Growley
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I figured I'd stick this in the Pipe techniques section as a "what not to do" to get great flavor out of your tobacco. Sure, there are the obvious ones, don't smoke tasteless tobacco, don't smoke it too hot and so on. But I stumbled upon one the other day that I'm afraid has ruined my taste buds forever...ok, probably not forever, but so far it feels that way.
The other day, when I was at a conference, one of the guys brings me a chili pepper and says, "this is one of Luis' special peppers, we tried it so you should too." Knowing Luis was into ghost peppers and all things ridiculously hot, I knew this one was going to be hot. And knowing that this particular pepper was one of his ghost pepper hybrids, born and bred to be even more hot than the ghost pepper, I knew I was in for it.
I informed the offerer that I was about to head out and smoke a pipe, and that I didn't want to completely ruin my taste buds. But alas, I reverted to my college days and couldn't bear to pass up the challenge.
The piece of pepper I put in my mouth was probably the size of a sunflower seed....and it LIT ME UP! I swear, it was like a thousand bees stinging the inside of my mouth in unison. My lips burned, my eyes watered and my nose ran. I was too on fire to worry about tasting the tobacco that day, but I've realized that I still can't taste much over a two weeks later. I even took an entire week off with no smoking at all.
I'm beginning to wonder how much damage I've done, if it was the pepper, or just something else.
Just wanted to share.
The other day, when I was at a conference, one of the guys brings me a chili pepper and says, "this is one of Luis' special peppers, we tried it so you should too." Knowing Luis was into ghost peppers and all things ridiculously hot, I knew this one was going to be hot. And knowing that this particular pepper was one of his ghost pepper hybrids, born and bred to be even more hot than the ghost pepper, I knew I was in for it.
I informed the offerer that I was about to head out and smoke a pipe, and that I didn't want to completely ruin my taste buds. But alas, I reverted to my college days and couldn't bear to pass up the challenge.
The piece of pepper I put in my mouth was probably the size of a sunflower seed....and it LIT ME UP! I swear, it was like a thousand bees stinging the inside of my mouth in unison. My lips burned, my eyes watered and my nose ran. I was too on fire to worry about tasting the tobacco that day, but I've realized that I still can't taste much over a two weeks later. I even took an entire week off with no smoking at all.
I'm beginning to wonder how much damage I've done, if it was the pepper, or just something else.
Just wanted to share.
