Somewhere along the way, Tuffy P and I developed a tolerance and love of hot foods. At a certain point we found we could not buy ground chiles that were hot enough to give us that spicy jolt we were looking for, so we began taking a do-it-yourself approach. When we get close to running out, I buy the nicest looking scotch bonnets I can find, slice them in half, and dry them. To do this, I use the handy dehydrator I have on hand for mushrooms. Once they’re totally dried, I grind them up in a coffee grinder. The first time I tried it, I used a food processor to grind them and that was a big mistake. A food processor doesn’t seal in the fumes the way a coffee grinder does, and I ended up with a coughing fit from these hot chiles. Yesterday I saw some beautiful looking all orange scotch bonnets in a local grocery, so I bought a bag. The cashier said to me, “How on earth are you going to eat all these. You know how hot these things are?”