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16238502 No.16238502 [Reply] [Original]

How do you make peppers less hot?
I bought a Carolina Reaper plant and I'm hoping to grow some peppers this year. I do like spicy food but I don't think I'll be able to handle these. Is there a way to process them that removes a lot of the capsaicin? They don't have to be totally mild, but maybe bring them down to a level that is edible for a normal person? I've read some stuff about soaking them in booze for a while, anyone ever try that?

>> No.16238509

>>16238502
Why don't you grow a less spicy pepper?

>> No.16238510

>>16238502
Grow milder chili, retard.

>> No.16238514

>>16238502
We had this thread a few days ago
>Remove seeds
>Boil them
>Boil them in milk
>Use a smaller ratio of pepper to everything else
>Insert in pooper

>> No.16238523

Milk

>> No.16238538

>>16238514
It's not the seeds that makes a pepper hot, it's the little whiteish part in the middle that connects the seeds to the body. Cut that off and you should be good to go.

>> No.16238564
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>> No.16238611

>>16238514
>>Boil them in milk
Could you do this then use the milk for marinating chicken or would it be spoiled?

>> No.16238619

>>16238502
Soak them in vodka.

>> No.16238620

>>16238564
lel

>> No.16238634

>>16238509
>>16238510
I probably will next year. Just happened across these for sale at a plant shop and figured I'd try it. The plant itself is doing really good. I just thought it'd be a waste to not be able to eat the peppers it makes. Supposedly the flavor is pretty good, but the stupidly high capsaicin content makes them basically inedible.

>> No.16238643

>>16238611
Milk goes bad due to bacteria,
You should be good to use it as a marinade

>> No.16238766

>>16238634
Just use them sparingly and dry extras. But yes, Carolina Reapers have one of the best flavors, IMO.

>> No.16238912

>>16238502

Kys for not being able to literally eat a little plant

If beaners can eat them without problem, why can't you do it?

>> No.16238955

>>16238502
Less nitrogen in the soil will make them milder

>> No.16238960

>>16238955
This seems like it would be hard to adjust short term

>> No.16239038

>>16238643
Sounds really appealing, thanks anon

>> No.16239157

Use less

>> No.16239170

>>16238502
First off >>16238509

But barring that, just treat them well in the fruiting phase. They develop more capsaicin due to environmental stresses. You can also test the peppers and only plant seeds from the mildest ones.

>> No.16239209

>>16238912
"beaners" don't eat the carolina reaper man. The spiciest they seem to eat is the habanero, and it's only like 100k-350k on the scoville scale. The reaper is over 2 million. Nobody really eats them alone, they eat them prepared as part of a sauce or a tiny amount cooked into a larger dishes. But I am interested in the flavor of the pepper (and a small bit in the heat, but I don't want to torture myself). I'd be interested in reducing their heat after picking (seems like alcohol is the way to go here). Maybe even pickle some to see if that helps.

>> No.16239255

all of you are enormous faggots

>> No.16239270

>>16239209
The flavour's a bit more ghost pepper than habanero - more of that earthy, raisin, charred onion thing happening. They're (obviously) unpleasant on their own, but they do pickle and cook down nicely. Still hot, but a lot calmer than I expected.

>> No.16239277

>>16239209
But, as >>16239170
said, water and fertilize well, without killing them, once they start sprouting peppers, and you should wind up with larger, milder peppers.

>> No.16239279

>>16239255
Takes one to know one fag

>> No.16239365

>>16239255
this

>> No.16239450

>>16238502
Ate about a 1/4 of on of these on a dare. Hurt so bad it was painful to breath but i got a good 15 min dopamine high after. Glad i did it but probably wouldnt do it again.

>> No.16239463

>>16239270
I don't get that at all

I think reapers are sorta like habaneros, except not as metallic

Also, often times reaper burn comes on slowly, so you can taste it pretty easy before it goes full lava mode

>> No.16239489

>>16239209
2 million Scoville? What's that, like 3 jalapennos? Just admit you're a pussy bitch who can't handle a little heat that brown people eat everyday.