I like my food spicy, but I won't snack on anything hotter than a Serrano or cook with anything hotter than a Habanero. Anything hotter than those two, I'm getting all heat and no flavor.
I should say that I didn't used to cook with anything hotter than a Habanero - due to Lisa's meds, she's got a hyper sensitivity to any kind of hot pepper. The other night she made a chicken taco soup and I had to punch mine up with some Habanero sauce.
Before I moved out here and was taking long road trips on a fairly regular basis, I never used to bring coffee with me to keep me alert, but I would buy a bag of Jalapenos. If I started feeling fatigued, I'd eat one of those to wake me up. Worked like a charm without the residual effects of caffeine.
