Ghost Chili - Second Try

If you still remember, a few weeks ago, I posted our first-time experience trying a ghost chili. Alex and I were both surprised that the so-called "hottest chili in the world" was not hot at all. After telling my colleague about our experience, he also felt something's not right. So, the next day after our conversation, I found on my desk a bag of chilies - ghost chilies and Thai chilies. The ghost chilies were picked from the same ghost pepper plant which produced the non-spicy ghost chili we tried the first time.

I went home with the chilies and Alex made fried tofu again, with a ghost chili (seeds removed). Everything was the same as last time except this time the whole dish was spicy. I mean, not that spicy for me, but definitely spicy for Alex. He was drinking ice water the whole time when we were having dinner. 

Apparently, the ghost chili will become more spicy when you leave them on the vine a bit longer than normal, say, when they reach their full color.

And, no matter how many times Alex wants to challenge Rui on eating spicy foods he loses.  @_@

鬼辣椒（Ghost Chili）初体验

故事由一颗鬼辣椒（Ghost Chili） 开始......

我在上班的地方得到了一颗鬼辣椒，话说我们这里爱好种菜的同事很多，没事大家就会把家里种的各种蔬菜带来单位分发给大家，于是有一天我去休息室的时候就发 现桌子上放着几个标着各种辣椒的塑料袋，其中赫赫然就有大名鼎鼎的鬼辣椒，旁边标注（Ghost Chili (hot, hot, hot!!)）。

我对尝试鬼辣椒一直兴趣颇高，在Food Channel上看过好些关于鬼辣椒的秀，又听说这是所谓世界上最辣的辣椒，让我更有兴趣试试自己的胆量。于是，我拿了一颗，在Alex的远程指导下，用纸包了两圈带回家（据Alex同学说此辣椒沾哪哪辣，所以严加防护。）

Alex同学很兴奋，当然Rui同学也差不离。怎么吃呢？仔细思考的结果是一椒三吃（实在是怕太辣，要每次吃一点减少辣度）：一个鬼辣椒溜豆腐、一个酸菜鱼、再来一个...还没想好的某菜。
溜 豆腐大师Alex首先上场，先带上手套进行辣椒解剖。介于鬼辣椒的“辣名远扬”，我们一致同意将辣椒籽直接清理扔掉，只吃辣椒的无籽部分。一颗小辣椒被切 成了三块，在溜豆腐中放入了几片辣椒丝。炒好上桌，大家都怕会齐辣无比，又互相推诿了一番，最后由Alex同学小尝一勺，结论：毫无辣味。Rui同学不 信，也品尝一勺，结论：还是毫无辣味。两个人面面相觑...等一盘子溜豆腐吃完，压根还是毫无辣味。结论：或许我们把辣椒籽扔错了，难不成这鬼辣椒其实是 籽特别辣，其他部位不辣？后来我们又尝试用剩下的鬼辣椒炒了其他菜，结果仍然是丝毫不辣。

至今，关于鬼辣椒为什么不辣仍然是个谜团。可能的答案两个：1）或许我们不应该把籽扔掉；2）或许绿的鬼辣椒还没成熟，要待到红了才辣。无论如何，答案是找不到了，等着下次尝鬼辣椒的机会吧。

以此记Alex和Rui的鬼辣椒初体验。