Well, I'm proud of you Rick and I gave you a thumb up AND an acorn just for facing your fears and trying the powder plain. Instead of being afraid to try them in food, you now know how much, or how little you need to use to make any dish scorching hot, or just pleasantly spicy. You start talking to people about hot food and you will find out how many people really love this stuff, and you will also meet people who crave the most heat they can have and people who just like a little. The powder losses what I call the searing affect so it is easier to work with. If you want to learn about the searing affect, just try a small piece of the top part of that fresh Primo. If you try an 1/8 inch square piece, it won't be near enough to make your insides all upset, but you will get a small idea of what it is like to eat just a slice of one. Eating a whole one is something even I am not willing to do. Actually you just found out, but if you use it in vodka you will find that alcohol is a good organic solvent. The vodka will be hot, but instead of the heat lingering in the mouth and throat, the alcohol helps to wash down a lot of the heat, but it does feel real warm going down.
And of course, I know it is hard for me to remember when I get fresh pepper oil in my eye by accident, it isn't damaging any tissue. I'ts always a comforting thought
I would almost bet money that you may remember this day that you tried just a little. If you stick with the bhut, you will try a little more on some food, and then you might start using it more often. Then you find that you can use a little more on the right dish, and then 5 years later, you end up being like me. I personally don't really love the scorpions for taste, you mentioned a bit in your email along the same lines. Red Brain Strains and Primos taste better to me, but that may come later. The scorpions are twice the scovilles of the bhuts, but primos are 30% hotter than the scorpions. Mmmm Play with your bhut powder on some different things and if you start getting used to it let me know, and I'll send you up a small packet of the primo for free, like you got with the smoked bhut powder I sent you. You got try to some of that in some BBQ baked beans! Soon Franklin gets to tell us what he tried it on. I sent him regular and smoked bhut powder samples. Enjoy all. Tom
