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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/zorggalacticus on 2025-04-27 05:38:39+00:00.

This actually happened last summer, but planting my garden today reminded me of it. I bought some Tabasco pepper plants at Lowe’s. Planted them, watered them. Thought the peppers looked a little odd. Oh well, never grew Tabasco peppers before, what do I know. Fermented them and made Tabasco sauce. Used it liberally in a big pot of chili. Couldn’t even get past 3 bites. I was not fast enough to warn my wife and son, they’d already dug in. Turns out those peppers were mislabeled. They were Thai dragon peppers. Instead of Tabasco sauce, I’d created distilled essence of hellfire and unleashed it upon my entire family. We spent the rest of the night fighting over the bathroom and eating tums like popcorn. You know that scene in “Dragonheart, a New Beginning” where the baby dragon farts fire? Pretty sure I recreated that scene multiple times. It was not pleasant.

Tl;dr: peppers were mislabeled. Unleashed hell on my family.