I've got three nice looking Orange Habanero plants growing out on my back deck, the plant has been flowering and early stage fruiting all over the place. A member here educated me about the first pepper to ripen, usually small, possibly very potent known as the King or Crown fruit. Well I had one develop and ripen well before any others on the plant and yesterday decided to eat it. I took a little tiny sliver, chewed it up, about 10 seconds and the burn started to kick in but was very tolerable. So I cut it in half and ate that portion, and WOW, FIRE…it was the hottest damn thing I've ever eaten in my life. Eyes watering, mouth ablaze…then ate the other half and my god, what a ride. I believe I experienced the endorphins rush I hear about as I felt a little giddy, almost like a happy little high, while I was tearing up and drooling. I experienced the burn for a good solid 20 minutes and was gargling with ice water and spitting it into the sink. A pleasant agony…I am not experienced with these kind of peppers at all, hottest thing I've eaten to date are commercial Jalepenos and a friend who grew hots turned me on to the Thai Dragons several years ago. A few days ago I ate a tiny Thai Dragon crown fruit and that thing was quite impressive also, but nothing like this Orange Habanero. I do believe this is going to be my limit for heat….I have another tiny Orange Habanero crown fruit I picked this morning, this one is about half the size as the one I ate last night. Damn things pack a serious punch!! Getting excited for a good harvest of these Orange Habeneros, and my Thai Dragons are fruiting Wonderfully also….I've got Jalepeno's going also…
by timmybird1
