Chilli! All Things Chillies.

[NRB]

Are you sure she didn't do something else Steve? Your story sounds a little suspicious... :blink:

The funny thing is, I had a similar story yesterday too but wasn't chopping chillis; I plucked all the seeds out of a Fresno, washed my hands thoroughly and went about my business. Around 10 minutes later I had the call of nature... 2 minutes after that I started to feel a warm sensation that rapidly increased to burning that then became pain. The next 15 minutes were pretty horrific but I didn't end up in the shower like you, I ended up with a sausage in milk.

Hopefully my habs turn orange soon; I want to try them!

 

[InCider]

I wish I had a vid camera yesterday!

TIP OF THE DAY: NEVER chop habeneros and then go to the dunny for a pee.

Yep! That's about it! Toss used equipment out or autoclave everything afterwards I've rubbed my eyes and also once got a burning sensation in my nose too. Not sure how the chilli got there but it does tickle. :lol: My wife has also asked on occaision that I triple scrub my hands before retiring for the night too.

InCider.

 

[capretta]

lol pics or it didnt happen! hahahahaha

i think every chilli fiend has an "inadvertent contamination" story.. my mrs didnt tell me she had been chopping bulk chillis and later.. well ill leave it to your imagination!

 

[Tony]

Ahhh yeah the old fire fingers....... they are always interesting.

I just ate an orange hab. Im finding my self in the back yard every second day drooling uncontrolably. There addictive.

I recon i produce a good 250mls of saliva in 5 min after eating one! They are wicked little buggers.

My chocolate habs are growing well

and the slavinia reds are comming along well

And my biggest chilli news............ i have triplets on the way.

THis is the birth of the rare and mysterious 7 Pot chilli from Trinidad in the West Indies. Dot the seeds from someone living there. Also have a Trinidad Scorpion doing the same thing and the Devils Tongue Seed is on its way up (i dug into the soil a bit and found it on its way)

cant wait to get some peppers fron these.

cheers

 

[Steve]

Tony Tony Tony! What can I say? I just made and bottled my first chilli sauce and its f*&^ckin beautiful. I have two big dolmio sauce jars that taste just like my own personal fruity/vinegary vindaloo sauce. I cant stop tasting it. Ive definately got the dolmio grin!
Cheers man for the recipe.
Steve

P.S. I added a few drops of orange colouring too looks pretty special!

 

[Tony]

Not a problem mate..... glad to help another chilli head out.

I have a massive glut of the orange habs........ and over a hundred on the way, plus the rest of the chilli plants.

Im developing a Chilli concentrate! Basicly it will be pure chilli in a jar. THey take up too much space in the freezer so into jars they go. Just spoon it out into sauce recipes, chuck it on steaks, feed it to the kids on icecream....

I will keep you informed!

cheers

 

[Steve]

Not a problem mate..... glad to help another chilli head out.

I have a massive glut of the orange habs........ and over a hundred on the way, plus the rest of the chilli plants.

Im developing a Chilli concentrate! Basicly it will be pure chilli in a jar. THey take up too much space in the freezer so into jars they go. Just spoon it out into sauce recipes, chuck it on steaks, feed it to the kids on icecream....

I will keep you informed!

cheers

How do you sterilise your jars Tony? Mine were cleaned in the sink with the dishes etc and then left to dry for a couple of days. I then poured boiling water into them tonight, put the lid on and left them for half an hour before putting the sauce in. My wife now thinks im even stranger as I keep going to the fridge with a teaspoon to get my chilli jar. I keep saying "just off for another hit, its just one, I need another, pleeease?" Kinda like the movie Trainspotting.
Cheers
Steve

P.S. I got into trouble again yesterday! When I chopped my habs on the weekend and got the seeds out I used a pen to write on a label to put into the container whilst they are drying so I know what they were. My 3 year little boy was drawing yesterday (3 days later). Put the pen in his mouth and nearly had an anaphalatic fit! He spent the rest of the afternoon sucking on icy poles!

 

[InCider]

I have a tale of woe this season. I had 3 new garden beds down for the chillies, a couple in pots, a few strays here and there plus my original bed for them. I really was ready for growing.

And it has rained. A lot. Since December 20 it has been wet. It was wet today. When I do get fruit, they rot. I should be like you guys with litres of the stuff, but have just enough to add to the odd meal.

I'll never give in, but when I see the plants, my babies, their waterlogging shows through the leaves. And it hurts. The ground is way too damp. You can't mow - even after 3 or 4 dry days as the ground is too soft. The horse thinks he's in the Somme.

I nearly bought chillis at Woolies today. Help me find the will to resist!

InCider.

 

[Tony]

mate, get some big pots, but the best potting mix yoiu can get and rip them out of the ground. Put htem in the pots and the water will run right through.

My plants in the ground are suffering from the rain too, less fruit and rotting chillis ect.

The ones in the pots are thriving as i can keep watering them with fertalizer under cover, moving them in and out of the rain as needed.

hope this helps.

cheers

 

[InCider]

mate, get some big pots, but the best potting mix yoiu can get and rip them out of the ground. Put htem in the pots and the water will run right through.

My plants in the ground are suffering from the rain too, less fruit and rotting chillis ect.

The ones in the pots are thriving as i can keep watering them with fertalizer under cover, moving them in and out of the rain as needed.

hope this helps.

cheers

Thanks Tony, that can be today's task. Pot all the chillies close to death! I will be good for them after two months of rain.

Cheers,

Sean.

 

[AndrewQLD]

Made this chilli sauce on the weekend.

20 jalapeno chillies roughly chopped with seeds :icon_drool2:
7 large tomatoes roughly chopped
2 large onions chopped
15 cloves garlic
1 tbs English mustard
1/4 cup sultanas
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 tbs Sri Lankan roasted curry powder
1 tbs Cummin powder
1/2 cup water.

Fried chillies, garlic, onion and tomato until soft, add all other ingredients and simmer with lid on for 30 minutes. Blended until smooth and bottled.

Very hot but the flavours from the spices come through nicely, I marinated some chicken breast and steaks with the sauce last night and they were awesome.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Tony]

Great stuff Andrew... that looks great.

Steve, to steralise jars, bottle ect, get a big pot, put your bottles/jars in it and cover with water. Put on the stove and boil for 15 min. Dig them out hot, drain and fill with sauce while hot.

I do the same when i make marmalade to steralise the jars.

cheers

 

[leiothrix]

Great stuff Andrew... that looks great.

Steve, to steralise jars, bottle ect, get a big pot, put your bottles/jars in it and cover with water. Put on the stove and boil for 15 min. Dig them out hot, drain and fill with sauce while hot.

I do the same when i make marmalade to steralise the jars.

cheers

This may be a silly question, but why bother boiling the jars, lids, etc? Would there be any reason why iodophor or similar wouldn't work?


Rob.

 

[Tony]

IF i could boil my firmenters for 15 min...... i would.

I would prefer to do that than use chenicals any day!

Chenicals are only convenient because a 60 liter firmenter is too big to boil...... with the gear i have.

cheers

 

[Adamt]

This may be a silly question, but why bother boiling the jars, lids, etc? Would there be any reason why iodophor or similar wouldn't work?


Rob.

Yes there is a good reason... iodophor and the like sanitise, not sterilise.

 

[InCider]

I just picked a hab that is 52mm long!


It's 33 degrees and rising, the moisture is starting to leave the ground! There is hope for my chillies! :wub:

 

[Tony]

took another harvest today. Got orange habs (they are never ending), Indian PC-1 pretend naga jolokia things, chocolate habs and red habs.

I think i said before i was going to make a chilli concentrate wit hall the orange habs. I picked 40 or so today (in pic) and made a trial batch. It was very sucesfull.

All i did was chop the chillis into 3 or 4 pieces and put in a pot. added about 50 ml of white vinigar, a lgood pinch of sea salt and about 1.5 tablespoons of sugar.

simmered over a small gas flame (the middle one on my 3 ringer) for 15 min to soften the peppers and then blitzed it till it was a slightly chunky consistancy.

Put it in a boiled jar and let it cool. I diped my finger and had a taste....... its orange habanero, but nicer! same heat, smell and flavour but the sugar takes away the bitterness the habaneros usually have.

cheers

 

[capretta]

how do you find the red habs? i have germinated 3 plants so are they worth nurturing?

 

[Tony]

we tried a red hab yesterday. Very nice. Not as strong flavoured as the orange but just as hot..... if not a bit hotter.

Definatly get them growing!

cheers

 

[Steve]

lovin the sauce I made - it goes in and on everything! Particularly nice when spread on top of a nice thick steak. I also made some prawns on the weekend marinaded in the sauce, garlic, ginger, coriander leaves and cream. Bloody Gorgeous!!!!!!

Cheers
Steve