Osk, good looking pepper! (Everything looks better when you can see the Mediterranean in the picture back ground!)
Mrs. Pete Does not understand the why of hot peppers, but I understand the endorphin rush and euphoria that follows a good hot pepper! I am coming from Blonde and Bland so do not need a lot of heat to achieve that rush!
You see a lot of YouTube videos of people eating whole peppers but that’s mostly stunts. You can control the heat of even the hottest peppers by turning them into powders and sauces. An 1/8 teaspoon of powder can warm up an entire pot of Spaghetti sauce yet still make it tolerable for most people.