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So I participated a bit longer ago, the hottest pepper extract available at the time was called “The Source” rated at 7.1 million Scoville. To put that into perspective, Carolina Reaper peppers, depending on how well they’re grown, can reach 2.5 million Scoville.

I quit when they served a lemon sorbet with a large amount of that in it - which was the most sadist thing they could come up with in my opinion. Imagine you’re in a lot of pain from having suffered through all the enormously hot rounds before that one, and then they serve you something icy cold, which you are desperately longing for, but you also know it will inflict immense pain.

It’s like throwing a drowning man a barbed wire rescue rope.

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zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
As someone that grows super hots and has eaten the pods whole many times, that extract sounds like a nightmare. Extracts are both instantly hot (versus the more natural building up to the true hell) and either taste awful or taste like nothing at all. I am sure that was extremely unpleasant.

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- glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That particular extract tastes very awful, really bitter. There’s a British manufacturer named Grim Reaper who has figured out how to produce extracts that aren’t bitter, but “The Source” will ruin the taste of your food along with making it extremely hot.
  
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  - zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I imagine with a scoville rating that high, it would ruin it regardless, but thanks for letting me know to stay far away from it.
    
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    glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Definitely. I have stopped using extracts altogether, I go for best taste now, make my own sauces, I frequently attend Chili Festivals here in Berlin and I’ve tried hundreds of hot sauces. It’s become a hobby.
    
    But I will never, ever again participate in a hot food contest.
    
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modus@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Holy shit. Fucking Germans, man.

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- glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Um… thanks, I guess. I’m one too…
  
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  - Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I appreciate that you were efficient enough to know you could back out before consuming the frozen treat that melts your mouth along with it.
    
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    glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    To be honest I only backed out because some medics who were present took my blood pressure and emphatically recommended that I stop.
    
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  - modus@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Haha. I say that endearingly.
    
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    glorkon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Well, I don’t like it, but you definitely have a point. :)
    
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