So... just how hot IS habanero sauce?

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Well, it depends.  Store bought is okay, but not really hot.  The stuff I made using this recipe?  Medium.  Really?  Really.  Oh, don't get me wrong.  I don't hand it a medium heat scale like it was a failing grade, or even a C.  No, it is a wonderful sauce.  And for me to give it a medium means most of you should only be near it with near nigh-on nuclear proof garb.  What was splendid about it, for me though, was that, for the first time in ages, I have eaten something that seemed... well... hot.  I got that old time feeling back, a feeling I enjoy.  And while my thermostat didn't click into the stratosphere or even the ceiling, it was quite enough to put a smile on my face.  So, those peppers I ordered are definitely going into the dirt.  The thing is, for some reason (I put tracking on them), the seeds ended up at the wrong town in Utah.  The seed dealer suggested that the mail delivery is really awful.  My guess is they have a personal problem with their local post office, someone there doesn't like them.  Still, the package is supposed to be guaranteed.  If the problem isn't the post office, than the dealer might simply be problematic.  I'll know shortly.  In any case, I have done a bit of digging on reputable hot seed dealers (didn't think I would need to research THAT too though, silly me).  I have one lined up, if need be.  Ugh.

I must admit, I was a bit surprised that this sauce didn't hit me harder.  That means there is room for the ghost pepper, coming in at 1,000,000 on the Scoville Scale.  Habanero come in at between 300,000 and 500,000.  The ones I used were on the lower end of that scale, being store bought, but that is still pretty serious heat.  The hottest stuff I could find, to date, before that, was the 100,000 S.S. (ramped) cayenne powder.  Still, this sauce will more than adequately do.  Further, even if I do happen about the 1M S.S. pepper, and make a sauce with it, I will probably continue to make this habanero sauce.  It is, simply, tasty.  To put this into perspective, a jalapeno is about 5,000 on the Scoville Scale.  So this sauce I made today is between 60 and 100 times as hot as jalapenos.  Hmm, odd.

Oh, and it didn't "stink" my house up.  I might be immune, but I don't think the girls are.  Sassy shrank back from the habanero end I offered.  She was curious, so...  And they are acting fine.  Trust me, if the girls are unhappy about something, I am the FIRST to know it.  The difference might be, though, that I used an All-Clad pan.  Those lids hold down, and don't let steam out almost at all.  One more reason to buy really good pans.  Hmm, now to find something to put the sauce in.  I forgot to buy a squeeze bottle for it.  Oh, I'll think of something.

Another load or two of laundry, cleaning the bit left to do in the kitchen, and doing my Latin lesson should see me about ready to relax (game) for an hour and then hit the sack.  I did tinker back there on the drywall, but I realized that just had to be wrong, which lead me to realizing a keyhole saw was needed.  Oh, supper arrived while I was doing my sauce.  That came out all wrong.  Anyway...  It was quite an interesting take on home-made fast food.  A sweet cornbread wrapped around hotdogs then baked (a real corndog), much better than anything commercial.  And the fries where also high end.  A mix of purple potatoes and regular potatoes, sliced into normal sized fries.  I hope those children enjoy the work and thought their mom puts into their food.  I sure do!  It's good, haute cuisine, and fun too! 

Tomorrow?  I am going to make a huge effort to wake early enough to, well, wake, then shower, then get to Mass, and finally to pick my friend up.  I could use some things from the grocery store and the hardware store, but if it comes down to a choice, it will be the keyhole saw and exhanging the non-contact voltage detector (I will try the new one right in the store, I hate having to make return trips!).  It might be too cold for my friend to want to shoot though.  If so, we will just go shopping and maybe to eat.  I could take a DVD for him to watch, as well.  Dunno, thinking on it all.  A trick to getting out the door with what I want, just like medical things, is to have everything set up and ready, in a specific place, and then just... fall into it.  Potassium packet by glass, set near medicines, where I sit first thing in the morning, all near my bp cup, diabetic tester, and that all sends me to the scale first for weight.  DVD on the kitchen table, near the medicines. Best put the DVD there now though.  Memory what it is.

Well, on to... things.  Good night.