We have a running thing at work where one of us will occasionally bring in something of extreme heat with the goal of getting co-workers to admit defeat. The only rules are that it has to be edible (meaning it has to taste good) and it has to be an actual food item that we make, it can't just be "here, eat this spoonful of capsaicin crystals" or anything like that. Using extreme hot sauces and such in the item is allowed but it has to maintain the position of a seasoning ingredient, it can't be a tablespoon of 7 million scoville sauce with a potato chip on top. It's all in fun, no hazing or penalties for those who opt out or fail to eat the item and no rewards for those who succeed. All that said, I decided to contribute a round this week using sausages. I mixed 2 lbs. grd. pork shoulder and 1/2 lb. grd. bacon fat with 17 g smoked salt and 3 g cure #1 dissolved in 1/4 cup ice water. I made a seasoning blend of 20 g cayenne, 10 g brown sugar, 6 g chile flakes, 3 g black pepper, 3 g paprika, 3 g garlic powder, 3 g onion powder, 3 g msg and 2 g dried oregano and mixed it into the meat. I cooked and tasted a little at this point to check salt and seasoning. It was a tasty spicy sausage, like a really nice hot link. So with that base flavor I added 180 g habaneros minced in a processor with 2 rehydrated dried ghost peppers. Another taste test revealed something only fit for the true heat lover but not in the serious pain and regret territory. So I dumped in a tbsp. of Blair's Ultra Death sauce, a tbsp. of Flash Bang sauce and a tbsp. of Azz Blaster sauce (not familiar with the rules regarding certain words, even as relates to the proper name of an item, so I'll lean to the side of caution). Another taste test, now we're talking! I have it sealed up in the fridge tonight, going to let everything mingle and give it a final taste tomorrow before stuffing into hog casings. As silly as it all sounds, the sausage has a really nice flavor. I'll definitely make it again in the future minus the hot sauces and ghost pepper and with maybe half (or less) the amount of habanero so the flavor can be enjoyed in comfort.