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Thanks to Smunkeeville, I found out that capsaicinoids, the chemicals in hot peppers which produce a burning sensation in the mouth, have been proven to supress cancer ( particularly prostate and breast cancer ). Soooo, I bought myself a lot of habaneros, jalapenos and cayenne peppers to add to various foods.

This afternoon, I chopped up my very first habanero really fine and mixed it into a can of chili. Having heard that habaneros were one of the hottest peppers, it was with a bit of foreboding that I began to eat. Even though it was quite hot, enough to make my eyes water and break me out in a sweat, it really wasn't bad at all. As a matter of fact, I decided that I like the flavor of habaneros. :D

I plan to add hot peppers to as many different foods as will match the taste. So ... any thoughts on what foods would be enhanced by hot peppers? :)

I have this chili recipie that calls for a load of habaneros. They are awesome.

cereal. mashed potatoes. starches.

really, any meat, dressing, cheeses, and such.

and if you don't like the burn, just drink some milk. it kills the spice.

wait, doesn't that defeat the purpose?

My husband puts hot peppers of various types on almost anything. Eggs... pizza... rice... recently he found out some guy at his work was putting habaneros and honey on his mashed potatos and decided to try it... and hey, he liked it. *shakes head* What a waste of perfectly good potatos!

Yeah, and it's really a shame that the other ingredients in those foods actually cause cancer.

Pizza
mashed potatos
salsa
cheese wiz and nachos
id love to try em on ben & jerrys
maybe cake?
sausage

Oh my, my stoner side is showing. While I have the chance to ask this to you, being a southern and all, did you ever hear of "Cajan Pizza"? I was talking to a teacher who was in alabama or something and said they had that, said it was great.

Jambalaya....I make mine spicy anyway, so you could add some habaneros in there to jazz it up.

Stir fry is another.

Make yourself some nachos and addd the peppers to the ground beef or whatever meat you like,pour it on the chips, top with cheese...BAM

If you have stomach problems, take some pepto tablets 30 minutes before you eat or have a glass of whole milk 5 minutes before you eat. Will prevent too much acid production.

Thanks to Smunkeeville, I found out that capsaicinoids, the chemicals in hot peppers which produce a burning sensation in the mouth, have been proven to supress cancer ( particularly prostate and breast cancer ). Soooo, I bought myself a lot of habaneros, jalapenos and cayenne peppers to add to various foods.

This afternoon, I chopped up my very first habanero really fine and mixed it into a can of chili. Having heard that habaneros were one of the hottest peppers, it was with a bit of foreboding that I began to eat. Even though it was quite hot, enough to make my eyes water and break me out in a sweat, it really wasn't bad at all. As a matter of fact, I decided that I like the flavor of habaneros. :D

I plan to add hot peppers to as many different foods as will match the taste. So ... any thoughts on what foods would be enhanced by hot peppers? :)
Well, they can go with pretty much anything. I myself like to use them on sandwiches.

I love hot foods. Eut, you need to try out some decent Indian (as in asian India) food - preferably South African Indian food. I don't know how hard it is to find decent stuff in the US, though.

I love hot foods. Eut, you need to try out some decent Indian (as in asian India) food - preferably South African Indian food. I don't know how hard it is to find decent stuff in the US, though.
Rather difficult, ashamedly. I've been trying for ages.

While I have the chance to ask this to you, being a southern and all, did you ever hear of "Cajan Pizza"? I was talking to a teacher who was in alabama or something and said they had that, said it was great.
I have heard of it but never had the ... pleasure ( ? ) of trying it. If I ever make it to New Orleans ( at least I think that'e the "home" of Cajun Pizza ), I'll definitely try some. :)

Well, they can go with pretty much anything. I myself like to use them on sandwiches.
Ay, it's brave you are for certain! :D

I love hot foods. Eut, you need to try out some decent Indian (as in asian India) food - preferably South African Indian food. I don't know how hard it is to find decent stuff in the US, though.
Sigh. The nearest place I know of with half way decent East Indian food is Raleigh, which is about 90 miles from where I live. And that's not South African Indian. :(

Rather difficult, ashamedly. I've been trying for ages.

Sigh. The nearest place I know of with half way decent East Indian food is Raleigh, which is about 90 miles from where I live. And that's not South African Indian. :(

Damn...

I suppose you could find sauces and stuff in certain places, so you could make up your own vindaloo or something... It wouldn't be quite the same as having a proper one, but it'd be a small taste of the good stuff at least. :p

Jambalaya....I make mine spicy anyway, so you could add some habaneros in there to jazz it up.

Stir fry is another.

Make yourself some nachos and addd the peppers to the ground beef or whatever meat you like,pour it on the chips, top with cheese...BAM

If you have stomach problems, take some pepto tablets 30 minutes before you eat or have a glass of whole milk 5 minutes before you eat. Will prevent too much acid production.
Hon, I wouldn't know Jambalaya if it jumped outta the bowl and kissed me! :D

Sounds good for the stir fry and nachos though.

I don't have stomach problems unless I allow myself to get overweight. Then I have problems sleeping 'cause of a hiatal hernia. Right now, my weight is pretty good, considering. :)

Ay, it's brave you are for certain! :D
The first thing I was fed when I was able to eat solid food was a habanero pepper. Methinks that has colored my perception of reality.

Damn...

I suppose you could find sauces and stuff in certain places, so you could make up your own vindaloo or something... It wouldn't be quite the same as having a proper one, but it'd be a small taste of the good stuff at least. :p
Son, when I try to boil water, it comes out scortched and black. Heh! :D

The first thing I was fed when I was able to eat solid food was a habanero pepper. Methinks that has colored my perception of reality.
LMAO! Well, that could go a ways toward explaining some of the ... shall we say, reality challenged on here. :D

Son, when I try to boil water, it comes out scortched and black. Heh! :D
I refuse to belive that. Statisics show that more often than not, retired veterans are fantastic cooks.

I don't have stomach problems unless I allow myself to get overweight. Then I have problems sleeping 'cause of a hiatal hernia. Right now, my weight is pretty good, considering. :)

I recall reading something where foods like chilli were also good for weight loss...could be one of those BS things, but whatever. Chilli is awesome.

Oh, and I second chilli nachos. Mix a bit of chilli with some salsa - yum. :D

I refuse to belive that. Statisics show that more often than not, retired veterans are fantastic cooks.
I must be the exception that proves the rule then. Heh!

Son, when I try to boil water, it comes out scortched and black. Heh! :D

Haha. Trust me, if I can make one up, it isn't hard. :p

I recall reading something where foods like chilli were also good for weight loss...could be one of those BS things, but whatever. Chilli is awesome.

Oh, and I second chilli nachos. Mix a bit of chilli with some salsa - yum. :D
Damn. I should have started this thread earlier in the day. Now I'm gettin' hungry just before bedtime! Not a good thing! :p

Haha. Trust me, if I can make one up, it isn't hard. :p
Hah! I once thawed out a frozen steak using the microwave on the wrong setting. I wound up with a lovely charcoal briquette! :p

Hah! I once thawed out a frozen steak using the microwave on the wrong setting. I wound up with a lovely charcoal briquette! :p
Good SCIENCE*, man! Get yourself into a cooking school immediately!

*Science in place of Lord. I don't exactly worship science, but I am attempting to rid myself of cultural vernacular, like using Good God/Lord as an expression of extreme shock.

Hon, I wouldn't know Jambalaya if it jumped outta the bowl and kissed me! :D



:eek:

Well it just so happens that my Jambalaya jumps out of the bowl and kisses people!!

http://www.seasonalchef.com/recipe13.htm
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_32917,00.html
:fluffle:

I recall reading something where foods like chilli were also good for weight loss...could be one of those BS things, but whatever. Chilli is awesome.
According to this (http://www.medicinehunter.com/nfm.htm) article, you're correct:

"Burn calories! –Eating chiles actually helps you to burn calories, and shed pounds. Research conducted at Oxford Polytechnic Institute shows that eating chiles increases thermogenesis, the body’s caloric burn rate. If you eat chiles or chile sauce with a meal, your body will burn calories at an increased rate of about 25%. This translates into maybe 45 calories more burned per 700 calorie meal. So splash the hot sauce onto your food, and burn the fat."

There seem to be quite a number of health benefits from hot peppers. :)

According to this (http://www.medicinehunter.com/nfm.htm) article, you're correct:

"Burn calories! –Eating chiles actually helps you to burn calories, and shed pounds. Research conducted at Oxford Polytechnic Institute shows that eating chiles increases thermogenesis, the body’s caloric burn rate. If you eat chiles or chile sauce with a meal, your body will burn calories at an increased rate of about 25%. This translates into maybe 45 calories more burned per 700 calorie meal. So splash the hot sauce onto your food, and burn the fat."

There seem to be quite a number of health benefits from hot peppers. :)

Aha, great. Helps explain why i'm so skinny. :D

You should get this T-shirt Eut.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/3813/

You should get this T-shirt Eut.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/3813/
Heh! Kewl! :D

Thanks to Smunkeeville, I found out that capsaicinoids, the chemicals in hot peppers which produce a burning sensation in the mouth, have been proven to supress cancer ( particularly prostate and breast cancer ). Soooo, I bought myself a lot of habaneros, jalapenos and cayenne peppers to add to various foods.

This afternoon, I chopped up my very first habanero really fine and mixed it into a can of chili. Having heard that habaneros were one of the hottest peppers, it was with a bit of foreboding that I began to eat. Even though it was quite hot, enough to make my eyes water and break me out in a sweat, it really wasn't bad at all. As a matter of fact, I decided that I like the flavor of habaneros. :D

I plan to add hot peppers to as many different foods as will match the taste. So ... any thoughts on what foods would be enhanced by hot peppers? :)

Moderation Eut! Too many and you won't have any taste buds left. :p

The spiciest confirmed pepper is the Red Savino Habanero pepper. It is as high as 500,000 SHU(Scoville Heat Units). By comparison, that is 1.5 to 2 times spicier than an average habanero, and about 100 times spicier than a halapeno.

I have a hot sauce that I cook with that uses extracted capsaicin from habanero peppers to further enhance them. It's over 1 million SHUs.

The spiciest sauce I've ever heard of is a tiny very expensive sauce called 'The Source'. It is listed as 7.1 million SHUs. Police grade pepper spray is 6 million. :p

Pure capsaicin is 15 million SHUs. Approximately 30 grams of it is a lethal dose. :)

Moderation Eut! Too many and you won't have any taste buds left. :p
I always taste what I eat. ;)

The spiciest confirmed pepper is the Red Savino Habanero pepper. It is as high as 500,000 SHU(Scoville Heat Units). By comparison, that is 1.5 to 2 times spicier than an average habanero, and about 100 times spicier than a halapeno.

I have a hot sauce that I cook with that uses extracted capsaicin from habanero peppers to further enhance them. It's over 1 million SHUs.

The spiciest sauce I've ever heard of is a tiny very expensive sauce called 'The Source'. It is listed as 7.1 million SHUs. Police grade pepper spray is 6 million. :p

Pure capsaicin is 15 million SHUs. Approximately 30 grams of it is a lethal dose. :)
OMG! Can you say "spontaneous combustion," boys and girls? :D

OMG! Can you say "spontaneous combustion," boys and girls? :D

At those levels, you won't get cancer because you're going to die. :p

At those levels, you won't get cancer because you're going to die. :p
LOL! No shit! :D

Check out this page, Eut. Might be interest in getting of listed items.
http://www.chilliworld.com/FactFile/Scoville_Scale.asp

Ahh yes, habaneros are indeed something to be experienced. I can still remember the first time that I had a fresh habanero. I didn't think much of things like jalepenos, so I figured how hot could it be? The first 15 seconds, it was mellow. After that....well, there's only so much pain one's brain is capable of experiencing. I think that it managed to exceed my level of perception.

Check out this page, Eut. Might be interest in getting of listed items.
http://www.chilliworld.com/FactFile/Scoville_Scale.asp
Hey! Kewl! Some of those things sound like they should be listed as "wartime attrocities!" :D

Ahh yes, habaneros are indeed something to be experienced. I can still remember the first time that I had a fresh habanero. I didn't think much of things like jalepenos, so I figured how hot could it be? The first 15 seconds, it was mellow. After that....well, there's only so much pain one's brain is capable of experiencing. I think that it managed to exceed my level of perception.
Uh ... you're not suppose to eat the damned things by themselves! Heh!

When people who know tell you how to use them, they will also tell you never to touch your skin after working with them; it almost always rasies blisters! :eek:

Hey! Kewl! Some of those things sound like they should be listed as "wartime attrocities!" :D

Some of those would be good for WMDs too.

Some of those would be good for WMDs too.
Hehehe! I can see the headlines now:

"Saddams WMDs Found In Mexico Buried In Carlos' Chili!" ( Film at eleven! ) :D

The first thing I was fed when I was able to eat solid food was a habanero pepper. Methinks that has colored my perception of reality.
:eek:
Let me guess - Mexican parents?



You should get this T-shirt Eut.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/3813/
Nice. Although that "hotness"-scale they have on the site has freaked me out - my pitiful tastebuds are of the kind that gets a heart attack when they taste a nacho that has so much as touched a jalapeno pepper. My head would probably explode from pain with a habanero. Damn, my tastebuds are no fun. :(


Hehehe! I can see the headlines now:

"Saddams WMDs Found In Mexico Buried In Carlos' Chili!" ( Film at eleven! )
LMAO :D

Check out this page, Eut. Might be interest in getting of listed items.
http://www.chilliworld.com/FactFile/Scoville_Scale.asp

i love the blair's 6am. it has a warning against actually using it! :p

Thanks to Smunkeeville, I found out that capsaicinoids, the chemicals in hot peppers which produce a burning sensation in the mouth, have been proven to supress cancer ( particularly prostate and breast cancer ).
True, but unfortunately only when applied as a poultice to the affected area.







(Waits to hear a bloodcurdling scream coming from somewhere over the pacific).