Z3Dreamer
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
This is a rant, but if you have used Carolina Reapers, successfully, I am all ears.
Last fall, I acquired about 30 Carolina Reaper peppers. The big freeze was going to be that night and the gardener had no use for them.
The world's hottest peppers. I looked up a few Carolina Reaper recipes and DW canned 7 pints. Of course, I watered the recipes down even more than the author suggested.
This spring, I have attempted to use them, but they are just too hot. I put one tablespoon in a big vat of chili and it was passable. At 32 tablespoons per pint and maybe 7 pints and maybe one vat of chili per month (?), I have enough for 15 years. In dishes I make for myself, I can add maybe 1/4 of a teaspoon. At this rate, I will use up a teaspoon a week or 11 plus years.
I have successfully canned hot sauce using jalapeno and habanero and a few other types. The more you add other ingredients (water down) to your hot sauce, the less flavor you retain from the pepper. So, you want the right combination of heat and flavor.
DW is starting to spread the hot sauce around some plants to keep the deer away.
Has anyone successfully used Carolina Reapers?
Last fall, I acquired about 30 Carolina Reaper peppers. The big freeze was going to be that night and the gardener had no use for them.
The world's hottest peppers. I looked up a few Carolina Reaper recipes and DW canned 7 pints. Of course, I watered the recipes down even more than the author suggested.
This spring, I have attempted to use them, but they are just too hot. I put one tablespoon in a big vat of chili and it was passable. At 32 tablespoons per pint and maybe 7 pints and maybe one vat of chili per month (?), I have enough for 15 years. In dishes I make for myself, I can add maybe 1/4 of a teaspoon. At this rate, I will use up a teaspoon a week or 11 plus years.
I have successfully canned hot sauce using jalapeno and habanero and a few other types. The more you add other ingredients (water down) to your hot sauce, the less flavor you retain from the pepper. So, you want the right combination of heat and flavor.
DW is starting to spread the hot sauce around some plants to keep the deer away.
Has anyone successfully used Carolina Reapers?