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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] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have grown superhots for the last 5 years and the only one I still grow is Bhut Jolokia (ghost pepper).

They are the only superhot that has a decent flavour in my opinion, all the hybrids are just flavourless heat to me.

When it comes to sweet peppers, my favourite to grow is Hungarian Wax. They are original pepper used in sweet paprika. Home made paprika with these is another level of flavour and taste.

[–] Alchemy 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you like that style pepper, check out Romanian Sweet sometime!

https://www.superhotchiles.com/product/romanian-sweet-pepper-seeds/?v=7516fd43adaa

"Romanian Sweet-(Capsicum annuum)-Also called Antohi Romanian because a man named Jan Antohi defected in 1991 from his home in Romania and brought the seeds to the United States. Sweet and full flavored matures from yellow to blush orange to bright red. Once fruit starts getting orange it can be picked."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the recommendation.

[–] MeanEYE 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, flavorless heat is a no go for me. Hungarian Wax I might even have tried before, since I live close to Hungary and we get a lot of produce from there. Even looks the same. Never had Bhut Jolokia. I did plant it at one time, but my father killed it thinking it was weed. :D