

Thanks

Looks like a jabenaro to me. My wife will tell you pricky noo is hotter, but I have never had a comparison side by side. Jabenaros are plenty hot.

A recent experience had me in lala land for 30mins (no joking).

Are they legal to grow?

something that powerful should have a goverment health warning on it, i lost 30 mins of my life in a self induced catatonic chilli coma.

@Chitty.. Do you mind posting a photograph of this particular chili ?

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Dont know what you PC is on .

Let me help you out here.

Is this mexican? I need a higher resolution..

While we are waiting for Chitty to post a pic, thought Id put the orange widow maker up.

ps, thanks for the like of the bubs pic mate!

That is the habanero chili. Also called scotch bonnet in some parts I believe.

Hotter by far than any Thai chili. But, so hot that flavor can't seem to get past the white hot heat of these lil buggers.

I grew several of these plants for the wify and she declared them unsuitable as did not have the flavor to go with the bite. But, she still spiked the pik nam pla with them to boost the heat. As if pik kee knoo wasn't hot enough!

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Wife's chili and garlic habit blows my mind, as well as my nostrils when in the car together.

I am sorry to pee on the parade, but there are alot of myths associated with the benefits of chili peppers. Unfortunately, the health literature indicates that the consumption of some chilis is not particularly good for many people, particularly the elderly and the infirm. Keep in mind that the chemical that causes the reaction in humans is toxic and that the sensations one gets are the body's reaction to the introduction of a toxin.

I am not going granny here, as I too eat spicey foods, but some of the hottest numbers are dangerous and there is a big difference between their use for flavouring and their use as a weapon of physiological destruction. Look at what the chili active ingredient does to the body;

- Blood vessels dilate and then rebound constrict (is this really good for some people with circulatory disease?)

- Nerves are stimulated to release transmtters

- Mucous production is stimulated created the phlegm factor

- Mucosal tissue is irritated (Not particularly good for those with digestive and GI tract issues)

- People with kidney disease and fluid retntion issues put tremendous stress on their failing vital organs as their bodies try to process all the fluids that will be consumed in an effort to cope with the burning pain.

Yes, some chilis can cause a sense of euphoria. That's just the result of the body releasing endorphins as it attempts to cope with the assault on the pain receptors. The same thing happens when you are mangled in a physical injury. Yes some chilis can offer some mild benefits, but these chilis are not the weapons of mass destruction being described here.

There is a growing body of research showing that the use of the most potent of chilis does have a relationship to arthritis and joint pain in addition to the long list of GI related disorders. My advise to some of you warriors is to use moderation and to avoid the heavy duty chilis. Your bodies have aged and the foods you could eat in your younger day are not appropriate for you now as you reach your twilight period, Old people with bowel inflamation go downhill fast and when you have a look at their bowels and intestines with the inflamation, and bleeding it's rather grim. There is a reason why the potent chilis are used in pesticides and insect control. Do you really need to poison yourself?

I found that they get hardly digested. Maybe it’s just me.
But here and then I find a happy red Chilli floating in the toilet.

'Record-breaking' chilli is hot news

By Neil Henderson BBC News

The Infinity Chilli, now a record breaker.

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Experts have pronounced a chilli grown in the market town of Grantham, Lincs, as the hottest in the world.

Tests have revealed the "Infinity Chilli" to have a Scoville Scale Rating of 1,176,182 - hotter than chilli reportedly used in hand grenades by the Indian military. But what is the attraction of this insanely hot ingredient?

The story of the world's hottest chilli begins not in Mexico or Bangladesh, but next to the barbed wire at RAF Cottesmore in Rutland.

Nick Woods, working shifts as an RAF security guard and considering his growing family, decided he had to do something more entrepreneurial with his life.

That was five years ago. What was Nick's hobby - cooking up hot sauces in his kitchen - developed into his Fire Foods sauce business, and now the 38-year-old Grantham man finds himself literally in possession of hot property.

Like many great discoveries Nick says he developed the Infinity Chilli accidentally.

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I knew as soon as I saw it in the polytunnel”

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"There are 4,000 different varieties of chilli," he explains, "and they're really easy to cross.

"I knew as soon as I saw it in the polytunnel. It stood out, and when I dissected it I could tell by the skin tissue and the seeds that it was a hot one."

Technically the chilli is not a vegetable but a fruit, from the plant genus "Capsicum".

The heat comes from the substance "capsaicin" which is found in all chillies. The attraction of it lies in the way it livens up our foods and makes the body produce pleasurable endorphins afterwards.

The chilli fire is measured by the Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) designed by American chemist Wilbur Scoville in 1912.

To put the Grantham chilli in context, a Jalapeno can score anything between 2,500 to 8,000 SHU on this scale.

The Bhut Jolokia chilli weighs in at just over 800,000 SHU. The Indian military are reported to have developed a counter-terrorism hand grenade which uses it as an ingredient to immobilise their adversaries.

But Grantham's Infinity Chilli has scored 1,176,182 SHU in a test done last year by Andrew Jukes, a scientist at the University of Warwick's Crop Centre.

Bigger and better

It's boom time for the chilli, because Britain's taste buds are thoroughly globalised. Many of us get used to curries and other hot snacks at college. Now the experts say we're looking for bigger and better chilli-based thrills in the kitchen.

Cookery writer Michael Michaud runs an online chilli supply firm and was responsible for the development of the "Dorset Naga", until recently one of the hottest known chillies in existence.

Chillies appeal to our globalised tastes

"It's a versatile spice," he says.

"And the vast majority of British people have been eating chillies, and have been for years, because almost every high street has an Indian restaurant.

"But I think people are growing and cooking with them more. And now it's a bit like an arms race, with a macho culture going on, you know, I can eat one that's hotter, and so on.

"And trying to grow the hottest one can also get obsessive."

But the British attraction to the chilli is more than simply a yearning for the burn.

There's evidence our palates are becoming more sophisticated as our exposure to it lengthens.

"When Indian restaurants first arrived in the UK... they'd just use the one kind of chilli powder," remembers Manoj Vasaikar, head chef at the well-regarded West London chain of Indian Zing restaurants.

"Now it's much more subtle and we're using chillies with lots of different tastes and textures. We don't try to overpower the food."

'Worrying'

Despite the obvious immediate discomfort - not to say total agony - that comes from eating the hottest of peppers, doctors are yet to notice any lasting ill effects from them.

In fact it's thought they could play a valuable part in pain relief and there are reports of them being used to help people undergoing chemotherapy.

Earlier this week Nick Woods decided to try one of his Infinity Chillies.

"I actually ate one yesterday. It was one I'd had frozen from last year - so I thought it wouldn't be as hot as if it was fresh - and I thought I'd try it.

"It was all a bit worrying. The burn on my tongue lasted half an hour and the effects went on and on. At one point I was doubled over in pain and thinking about ringing the hospital.

"The worst was over by 11 o'clock, but it wasn't funny."

Drinking copious quantities of Chang Beer does not dilute the potency of chillies. It is like pouring water on an oil fire. Just spreads the flames.

For me, I like to keep a few slices of cucumber handy if I over-indulge.

Drinking copious quantities of Chang Beer does not dilute the potency of chillies. It is like pouring water on an oil fire. Just spreads the flames.

For me, I like to keep a few slices of cucumber handy if I over-indulge.

Rice is your saviour...

Drinking copious quantities of Chang Beer does not dilute the potency of chillies. It is like pouring water on an oil fire. Just spreads the flames.

For me, I like to keep a few slices of cucumber handy if I over-indulge.

Rice is your saviour...

Sticky rice quenched my flame after trying Chang, water , milk etc

Chili are used to provide an aromatic element to Thai dishes , as well as heat .

goodness gracious! a bunch of softies telling (what they think) horror stories about a healthy and tasty vegetable which goes with most dishes i eat.

goodness gracious! a bunch of softies telling (what they think) horror stories about a healthy and tasty vegetable which goes with most dishes i eat.

Them's fighting words. Might I challenge you to a chillie eat-off. We'll see who's soft!!