The Scoville Scale

[Gonzo42]

I am very fortunate in that I get to eat gourmet Mexican food every single day. I also like chili a lot.

There are probably millions upon millions of people that like hotter food than I, but I eat more chili and hotter chili than anyone I know personally.

For those who wonder just how hot any chili pepper can be, refer to the Scoville Scale. One of these lists is available here:

Scoville

[sonora]

Wishbone51 wrote:
I want to start making my own chipotle from the jalapenos that I grow. I have a cheap red smoker (around 225*). Anyone ever do this?

Here is a good place to start: Smoking Chilies

[NYCgrrl]

down home wrote:
I love the flavors of hot peppers. Unfortunately or fortunately you can't get one without the other. scraping out the seeds and white veins will get some of the hot. There is list a mile long of all the different peppers.
Growing hot peppers and Bel peppers near each other will boost the heat and flavors of Bell peppers. I don't know enough about pollination and crossing peppers to discuss it.
Dad grew some little red pepper similar to Jalepenos that had a great flavor but were hot. don't know their name.
I remember the first and some other times picking baskets of them and weaving the stems and hanging them. touched my eyes even after washing and some, of my favorite parts and burned for days. Can't wash the stuff out of your skin.
I would love to have some chili without the bitter spices and weird spices originally used to keep bugs off, and lots of beef and those flavorful and hot, but not too hot peppers again.

Should you want different types of peppers w/o touching fresh seeds you can buy dried whole peppers from many reputable spice shops.

[down_home]

I love the flavors of hot peppers. Unfortunately or fortunately you can't get one without the other. scraping out the seeds and white veins will get some of the hot. There is list a mile long of all the different peppers.
Growing hot peppers and Bel peppers near each other will boost the heat and flavors of Bell peppers. I don't know enough about pollination and crossing peppers to discuss it.
Dad grew some little red pepper similar to Jalepenos that had a great flavor but were hot. don't know their name.
I remember the first and some other times picking baskets of them and weaving the stems and hanging them. touched my eyes even after washing and some, of my favorite parts and burned for days. Can't wash the stuff out of your skin.
I would love to have some chili without the bitter spices and weird spices originally used to keep bugs off, and lots of beef and those flavorful and hot, but not too hot peppers again.

[magnusfide]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
WE grow Jalapeno and Serrano peppers........let them go red on the vine.

Just planted new ones today. Should have new crop around 20th of July then it's peppers, peppers, peppers-----raw, roasted, stuffed, pickled, fresh salsa

Yummmmmmmmmmmm

Double ditto that; especially the 'penos stuffed with cheese!

Wishbone51 wrote:
I want to start making my own chipotle from the jalapenos that I grow. I have a cheap red smoker (around 225*). Anyone ever do this?

This is a great Super Dave question. He's a King Smoker.

[dons2346]

jwduke wrote:
Hatch Chilies... yum!

The best tasting peppers in the world and the best place to get them is in Hatch,NM

[jwduke]

Hatch Chilies... yum!

[Wishbone51]

I want to start making my own chipotle from the jalapenos that I grow. I have a cheap red smoker (around 225*). Anyone ever do this?

[Gonzo42]

I grow serranos and habaneros in my back yard.

For great taste, though, I really like NM chilis. I get them from Hatch, NM. Green and Red are different tastes, red a bit more picante. I roast them on the BBQ, peel and put about 6 per ziplock bag in the freezer.

[rockhillmanor]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
WE grow Jalapeno and Serrano peppers........let them go red on the vine.

Just planted new ones today. Should have new crop around 20th of July then it's peppers, peppers, peppers-----raw, roasted, stuffed, pickled, fresh salsa Yummmmmmmmmmmm

X2
I grew these bad boys along side my MH first trip south as a Snowbird in Florida!

In Wisconsin Cayenne peppers only get 3-4 inches long. These were almost 12 inches long!

They sure do like growing in Florida better! :C



I hang them out to dry and then crush them and put in a shaker to season food. Tastes MUCH better than the ones in the grocery store.

[Wishbone51]

Once on a business trip to Texas and another time on a business trip to Malaysia, I was asked if I like hot food. I said yes. They give each other knowing glances and take me out for lunch. Each time, I out 'hot-ate' the locals :B

[Old-Biscuit]

WE grow Jalapeno and Serrano peppers........let them go red on the vine.

Just planted new ones today. Should have new crop around 20th of July then it's peppers, peppers, peppers-----raw, roasted, stuffed, pickled, fresh salsa

Yummmmmmmmmmmm

[jfkmk]

Love hot food. I've had the ghost pepper....it was a challenge!

[fla-gypsy]

Never been one to eat hot food for the sake of eating hot food. I am good up to about 2500SU and it all seems silly after that.

[NYCgrrl]

Growing up, there was a jar of pickled peppers in our kitchen that children were forbidden to open. It was kept right next to the maraschino cherries that we were also not allowed to eat. Course we opened both when no one was home. The mere smell of the peppers cleared my sinuses, made my eyes water and caused hallucinations.

As a pre-teen I visited family in Canada and finally learned the name of the peppers in the jar: scotch bonnet. A similar aged cousin delighted in introducing me to "real Caribbean food" by wandering into their garden, picking the peppers, shoving them in his mouth and inviting me to do the same. I can still recall the pain and wonder to this day why no one told me he practiced sleight of hand for fun. He also got me to drink an ice beaded glass of mauby concentrate. Apparently I was particularly stupid that summer.

Oh and if you've never tried mauby DON'T believe the fairy tale that it's "slightly bitter".....

On the bright side when Hunan cuisine became popular in NYC I amazed my non-island friends by eating the peppers whole whilst they gasped for soda. The soda grabbing was a bad idea but they learned eventually.

Thanks for the Scoville link; made me laugh;).