Ouie ouie... Not very smart of me.

I was separating seeds from the thin membrane then planting the seeds into the seed tray. Should have used a glove handling the dried pods but I was being lazy and convinced myself that it would be okay since the pods are bone dry.

Then I rubbed my hand on the side of the nose... It's past midnight and there is no way I can go to sleep with the searing hot pain. I wish the pepper plant I was handling was something more mild like Jalpeno, or even serano (hotter) or even cayenne (hotter still) but oh nooo. It was ghost pepper pods and seeds. Scoville hot scale puts it at 800,000+. some even say its over a million. Jalpeno is only around 3,000-8,000 serano at 8,000 - 23,000 and cayenne at 30,000- 50,000. you can imagine its hottness.

I washed my hand with soap multiple times but my finger tips are now burning. my face has a red rash developing ouie ouie...

Maybe I'll grind up the ghost pepper (bhut Jolokai) into fine powder and give it away as red hot pepper powder. years ago, my BIL said he likes really hot food. so I sent him ground red pepper. He never asked for it again. I wonder why?? Man supposedly loves hot spicy food. Maybe I need to smoke it first to give it more depth in flavor.

I also need to return a favor to my neighbor. He gave me a piece of jerky that took away my breath. He said, he made it with something hotter than Dave's insanely hot pepper sauce. I think he can use some of my ground red hot pepper.