# Habanero salsa **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habanero-salsa/725648 "2015-07-19T22:30:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habanero-salsa/725648/1 "2015-07-19T22:30:32Z")
I tried to eat it with tortilla chips; it didn’t seem that hot, but then I would have a burning sensation on the underside of my tongue a few seconds later. :eek: Someone on another website said it might have been a chemical burn, so I put it back in the fridge and hadn’t touched it since. A couple days ago, I made an impromptu casserole with hamburger, hominy, onions, garlic, a can of generic Ro-Tel tomatoes, and a spoonful of this to kick it up a notch. 😉 Nice and spicy, and just right! 🆒 I grew habaneros a few years ago, and got “heat” on my hands from the stems. Yes, I did find out while rubbing my eyes, why do you ask? :o ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habanero-salsa/725648/2 "2015-07-20T00:08:25Z")
My first encounter with a habi was about 15 years ago. My daughter and I pulled up to a roadside vegetable stand, and they had a basket full of the prettiest little orange peppers. I bought one, and when we got in the car I took a big bite out of it. :eek: I thought I was going to have to go to the ER. My mouth felt blistered and all I had to drink in the car was a can of warm Pepsi. Anyone who knows about hot peppers knows that is the worst thing to drink. ☹ It took a few hours before I recovered. I really think the lady at the stand should have told me that it was hot. I have since acquired a taste for them though. I like to slice them into slivers, and eat them sprinkled with salt. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habanero-salsa/725648/3 "2015-07-20T00:39:43Z")
I was going to comment “What a couple of wimps!” but I remembered that it took years for me to be able to appreciate and love habs. So fruity and burny and wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habanero-salsa/725648/4 "2015-07-20T01:48:07Z")
They’re hot, all right, but they also have a nice fruity, tropical flavor. I like to scorch one on a hot dry skillet until it’s blackened a bit, then mince about half of it and put it into a mango salsa.