So what does one do with Ghost Peppers?

[BarbJ]

I bought one just for fun to see how it would grow here. Didn't have any expectations.
But the darn thing is producing like mad. I have at least 7 pretty good sized green ones and dozens more coming. And this is in a 3 gallon pot! It's head got lopped off early so it has three main branches and is really quite a pretty plant.

So...other than repelling elephants and making scary tasting video's for Youtube , what do people do with these?

I like hot peppers, but mostly Serrano, Thai, and this year Joe's Long Cayenne, (which is awesome btw!)

Are they best dried? Or is it just for fun and not eating?

[Worth1]

You can make salsa but you only need a small amount.
In my opinion they are over rated too hot is too hot.

Food should have flavor not somthing to show off how hot you can make it.

Worth

[guruofgardens]

We make a fruit jam and then add 1 red bhut jolokia to the whole batch of 12 half pints. The sugar tones down the heat a bit and the flavor is awesome.

We also pickle chile peppers or jalapeños and add a few slices of the bhut to each jar. Great addition to sandwiches, hot dogs, etc.

You can always dry them, grind them into a powder, and add the powder to any casserole.

[Tom C zone 4/5]

Um, besides setting annoying neighbors (or neighbors children) on fire?

[RosaDawn]

Maybe make a homemade barbeque sauce with them..I purchased a bottle of bbq sauce several months ago that had the ghost peppers in it and it was awesome!!And flaming hot!!It loses some of its heat when you cook with it,but if you use it straight from the bottle as a sort of dip,it keeps its heat..

[Cole_Robbie]

I haven't tried it with a bhut, yet, but a habanero or three is great in a big pot of lentils. Add some rice, and it spreads the heat over a large amount of otherwise bland food.

[roper2008]

If you make chili, stew, or something similar. You can
spice it up by adding a little bit of ghost pepper. If you
dry it you'll have it alll winter to spice up your dishes.
You can also give it away to someone you know that loves
very hot, hot, peppers. I made ghost pepper powder
last year and gave it as a little christmas present to one
of my friends.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by roper2008

If you make chili, stew, or something similar. You can
spice it up by adding a little bit of ghost pepper. If you
dry it you'll have it alll winter to spice up your dishes.
You can also give it away to someone you know that loves
very hot, hot, peppers. I made ghost pepper powder
last year and gave it as a little christmas present to one
of my friends.

A one gram vile of ghost pepper powder would last me all year and I like hot stuff.

Worth

[BarbJ]

Thanks for all the ideas everyone!

So my BIL makes these veggie smoothies for his health, his doctor put him on a strict diet because of heart and diabetes problems. He can't have much salt anymore, so he's been adding a few of my other peppers (jalapenos, padrons, sweet heat, thai dragon and long cayenne's ) to the smoothies to give some kick to all the kale and other veggie juices.

Yesterday he took two red ripe ghosts even with all the warnings from us. He was undaunted, signed the waiver, and took them home. The report was that half a pepper would have been enough for 4 smoothies, and it was the hottest he'd ever had, but not as bad as he thought and he's still alive! lol!

But they may also not be as bad as they could be, because I've really babied these pepper plants and they only get 3/4 a day of sun (but it's still very warm in their area even in the shade). Lots of water too. Maybe because of that, none of them are really, really hot. I've been able to eat the jalapenos and even the long cayenne's right off the plant, crunching away on them as I water. (as long as I don't eat the seeds)

Anyway, I do have several friends who love reeeeally hot peppers, so I think I'll let the Ghosts get red ripe and dry them for powder and do the Christmas gift thing. Thanks again all!

[casino]

I grow ghost peppers and give them to the brother in law. (I dont want them, too hot for me, I prefer Datil peppers) Brother in law makes hot pepper jelly and gives them away as Xmas gifts. For him hotter is not better its the bragging rights.

[Doug9345]

Originally Posted by guruofgardens

You can always dry them, grind them into a powder, and add the powder to any casserole.

Don't do what one guy I know did. He was using his blender to grind Habaneros into power and took the lid off. It was quite a while before he could back into the kitchen.

[robeb]

You can use them in spaghetti sauce, pots of chili, salsa or in anything one uses spicy peppers in. If you don't want it hotter than Jalapeno or whatever your favorite chili pepper happens to be, use less.

The super hots are not all about heat. There are flavors that are unique to each type that you will get nowhere else.

Also, you can freeze them. They will retain all their heat and flavor.

There is no way I would grow anything that hot. It's way too dangerous in my opinion. Now if one was raised in a hot pepper culture then that is a different story but for the average Joe-Schmoe, I wouldn't touch them.

[Redbaron]

So what does one do with Ghost Peppers?

Make insecticide! Especially good on insects as big as a grizzly bear!

[frdlturner]

Hey Redbaron I resemble that bear LOL