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Hot Peppers

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Is it hot in here or is it just the peppers?

Chili Pepper Heat Levels

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Pepper Recipes curtesy of Mike Hultquist

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submitted 1 year ago by MeanEYE to c/hotpeppers
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We grow all of our vegetables and since few years we started growing spicy peppers as well. Our most beloved ones at this point are Habanero and some sort of regular looking Mexican chili pepper brought to us by a friend who was there on a business trip.

I personally fell in love with Habanero because of its fruity notes. It's not a pepper I eat fresh often but we make a nice sweet sauce from it that is used way too much in our household.

As am preparing slowly for the next season, I'd love to hear some suggestions on what I should try next. I'd prefer to try peppers with some characteristic taste. I already have my eyes set on Aji Lemon, Sugar Rush Peach, Golden Nuggets. We prefer medium spicy peppers but I've had hotter. I just dislike hot for the sake of hot.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Chocolate Habanero, has a sort of earthy undertone to it. Works well in a smoky sauce.

Scotch bonnet for it's fruity note.

[–] MeanEYE 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I was gifted Chocolate Habanero, but it didn't taste good, and plant was a bit suspicious as well. Thanks for the suggestion.

[–] Alchemy 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As in the plant may not have been labeled correctly, or it was a bit dodgy and you couldn't leave your door unlocked?

[–] MeanEYE 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone gifted a plant to me saying it was chocolate hanabero. Am not sure if it was labeled like that. However it didn't have the heat of habanero.

[–] Alchemy 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right on, that will happen. Could have also been a "choc hab" that was open pollinated and crossed unknowingly.

[–] MeanEYE 2 points 1 year ago

That too. Am assuming it was open pollinated since it was spicy but only about a third.

[–] Alchemy 1 points 1 year ago

I also say Scotch Bonnet.