Today one fell off. It was an almost black red colour of indistinct shape and had blown off because it was next to the open window and in a fairly stiff breeze - what to do? So, in goes the thumb nail to dig a tiny bit out along with some juice, then a quick suck of the thumb for a taste test. Wrong move ... ever so ever the wrong move. It was a Trinidad Scorpion!
Trinidad Scorpions are the second hottest chilli in the whole Universe and to put it in the perspective of a chilli you might know it is almost 200 times hotter than a Jalapeno. This happened in the late afternoon and I was in real tears. Nothing but nothing would take the burn away, not iced water, not cold milk, not cold orange juice: nothing. The burn just kept going. I am still only on cold drinks, but a few shots of voddy and Irn-Bru appear to be numbing the pain a bit. I might have to have a few more just to make sure.
