As you know I didn’t want you to help me I just wanted to follow the instructions. The challenge part was because everything I read said reapers would take a long time to germinate if they germinated at all because I had such a late start :).īasically I wanted to try the instructions from your Pepper Seed Starting Guide. Instead, Jesse said “challenge accepted.” 🙂 She said this as well: I warned her that she probably won’t get much (if any) of a harvest. » Related: Where to Buy Carolina Reaper Seeds Online ( Carolina Reaper seeds can take 4 to 6 weeks to germinate.) I just didn’t think we’d have time to grow them from seeds. The problem is that super hot chillies can take longer to germinate. I got a late start to my planting season, but Jesse really wanted some Carolina Reapers. (Wear gloves, goggles and a mask for protection!) Instead, Reaper peppers are excellent for flavoring soups, stews and sauces. You have to work up to that level of heat! That is assuming you don’t already eat super hot chillies on a regular basis. I’ll definitely harvest them whenever the plants are pruned.Ĭarolina Reaper peppers are insanely hot and eating them raw isn’t advised. They are large and taste like a delicious, peppery spinach. On the other hand, I have eaten Carolina Reaper leaves. (Personally, I’ll probably just try a small part of the tail when it’s ready. I haven’t tasted raw Reaper peppers because our chillies haven’t ripened yet. The Carolina Reaper is described as having a fruity, sweet taste with a hint of cinnamon and chocolate undertones, as well as being hot.
Here’s a quote from the Guinness World Records that describes what the Carolina Reaper tastes like. Sure doesn't sound like anything anyone would even try to eat, but it seems like our taste buds can't get enough.I have to warn you… Carolina Reaper plants are huge! Be sure to make a note of their size if you grow them too. He says he has spent about $12,000 to get the Guinness Book Of Records to call his pepper the hottest, presenting the organization with the evidence from Winthrop's lab, where chemist Cliff Calloway has been testing exactly how hot the peppers are.Ĭalloway says that, on average, Currie's pepper tests out to be the hottest in the world, having the chemical composition similar to pepper spray. That's why Currie is paying a pretty penny for the right to be called the hottest pepper in the world. Shortly after the Ghost Pepper from India became the world's hottest pepper, native Australian pepper the Butch T Scorpion topped it. Like most businesses on the rise, there's healthy competition. He has filed for the trademark on "Smoking Ed's Carolina Reaper" that would give him the sole right to use that phrase on sales of peppers and seeds. "When I look at my children, I see peppers."Īs the business has grown, Currie has had to protect himself.
"I pretty much work on peppers all the time," Currie said. Currie says he'll harvest about 17 million peppers this year on his land in South Carolina and could make as much as $1 million selling the seeds and mixing his peppers into a paste that he sells to hot sauce companies. Technomic's data reflects that 2013 is the first year ever that a majority of Americans say they prefer hot or spicy sauces, dips or condiments.Īll this data is music to the ears of Ed Currie, an unrelenting grower of pepper pain and father of the Carolina Reaper. and you can see how salsa has pushed past ketchup as the nation's top-selling condiment. Red Robin rolled out a burger with a scorching ghost pepper sauce last year and, this week, unveiled its new Island Fire line, which features sandwiches and burgers with a habanero sauce.Ĭombine that with a rising Hispanic demographic - now making up 17 percent of the U.S. The leading brand of sriracha hot chili sauce sold 20 million bottles last year. From 2010 to 2012, the mention of the word "spicy" on fast food menus was up nearly 15 percent, according to food industry consulting firm Technomic. In the last few years, the average American has sought to add more spice to their meal and the food industry has obliged.
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