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I had bhut jolokia (ghost chili) fresh (had our own plant), as dried ground flakes and seeds (in curry), and in Dave's Insanity sauce. It's definitely my favorite as it has a pretty rich and smokey flavor. It also wasn't so harsh on my stomach, even in higher concentrations.

I also had the Trinidad Scorpion (dried and ground) in curry. It didn't seem that much hotter than the bhut jolokia when eating it, but I did wake up in the middle of the night with a terrible burning in my stomach. Honestly, I hated that thing and will never eat it again. I've eaten spicy food all my life and never experienced such pain, and it didn't really have any flavor either.

But this was like seven or eight years ago before I got married. My wife doesn't really like spicy food and lately, the hottest thing I've eaten are habaneros chopped fresh in homemade salsa (though I do chop up an entire habanero per 3-4 ounces of salsa). Still pretty spicy, but I do miss bhut jolokia. And yeah it's not even the hottest pepper anymore, but it is delicious.