This week's PhotoHunt theme is "HOT!"
It's been a wickedly hot summer here in NC (officially the hottest on record, they say), but none of the photos I've taken recently show how sweltering it's been. I couldn't find anything else for this theme in my archives but then inspiration struck in my local grocery store.
Habanero peppers. Beautiful but eat at your own risk! I once made a Jamaican stew using one of these peppers, and it was so hot that it was inedible. I had to throw it out in the yard.
Wasabi peas. Love these things even though they make me cry~
Hot candy. I've never tried it.
Texas Pete Hot Sauce. Love this stuff, but the name is misleading. It's been made here in North Carolina since 1929. I guess they didn't think "North Carolina Pete" would inspire people to buy a hot sauce, and Texas does have a spicier reputation.
Texas Pete is pretty mild as far as hot sauces go. It's vinegar-based so it's really more sour than spicy, but the flavor is good. It has a score of 737 on the Scoville Heat Scale. By contrast, those deadly habaneros' score is 100,000 - 350,000!
Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend. Keep cool out there. Happy long holiday weekend to those of you celebrating Labor Day.
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Comments (21)
Love your take on the theme! :)
Posted by Sue St Clair | September 3, 2010 9:05 AM
Posted on September 3, 2010 09:05
Hi Annie, this is a great take on the theme. Spicey hot never even crossed my mind. Great collection of hot photos and I love that link. I didn't know there was a hot scale. I use tobasco here and there to spice things up and was surprised to learn how low it is on the scale. Makes me wonder about the one's high up there. :)
Keep cool too and have a great long holiday weekend.
Posted by Kathy (Trekcapri) | September 3, 2010 9:23 AM
Posted on September 3, 2010 09:23
Great take on the theme. Did you know that if you eat something with really hot peppers, what helps the most is then drink milk. Milk helps more than water. I was told that and was surprised how well it worked. This has been an unbelievably hot summer, relentless. Happy weekend.
Posted by Carver | September 3, 2010 11:54 AM
Posted on September 3, 2010 11:54
You cornered this theme so fabulously. Those are truly HOT!!!!
Have a lovely long weekend.
Posted by ewok | September 3, 2010 12:10 PM
Posted on September 3, 2010 12:10
Those peppers are very HOT. I love how you composed that photo.
Posted by And Miles To Go... | September 3, 2010 2:04 PM
Posted on September 3, 2010 14:04
Hot stuff. I've never seen wasabi peas before. Have a great wekend
Posted by jams o donnell | September 3, 2010 4:28 PM
Posted on September 3, 2010 16:28
I love your HOT theme! Habaneros are not for sissies, so that leaves me out!
Posted by nancyhol | September 3, 2010 6:27 PM
Posted on September 3, 2010 18:27
Wonderfully different take on this theme. Those peppers look so gorgeous too.
Happy weekend to you
Posted by jmb | September 3, 2010 6:42 PM
Posted on September 3, 2010 18:42
I've tried those hot tamales. Strangely enough, they tasted to me like chewing tobacco (which I also tried some of that summer that I spend doing archaeology in the southwest)! :O
Posted by YTSL | September 3, 2010 8:28 PM
Posted on September 3, 2010 20:28
I don't do hot peppers.. the Texas Pete is good, but I prefer Lousiana hot sauce.. Great take on the theme!
Posted by ann | September 3, 2010 9:21 PM
Posted on September 3, 2010 21:21
what a delicious 'hot' entry. love those wasabi peas.
Posted by life ramblings | September 3, 2010 10:21 PM
Posted on September 3, 2010 22:21
As a native NM I grew up on hot food. I love to eat wasabi peas with a cold beer after a long hike. I haven't tried Texas Pete Hot Sauce, but love Franks. Nice collection of photos for this weeks theme.
Posted by maya | September 4, 2010 2:19 AM
Posted on September 4, 2010 02:19
nice choices you have here. i have a bad experience with wasabi. :(
happy weekend! :)
Posted by ipanema | September 4, 2010 4:59 AM
Posted on September 4, 2010 04:59
What a great collection for "hot", so perfect for this weeks theme. I love wasabi peas too! I did not enter this week, could not come up with an idea. Have a great week end.
Posted by SandraK | September 4, 2010 5:10 AM
Posted on September 4, 2010 05:10
Lots of different heat there - you outdid yourself this week Annie!
I hope that Walt hasn't ruined your weekend!
Posted by Jerry | September 4, 2010 6:59 AM
Posted on September 4, 2010 06:59
I won't go for the wasabi peas but I'd love to have those tamales. :)
Have a great weekend.
Liz @ MLC
Posted by Liz | September 4, 2010 1:22 PM
Posted on September 4, 2010 13:22
Oooo I'll take the Wasabi peas, but you can keep the rest.
Posted by Alice Audrey | September 4, 2010 4:40 PM
Posted on September 4, 2010 16:40
I love your take on this theme. Those peppers do look rather tempting but I will heed your advice :-)
Posted by CherryPie | September 4, 2010 6:39 PM
Posted on September 4, 2010 18:39
Hot stuff!
http://mudpuddle.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/photohunter-hot/
Posted by Anneke (Mudhooks) | September 5, 2010 3:38 AM
Posted on September 5, 2010 03:38
Nice collection of hot stuff. We're developing quite the craving for it. We're almost up to liking the habenaros. Yumm... Now I just wish our summer had been hot.
Hope you are having a good holiday weekend.
Posted by Marta | September 5, 2010 12:49 PM
Posted on September 5, 2010 12:49
Spicy-habahaba! Great idea. I totally blanked on this one. I do like wasabi beans especially on a hot night with a cold beer!
Posted by menehune | September 9, 2010 10:09 PM
Posted on September 9, 2010 22:09