This is the kind of genetic manipulation I can get behind....
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1206450553/worlds-hottest-pepper-guinness-record-pepper-x
@sfleetucker On the one hand: relevant to my interests. On the other—and I'm speaking as someone who's tried Apollo pepper sauce and done the Paquí One-Chip Challenge here—I suspect this one may be too spicy to try more than once.
Then again: my gripe with the sauce was that my tastebuds went numb in protest. And my gripe with the chip were that it was overly spicy, we had 97° weather, and it upset my stomach for several hours and turned me off spice for several 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴.
@Selcoeurl I don't generally get a good endorphin rush unless my mouth goes numb. :)
@sfleetucker If my mouth gets buzzy, that's one thing. If I temporarily lose my sense of taste, that's annoying.