What to do with 50+ bhut jolokia peppers!

[mixxedbagg]

I got a couple of bhut jolokia pepper plants (the 'ghost chile' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhut_Jolokia ) this spring because I love REALLY hot food and I was curious. Well, the jolokias did WAY better than expected and I got over 50 peppers. These things are pure fire...I've used 2 of them so far and they are WAY hotter than a habanero. I sauteed one and put it on a burger, which actually turned out to be nearly unbearable. Then I put one in a crock pot of chili...and I don't think I could have handled TWO in that crock.

I wanted a way to preserve those peppers, so I smoked a batch on the grill and now I have another batch in the dehydrator. (Had to plug it in the garage because the fumes are eye-watering.)

Anyway, I know I'm not going to make 50 crock pots of chili this year. Now I'm trying to think of other good ways to use these things besides pulling pranks on people. I tried to give some to friends who like hot stuff, but I didn't have any takers.

[jentz]

I have a few here,I'm drying them on paper on a counter top.Slow natural dry.I grind them and use them as I call shakey's.put them in a pepper shaker as you would find in Italian restaurants. I also save some seed for next year.

I always use peppers that way when its late in the year and frost is comming.

[RebelSS]

I too, had a bunch of those from my 'cuz in Mexico.....after recovering from taking a bite out of one, I air dried mine completely and have kept them in a stoppered glass bottle. Once they rehydrate in chili, etc., they're still pretty hot. I've had mine for over a year.

[GatorBait]

The hottest pepper in the world. There so intense, I wouldn't find it enjoyable in most food dishes. jentz has a good idea with the shakey's though, that would help consume some of them.

[flyfisher03]

I've just tossed other chili peppers whole in a freezer bag and into the freezer. When they thaw they are mushy but I normally use them in chili anyway so the texture doesn't really matter.

[hoggs222]

I would love to take a couple off of you hands. My roommate is extreme with peppers and I have a buddy in Arizona that for some reason keeps telling me that the New Mexico hatch peppers, once they ferment are hotter. I DOUBT IT!

[icehousebob]

So far, I haven't seen the seeds for them. Where do you get them? One of my sons raises a bunch of pepper varieties, including Habenaros and Thai Purple Dragons. But I think he would enjoy trying these.