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I plan on drying them and then grinding (carefully in a well ventilated area) into powder. I generally take various hot peppers and make my own powder that I give to the guys I work with. Some will be smokes and dried and others just dried.
Last year at Christmas I made a batch with 8 or 9 different peppers with different ranges of flavor and hotness and it was great. So they are now waiting for more.
Ok, so Scorpion peppers are done growing (I got 9 good size ones).
So I also had the following growing and picked:
Habaneros - 6
Thai Chili - 20+_
Scotch Bonnet - 8
Ghost - 8
Cayenne 12+
I bought some:
Hungarian Hot - 12
Habaners - 24
All of these were dehydrated and then ground into a powder (make sure to do this outside, just WOW)
I now have all of this is a glass jar and need to do something with it. I made some quick tomato salsa the other day and sprinkled a bit in and it was hot (as expected).
I am thinking of making a nice rub with it for those that like a little heat.
Hmmmmm yeah....I'd make a nice paste using some olive oil and add (starting small) enough powder to get the heat level you like. Then, it's easily duplicated again. Rub the paste all over a nice butt or chucky and smoke away....pure goodness with no additives...Willie