'Pepper X' Creator Ed Currie Tastes 10 Of The Hottest Peppers in the World | Epicurious
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- Smokin’ Ed Currie, founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, visits Epicurious to taste and rank 10 of the hottest chile peppers on the planet. As the pepper breeder who created the famous Carolina Reaper and a professional hot sauce maker, Ed knows a thing or two about flavor complexity and heat. See where each of these 10 peppers rank in his expert opinion.
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0:00 It’s Getting Hot In Here
0:31 Jalapeño
1:44 Orange Scorpion
3:41 Carolina Reaper
6:12 Peach Ghost
7:31 Chocolate Bhutlah
9:57 Red Scotch Bonnet (Crossed With Carolina Reaper)
12:00 Habanero
13:35 Cayenne
15:00 Fresno
16:48 Mustard Apocalypse
19:25 No Need For That, Thanks
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All these years we thought Ed enjoyed torturing people with insane peppers. Turns out he's tryna cure cancer.
Nice one, Ed... respect.
Burn the cancer out from within!
i'm making this youtube comment in the hopes that cancer cells will read it and start an autoimmune sequence. 🩺
Man I really hope they don't kill him for his cancer research
Capsaicin has been found to kill cancer cells but currently there's no safe way to administer it. Capsaicin works because it's hot. Take away the hotness, cancer cells don't die.
As a cancer survivor, I have nothing but a newfound respect for peppers, and for Smokin’ Ed as well.
Some guys pee their name in the snow. Ed Currie can pee his name into concrete.
😂😂😂😂
Genious, clever comment.! 😂😅🤣😂 it only hurts twice🌶🌶🌶😂🤣😂
wtf does that even mean
Lmao
I bet. His pith burns.
I just thought Ed Currie made the reaper for the spice, but to hear that he developed it while also trying to combat cancer... that's so wholesome 😭 what a guy
He has such a great backstory as well. You should check it out.
they way he describes the peppers, you just know he's built different. he reminds me of that icecream taster guy
He is obviously a professional pepper grower and breeder.
This man is like one of those cool science teachers who says he needs volunteers for a dangerous experiment, volunteers himself first, and then explains to the class what is happening to him while he suffers. That's a G right there
Met Ed Currie at the hot sauce festival in New Jersey last year. Super nice guy. He had us try a few sauces and we were DYING and he was like "yeah I use this one as a pizza sauce." The guy is an absolute animal.
Jesus christ
@Gumbo Smoked ghost pepper is delicious in mac and cheese
@@Iforgor572
AND all of his decipels!!
If he invites you for dinner:
RUUUUUUUUN!!🚨🔥💀
he inspired the eating video i did tonight.
he is so calm talking about peppers and its science while eating the spiciest stuff in the world wtf
Apparently he’s eaten thousands of Carolina reapers over the years so you’d expect him to be able to handle some hear
He's no different than say people in Thailand or India who eat what most of us would call really spicy food daily. They (and Ed) just get used to the heat so they have a different experience than we do. So he gets an enjoyment out of the Chocolate Bhutlah or the Mustard Apocalypse that I could never get because the heat would overwhelm the flavor, for me.
@@nanoflower1 I don't think many people could handle Carolina reapers just because they eat spicy food lol
It’s a skill to be able to do that for sure lol
calm? huh.
seriously though, why do i sense some trembling in his hands? old age perhaps? or may be caused by constant handling of hot peppers?
He’s absolutely right about the reaper being the hottest, but also the most flavorful. When I had one it tasted like blueberries and jasmine. Incredible pepper
This! If you go past the spice, they're definitely sweet and super floral! Definitely changed the way I see peppers. I used to hate them so much!
🤔🤨🧐
That’s why we Bangladeshi love Naga
LMAO
14:45 it makes me so happy to hear him say “this is my favorite pepper” because he sounds so happy
Nobody has just let Ed talk about peppers in any of the videos he's been in, this was amazing!
What? He has a wired interview from over 3 years ago lol
They also did a dirty jobs segment. That was funny. The crew was all dying just being in a room, the air was spicy. He laughed.
Been following Ed for a decade now. Man is an absolute legend. Watched him eat whole reapers like it was nothing. Watching him eat even small pieces of these peppers while explaining everything and keeping himself composed is great. The majority of these peppers would have the majority of people glowing red sweaty coughing messes. Don't be fool when this guy tells you they aren't hot. A Habanero is roughly 100 times hotter than a Jalapeno and most people agree jalapeno is at least a bit spicy.
Yeah, I thought it was funny when he said Habaneros have no heat. I bought some once, and I felt like I was dying.
@@justinstewart4889 And they are very flavorful, maybe the habaneros are different in the US. But here in Mexico, it is what i use to give my sauces flavor. Because even when using a little the flavor is unmistakable. So it is in no way "Bland". It is so flavorful, that some sauces are made just using two or three ingredients, using habanero.
There is a very good reason why it is one of the most popular peppers here in Mexico, it has medium heat and it is very flavorful.
But there was something quite weird about his habanero. I have never seen an habanero like the one he had, both in shape and size. Usually they are smaller and rounder. The most common kind I find here in Mexico is the orange kind. But there are also, red, yellow, brown, and green. Each having a different flavor. I do not remember the flavor of the red one, because I never buy it. My favorite is the orange one and it is the one used the most.
I can handle the heat well. But i tsp out at eating wjole trinidad scorpians
@@farrex0 I agree with you. I love the fruity flavor of orange habaneros. I also grow the red "Caribbean" habs and they are great. Noticeably hotter, and sweet with almost a hint of smoky flavor to me.
@@farrex0 mmm that sweet tangy smoky flavor of habaneros is really good.
Ed fed me some of his personal pepper extracts a couple years ago. His personal stash absolutely melted my mind.
Literally or figuratively melted? 😆
im going with Both. also rip your ahole Lard😜😝
@@Hypurian1
R.I.P. vs rip would have made a big difference in that sentence. 😂
Melted your a$$ too, probably.
@@austinlane5533both would probably be accurate LOL
“Gloves are for you guys. Not for me”
Way to assert your dominance, Ed. Let the public know who their father is.
Smokin' Ed Currie is an absolute legend, and he reportedly is growing other variants way hotter than the Reaper. The way he just puts down those peppers without even blinking and calls a ghost pepper "not even that hot" just tells you how much of a badass he is.
I'd do more than blink!
Yep if i recall correctly he said something about having the next 2 or 3 hottest lined up
He used one of those secret hotter ones for the hot ones sauce. I think he called it pepper X or something like that. He probably has them kept behind until someone beats his record so he can just claim it right back
@TotakekeSlider
Ed Currie is not a legend, Troy Primeux is the legend. The reaper is nothing but a 7 Pot Primo Currie renamed.
He's got a pepper called Apollo which hasn't been rated yet.
Smokin Ed Currie is a mad scientist! Love his work with Sean Evan’s and the Hot Ones team.
Hes a thief that stole 7pot seeds that he then sold as his own creation the ''Carolina Reaper''. If he is such a 'mad scientist' as you say, why did he not release a spicier pepper than the stolen 7pot Primo (Carolina Reaper)? Where is this Pepper X he is talking about for almost a decade?
Truth is, you drank the coolaid that Hot Ones served you, a turd nugget wrapped in pretty gifting wrap.
This guys presentation delivery style is awesome. He’s so chill for how hot the peppers are lol.
The last scene where he calmly put aside the milk is something lol. This guy is really a pepper master 😂.
I love how he talks about all these flavor notes, but 99% of people will never taste them due to the heat.
and a good third of those 1% were tricked into trying the inferno ones. ;-)
Yeah, I don’t normally pick up on the flavor profiles due to the heat. However, it’s the heat that I like about eating peppers. I do like the habanero peppers. For me it has the perfect amount of heat. I’ve tried hot sauces that are nothing but heat, and not enjoyable (to me anyways).
This fool out here making us all want to start eating peppers lol
@Jeremy Andrews ikr I tried some of the peppers he had and died. Idk how he does it 💀
@@dinoflagella4185agreed. There has to be more than just heat to a sauce or you might as well just stick your tongue on the stove top.
This guy is insane!!! No gloves and so calm eating peppers while calmly being informative with each one.. 🥵 respect to this mad guy 🤟🏼
really? the no gloves made me respect him less. ego isn’t a good look on anyone
@@amelade Absolutely no idea what you're talking about. From his interviews not wearing gloves is not just him being used to breeding 500+ types of peppers, he mentioned that high oil/capsaicin can chew through some gloves.
@@amelade Capsaicin can chew through food handling gloves. Speaking from experience. It's best to use washed hands.
This guy literally invented the Carolina Reaper. Google him. He breeds and eats peppers all day. He just has a high tolerance.
@@amelade I'm with you. What exactly is he achieving? It just means he has to scrub the hell out of his hands before he can touch his face or eyes, or go to the bathroom. ...Or touch anything really
I wish Ed collaborated with this team more often. They really gave a clarity to his message. He's a pepper mad scientist :)
It's amazing how likeable he is for someone who is responsible for so much pain and suffering
I love how excited, passionate and joyful he is, talking about flavors in depth and telling stories of breeding these beasts. Some of them being his own proud creations! Rich and diverse when it comes to taste and spiciness. Blessing us with his wisdom and love. He truly is the master of peppers.
He must be acquainted with simpsons seeds ( matt simpson) and the Clifton Chilli club.. in Engerland, not near Buckingham Palace. About 1hr 30 mins South southwest.
Once ate a fresh Carolina reaper and besides being in complete agony for two hours, I was so surprised by the taste.
It tasted like a fruit punch with mostly pineapple. Very unique and crazy good taste.
I had the same experience. Pure pain for 90 minutes and mulling fruit and pineapple. It was very strange.
The whole thing? is eating the whole thing dangerous or is it just not recommended. cos if its just not recommended im doing it
@@pinchylobster7392 Well.. if you don't have a heart condition or something in that nature i think you are fine.. But trust me, you only do that once xD
@@louisbuss6068 k cool, i bought some and was planning to eat then with my mates for a laugh but wasnt sure if it was genuinely unsafe or not, thanks
@@pinchylobster7392 only the ones not eating them are gonna laugh. Trust me😅
And one more thing. Don't do it if you have other plans that day... It's potentially gonna mess up your belly.. did for me.
I remember buying a carolina reaper at my local store with my friend when we were 13 years old. I will never forget that moment i cut it open without gloves and touched my eye.
He is testing all the peppers! What a boss! The heat would be insane.
This man is indirectly responsible for a lot of my coworkers suffering last summer. I grew the chilies and they accepted the challenge of eating them. It was hilarious.
Well done 👏
I read the first half thinking this was gonna be a Karen post but then burst out laughing at the end 😂
my coworker grew some carolina reapers and I was the only one at work that ate one 😂
@@Dangerstophe You ate the whole thing?!
@@Red-yz6fl yeah it was a terrible experience but kind of funny
What I really enjoyed about this was actually talking about the flavors beyond the heat. So many people only care about how hot it is, and they act as if that is all that matters, as if there is no other flavor.
I enjoyed hearing about the flavors too.
Same, but for me my heat tolerance is so low I literally can't taste anything else. But I want to know how to cook for people who do like spicy.
@@eyesofthecervino3366 I'm not a huge fan of heat, but I'm not against it overall. I like the idea of using it as another "taste" along with sweet/bitter/unami etc. I was thinking when I saw this of an absurd argument I got into. I don't like jalapenos in sushi. I just don't think it fits. I mentioned this, and got the "You just can't take the heat thing" And I was like, "No, it's not the heat, it's just bright and berry-like and it doesn't fit with the other tastes in the sushi, because it doesn't blend. IT's like jalapeno is the pepper that never lets you forget it's a type of berry." And the response . . . "Yeah you just can't take the heat." Whatever, just get this pepper out of my sushi, it doesn't play well with the rest.
@@pentalarclikesit822 that is one of the stupidest arguments I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen some pretty stupid arguments. One side giving totally reasonable information and opinions and the other being the ‘lol you aren’t as good as me’ stereotype.
personally i don't really like the taste of peppers. i look for inense heat with minimal flavor.
I love Smokin' Ed! Such a calm, nice guy, for someone who bred the last 3 hottest peppers on Earth! I'd love to have a beer with him and cook some spicy food
I love how he’s giving me a lesson on peppers because I love spicy things but I have a stomach condition. Meanwhile he’s eating them too . He’s giving me everything I need rn .
You can feel the love and genuine interest Ed has with peppers. Ed is a true boss!
Ed is the best and although I try, and try, to eat hotter peppers I just can't handle it beyond 12k Scoville - just started eating hot 10 years ago and trying to get over that bump. Totally appreciate his passion for these peppers and I do really think that either peppers, crustaceans, etc, could be the cure for breaking down some forms of cancer. It's natural and much research is being done in this area. Kudos to Ed and his passion!
Check out his origin story from years ago - classic!
Mouth is watering. I had a Carolina at my job during the dinner rush. Sous chef brought it cos I mentioned I like chile one day. 5 people ate one slice, only he and I were able to work while the rest were out, one dude shat himself and went home. It was my first kitchen job and I was only there for a week before I was tested like this, god I loved it. Kitchens man, they're crazy.
We always had different chillies and hot sauces in the kitchen at my old job. Our prep cook used to get new people by playing down how hot they were and having me eat some first since I'm a heat seeker and I have a great tolerance and love of hot peppers. He was on a mission to find a hot sauce or pepper that would put me down, which never happened.
@@zakkmylde1712 that sounds really fun and like a nice relationship
@@yuhyuh7603 it was a good time for sure and yeah it lead to me and him getting pretty close to the point that we still stay in touch even though we don't work together anymore. Occasionally we will still grab bottles of good hot sauces for each other.
I tried my first Carolina Reaper a week ago. Ate the whole one (not understanding the consequences). A rough transition from Habanero indeed. I coughed, cried and laughed at the same time lol
@yuh yuh Sounds exactly like my time working as sous chef at several different restaurants as well. My first job, the head chef and back manager wanted to "induct" me into new job, gave me a green chili based green curry to eat. I sat there and ate it like it was ice cream, even licked the plate. Both of the guys kept staring at me dumbfounded. Told them they had to do better than that. Then proceeded to teach them about how to eat and make good heat based dishes. They were amazed at the process. They were used to just putting in "hot" peppers into their dishes, with no understanding of the amazing flavor that some of these chillies have all by themselves. I felt kinda weird settling in because head chef was Vietnamese and owner was Indian (from India). They came from the best chili pepper origins on the planet, lol. Anyways, we bonded well, made some beautiful and tasty menus, and when I left, we'd made that restaurant go from a so-so place to eat, to one of the top 10 rated in the city. I was proud of my work and was proud to exchange my knowledge of peppers to them and our patrons.
Thank you Ed for your wonderful knowledge on peppers! Keep bringing the heat!
I can watch this video over and over again
This dude just out here handling these peppers without gloves on is a mad lad.
I did that once with habaneros and that night when I took my contacts out I wanted to rip out my entire eye, despite how many times I had washed my hands in between!
Can't even imagine what that pain would be like with a reaper.
Pro tip: Use high proof alcohol or a 5-to-1 ratio of water-to-bleach to help dissolve capsaicin from your skin before washing with dish soap for at least 30 seconds. Your eyeballs will thank you.
Did you wash with soap and use rubbing alcohol? That two method would have neutralized the capscacin oil very quickly. Just washing with water doesn't work.
@@TheDeathLove I used soap and water many times, but no rubbing alcohol. I now keep latex gloves under the sink whenever I'm cutting up peppers as I'm too afraid to go without again!
@@kylehedges6978 F
I've read recently that you may want to cover your hands in some sort of cooking oil and THEN wash with Dawn soap or other grease-cutting dish soap.
I order some of his peppers, sauces and seeds once or twice a year and he's always delivered and even gave me tips on which soil etc to use when planting the seeds in a separate mail.
Highly recommend to order peppers etc from him.
Smokin' Ed Currie... Can't say enough about this guy! Thankful for his Carolina Reaper, I grow a couple of plants each year. The guy has a great heart too.
He is insane! The spiciness of the habanero just isn’t there? That pepper is actually really spicy for most people! He is on another level.
Seriously haha and he said it has no flavor. His tongue is different. Habanero is really sweet and hot, emphasis on hot.
His tongue probably has multiple layers of callused skin at this point
Yea, habanero is about max I would eat. Its usually around 300k scoville, which is more than 3x times of max heat jalapeño (that usually doesnt go over lets say 70-80k).
That said I did have Carolina Reaper and if you dillute it enough, you get a lot of different flavours (and obviously a metric ton of heat).
Still I think for most ppl habanero is usually the ceiling. Can be trained ofc. Some really hot peppers are kinda worth the pain and after a while one doesnt notice it that much.
He just wants for habanero to lose popularity, it is a very spicy peper and really sweet
This guy has tried so many different peppers I guess he is underwhelmed by the flavor now
The fact that he is the same guy who made
1) the hottest pepper in the world 2) the last dab and so many more hot sauce for hot ones
You know he is the one best for this kind of stuff
False. Troy Primeaux is responsible for the hottest pepper in the world, 7 Pot Primo. Ed Currie is responsible for renaming the thing and marketing it.
@@jasonstrickland9245 Since when is the 7 pot primo the hottest pepper?
@@jasonstrickland9245 stop the cap lmao
@@trijim9485 its not cap. The reaper and primo are practically identical. It's said that Troy sent out seeds early on and Ed got his hands on them. Primos came out several years before the reaper did
@@jasonstrickland9245 It's not definitive. It's hard to say. I feel like this could be put to bed by simply testing to determine if the two peppers come from the same origins. Both creators claim 2 different breeds were crossed to make their respective peppers.
My duuuuuuuude. I’ve met him a few times, great guy.
“All of this is happening because I like it”
- Ed Currie
No truer words have every been spoken when it comes to something you genuinely enjoy.
Many thanks for making this video. So much info and very well presented.
I would absolutely love to see Ed on HotOnes
My freshman year of high school, we got to do a science project on whatever we wanted to, so I did it on hot peppers, and spent a lot of time watching and listening to smokin' Ed doing interviews and stuff, out of the entire class I was the most well put together project. I talked about how capsaicin boosts your metabolism, I also mentioned and referenced how capsaicin is being used for cancer treatment. I'd love to meet Ed one day, but as for now I'll just keep enjoying his many gifts to the world.
I love how chill he is!!! I MUST add,his education about these peppers is so endearing. You can tell he is VERY passionate about what he does.
I love "chilli" is too
(I tried)
This was a very informative an interesting video. Dude is passionate about peppers.
Can’t believe I watched this in full but it was wonderful! Full of information and I am amazed at him and his tolerance towards heat. I THINK JALAPEÑOS ARE SPICY and I might have eaten other peppers when eating Korean/Indian food, but I look horrible when I eat spicy food. He looks like he’s eating an apple. 😂 I am growing super hot peppers for fun (in addition to sweet that I actually eat) so this gave me great information on what to try growing next year. I give them away but I can feel my fingers tingle when I harvest. 🥵 Major kudos to those who can taste flavors instead of just burning pain. 😆
I love this channel. Every episode is full of useful informations
Y'all need to put in the title the fact that THE Smokin' Ed is reviewing this... some know the name much more than the face 😅😅 still love that he's here - the spiciest most chill man alive😊
"some know the name much more than the face"
Advertising does indeed work.
I went through a hot pepper phase a few years ago. I built up to and cooked with ghost pepper regularly, and ate a whole Carolina reaper as a demonstration for a friend. I was ok with it, and didn’t require relief to tolerate it and cool down. I will say this- I was aware of where that pepper was in my body for the next 16 hours or so. Something in the area of my pancreas was angry for the next couple of days as well. I can say I’ve done it, and I believe I did it well, but would I do it again? Probably not.
Slow and steady wins the race. Having a "hot pepper phase" involving suddenly eating extremely spicy peppers when you're not used to it never ends well.
I love how almost every superhot Ed eats is ''not heat at all'' or ''barely any heat'' when most people would pretty much panic from the heat :D
My tolerances are not quite at the superhot level, and I draw the line at half of a carolina reaper pod.
I would love so spend the day with this guy just chilling & eating all kinds of peppers.
I had no idea he made the Carolina Reaper in an effort to cure cancer! That's awesome good on ya Ed!
In other interviews he said he made it just for the high, because he said he gets a high from eating them and wanted something spicier. 🤷Who knows.
@@jklfds85 I remember that too, he kicked drugs but missed the endorphins and crazy hot peppers did the trick so he eventually created the Carolina Reaper pepper
Me: Doesn't like hot peppers.
Also me: Watches this entire video from start to finish.
Same
It's important to know your enemy. XD
It's like a field study on psychopaths
I'm a pus*y. Jalapeños are my limit. I've tried going up, but I get really bad hiccups . Hats off to this guy.
The carolina reaper was one of the best flavor peppers I've ever eaten. If the heat wasn't so intense it would be my favorite. Thanks for making them even if I can't handle them heat wise.
Ed is a HERO. I love folks with passion to... whatever it is. Absolute maniacs that drive our understanding of the surrounding world.
Not just a great grower and innovator, but a great educator. Thanks Ed, keep at it!
"The heat? .. Is stupit" 😂 Love it
Thank you Ed for your service!
I love seeing people who are very knowledgeable, passionate, and intelligent about something they love and enjoy
I’m soooooo glad someone mentioned the seeds have no heat! So many chefs tell you to remove the seeds if you don’t want it hot! Finally! Finally! We have it on TH-cam for the record.
I KNOW!!!! IVE ALWAYS SAID THE SEEDS ARNT WHERE THE HEAT IS!!! THANK GOODNESS I KNEW I WASNT CRAZY!
Worst thing is.. anyone can test if this is true or not, and guess what. Still, so many people continues to propagates this. It's really annoying to see this in every video with peppers as ingredients.
I know! So anoying
The seeds & placenta (pith) are where the heat (& bitterness if any) are, as well as anywhere the capsaicin pools obviously...
I KNEW IT
Insane! This is one of the best presentations I've seen!
Smokin' Ed giving his take on peppers?! I will happily watch it.
Mr. Ed and his peppers really opened my eyes to the benefits, flavor, and pain of all things hot. He really is a role model in my life.
At my first job as a chef, the head chef and back manager wanted to "induct" me into the new job by giving me a green chili based green curry to eat. I sat there and ate it like it was ice cream, even licked the plate! Both of the guys kept staring at me dumbfounded. Told them they had to do better than that. I then proceeded to teach them about how to eat and make good heat based dishes. They were amazed at the process. They were used to just putting in "hot" peppers into their dishes, with no understanding of the amazing flavor that some of these chillies have all by themselves. I felt kinda weird settling in because the head chef was Vietnamese and owner was Indian (from India). They came from the best chili pepper origins on the planet, lol. Anyways, we bonded well, made some beautiful and tasty menus, and when I left, we'd made that restaurant go from a so-so place to eat, to one of the top 10 rated in the city. I was proud of my work and I was proud to provide my knowledge of peppers to them and our patrons.
In a world full of hate and bad news lately its nice to read a story like this ^_^ food you came up with sounded great
Shut up!
I had a friend who used to grow hot peppers and had me try a ghost pepper rib he said the best way to not feel the heat is the back of the tongue those taste buds don't have a heat sensory so I tried it, he would always tear up and was waiting for me to. I never did and that was after 4 ribs. It really worked!
Today on things that never happened
This man brought so much pain into this world. Kudos to you Sir!
A wonderful flavorful pain!!
I’m breaking a sweat and salivating just watching this. It’s like my senses are getting a flashback to the times I almost died eating hot peppers 😅
This was excellent, thank you Ed!!
Love how this isn't just another hot pepper challenge. This guy loves his peppers and I respect that.
I'm absolutely not a pepper connoisseur and I know very little about them, and my tolerance for heat is around average, but I once ate an entire carolina reaper on the back of a dare. My first thought was that the flavour was wonderful, very fruity and floral. That lasted about five seconds, right up until my throat caught fire, which lasted the next fifteen agonising minutes 😂
My point is, I can appreciate that the pepper was made not just to be hot, but a pleasantly flavoured fruit in its own right. So many hot sauces and peppers are just hot for the sake of hot, and taste of nothing at best, or are unpleasant tasting at worst.
This just means you are an average person, like the majority of us. ;-)
Like Da Bomb on hot ones. That's made only to be as hot as the sun and supposedly tastes really bad. Pretty sure there hasn't been a single guest on that show that actually liked it lmao
im sure you pooped out raxor blades later on lol 🫣😄
@@rminter44 I got lucky, actually. One of the prerequisites to agreeing with the dare was that I got to go buy a 2 litre carton of milk beforehand. I drank the whole thing in the first ten minutes of eating the pepper. I don't know if you've ever had that much milk before, but about thirty minutes later I vomited the whole thing back up, reaper included.
So you know, "lucky".
I felt the same with those Korean spicy noodles that everyone was doing challenge videos with. The original ones are actually really nice and flavourful as well as really spicy, but I feel like since all the 2x and 3x ones are just hot for the sake of being hot
A true mad scientist. Love you Ed!
Great Video Ed! Was easy to follow and understand.Very good Information .
Loved this video! This format is perfect - really interesting to see the history and structure, and the chart was a great visualization. I learned so much - thank you Ed Currie and Epicurious!
I once grew Carolina Reapers using hydroponics just to check how hot they are and I totally agree with Ed, just a little tiny part of the pepper is enough to make you sweat like crazy.
I also love the story that he replaced smokin' pot with eating hot peppers. What a legend :D
Hot peppers are even better on weed
Wasn't he arrested for cultivation of marijuana? He used his love for growing things and getting high to grow peppers
@Yuck Foutube must've been a low end reaper and high end scorpion, some scorpions get up to 2 mil right?
Capsaicin releases endorphins like cocaine and cocaine is way more addictive than weed so maybe that's what happened?? Lol
@@seanarmstrong7767 I actually felt a little high when I ate that little part of the Reaper, so that might be the case :D
I love seeing how passionate Ed is about peppers. I'm also a fan of flavorful heat and various peppers, but my tolerance is nowhere near his. 😅
We both agree that Scotch Bonnet peppers are awesome! I use all the Jamaican Scotch Bonnets in my cooking all the time. It adds great heat with so much flavor.
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You are a hero! Thank you for the video!
It takes a true creator to be both proud of something they made, but also to wholeheartedly acknowledge "This is stupid."
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT!!!! All these chefs saying “the seed is where the heat is” YALL ARE PROFESSIONAL COOKS AND YOU CSNT FIGURE OUT WHERE THR HEAT IN A PEPPER COMES FROM??!!
Ed's passion for peppers is genuinely infectious! Hail the pepper King!
I love how enthusiastic this man is about peppers
FINALLY!
Somebody, rightfully so, calling a pepper a FRUIT!
Thank You Ed!
Despite the fact that he’s only taking tiny slices of those super hot peppers, it just blows my mind he just chews through them like that. I really like spicy food, and I know just how hot those peppers are, and that hit me like a truck.
yeah anything jalapeno would have me rolling
You gotta chew them, otherwise they'll get stuck, he says. Ouch....
I love this dude's passion for peppers.
I always thought I had a decent heat tolerance, but hearing Ed say that ghost peppers are barely hot just tells me I gotta step my game up
the human body is astounding. you can adapt to the heat as long as you eat it regularly.... of course you have to get passed the pain for a few weeks anyway.
Once you been eating hot peppers for awhile, you realize ghost peppers aren't that hot. I grew up eating hot peppers and to me they barely have any spice
This guy is a legend. I can’t even eat spicy foods but I know this guy!! He’s been in so many documentaries and shows now, he’s awesome!
Thank you for everything you do and have done, Ed. Means a whole bunch to us folks that chase that spice dragon.
This guy is a legend
He’s clearly very bias, but he also is clearly a pepper genius.
I could watch a 300 pepper version of this, please more!
I have a feeling the Epicurious is going break their records of most views and likes. Cause of the appearance of Smokin Ed Currie
Thank you Ed for humble way you represent South Carolina.
🌙🌴 Love that guy.
I grew a bunch of Ed's peppers a few years back. The reapers are no joke! my favorite is definitely the pink sweet habanero, has a sweet flavour like mangetout peas with a heat I could just handle.
Love seeing Ed on here, his sauces and peppers are absolutely amazing. Nobody knows and loves peppers more than this man.
The fact that he doesn’t find Habanero peppers hot tells me he’s insane 😂😂😂🤣
I can imagine that when he gets very sad he says “I am going to cry.” And a single tear falls down his face.
4:43 When the cross section of a chili pepper looks like a flame, you know it’s gonna be hot
He doesn't just preach, but practises it as well. Respect.
For someone who thinks jalapeños are the hottest pepper I'll ever have, this was very entertaining.
I remember a few years back. When the Carolina Reaper craze hit. It was the hottest pepper in the world. He did an interview where he claimed to have 3-4 other pepper breeds that were even hotter than the reaper. He said he wouldnt release them until another pepper dethroned the reaper. Then another pepper came along and the breeder claimed it was a million scovilles hotter than the reaper. Then, a few months later. Ed released pepper x which was 2 million scovilles hotter than the reaper. He even said that out of those 3-4 other breeds pepper x was the lowest in scovilles. So he has atleast 2 other pepper breeds that are even hotter than pepper x. This man has ALL the aces up his sleeve.
Gotta agree abt Cayenne, it is so good with literally everything. I love it on my roasted sweet potatoes, also with smoked paprika.
I love how the Carolina Reaper just turns into a flame when you cut it and remains that way with each cut. That thing is letting you know it's a dangerous and hot pepper 😂
It does look like a flame! How cool 🔥
A guy named Currie eating hot peppers. Amazing
great video, very informative, thanks, it was a good watch :)
I have chronic pain issues (a genetic disorder with a 1-2 combo of tumors that grow off nerves and just makes the nervous system malfunction) and the endorphin rush of spicy food can help on a really bad day.
I'm sure Ed has more varieties in his garden, but I wish he would introduce more Asian chili peppers. We have so many !!