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Haha, been there. My kiddo snuck a tortilla chip from my wife’s lunch that had been sitting in ghost salsa when she was around 4 or 5. And when she was a little older she stole a slice of homemade pizza that had ghost peppers on it.
Literal trial by fire.
Jeez, ghost peppers and the like are just torture. We only went to like level 3 Indian spice and siracha/chulua hot with the little tike. He’s coming around and likes spicy mustard (like cheap Chinese style), and hot chili powder meals. Not quite red pepper flakes unless they’re sparsely on pizza crust.
I love ghost, it’s a nice slow-rolling heat that builds in intensity and stays with you for a while. Unlike habanero, which hits you hard and fast, ghost sneaks up on you, so you can pace yourself to your tolerance even though the heat is very high.
But I’m also a spice head, so take that with a grain of salt. My kiddo will eat jalapeño and occasionally Serrano level but she doesn’t eat like Mom and I.