Home grown chillis

[innocent bystander]

I've had a taste testing of some of my home grown chillis. A month ago they were a bit watery, but now they are bloomin' hot..

So i made a jalfrezi....

Which was hot.....

Time for a drying / freezing session....

 

[Spacemonkey]

Pop a tablespoon of mayo on the top when you dish it up and stir it in. The same goes for curries. You get the flavour with out the boom boom..

 

[innocent bystander]

Me like boom-boom (sorry work joke working it's way in there )

Chilli mayo is nice though - with new potatoes fried in cumin..hmmmmmm.

 

[EdS]

we had some of ours the other day. The usual ones plus Bolivian Rainbow that range in colour from green/white through orange, red and purple - not bad.

Just waitingfor the tepin to ripen - they are supposed to the hottest in the world.

 

[arctic hobo]

Mhm... grew a sweet chili plant that got cross-contaminated with my mate's jalapeno plant... boy did I get a shock

 

[cgait]

Funny i saw this thread now. I was listening to the radio about a half hour ago and it said that new research has proven that if you eat a curry with chilli's in it you dont move as much whilst asleep. Also when you wake up you have more energy and are fully coherent quicker.

 

[Spacemonkey]

Funny i saw this thread now. I was listening to the radio about a half hour ago and it said that new research has proven that if you eat a curry with chilli's in it you dont move as much whilst asleep. Also when you wake up you have more energy and are fully coherent quicker.

And this response aids you in your rush to the toilet, first thing in the morning....

 

[innocent bystander]

And reputed to rid cholestorol and fat !!

Anyway, i have the following growing :

Jalapeno
Habanero (red, yellow and chocolate varieties)
Chiltepin
Pusa Jwala
NuMex Big Jim
Birdseye
Scotch Bonnet

Theres a couple of others but i am damned if i can remember the name of them.

So far the birdseyes and the pusa jwala have it the mark, with jalapenos close behind......

So when i have eaten that lot, i should be quite skinny ...

 

[Spacemonkey]

I discovered a couple of pepper trees on my land last time I was there, although I don't know what type. Rough looking, green, curly and about 6 inches long i guess. Trouble is they were all filled with tiny orange grubs!! The trees were about 5ft high I guess.

 

[innocent bystander]

I don't think they're meant to go that long are they ? (grow to trees that is)..

 

[Spacemonkey]

Yes, hence how you get pepper trees... There's a few in my part of Spain on neighbours land.

 

[innocent bystander]

Well i suppose the name does suggest it

 

[Burnsmeister]

I tried my first (homegrown)jalepeno today, no heat,guess i picked it too early, how do you tell when a green chilli is ripe?

 

[zackerty]

Jalapenos shold be pulled gently, and if they pop off, then they are ready...
BTW, Sorry if I sound pedantic, but constant heat from budding time is needed to get heat...

 

[innocent bystander]

I reckon we've been lucky with the weather really because the jals, pusas and birdies have got a real kick to them now...

 

[Rob]

We have grown a few crops over the years.

Best bit of advice I can give is to get the plants that Homebase sell, rather than ones from garden centres.

For a measly £1.99 we had enough from the plant from Homebase to eat off the plant, and to dry out and use for more than a year - and we do use a lot.

When we tried more expensive ones, the crop was ok, but nowhere near the quantity that we got off the cheaper plants.

 

[innocent bystander]

All grown from seed , 10 varieties in all, and about 4 from each variety.

And more than half of them have survived the process.

And i still have loads of seeds for next year !!!!