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20% off all Chilli Plants from The Dartmoor Chilli Farm

by Hot Juan on June 22, 2011 · 0 comments

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Grown your own chillies

The Dartmoor Chilli Farm is offering  20% off all Chilli Plants until the end of this month.

If you are looking for some plants, now is a good time to get your order in, they have an extensive range to choose from:-

Extreme Varieties – Habanero Mustard, Habanero Orange, Habanero Paper Lantern, Habanero Red, Scotch Bonnet Orange, Scotch Bonnet Yellow, Bhut Jolokia Chocolate, Red Marouga, Trinidad Scorpion.

Hot Varieties – Apache, Aurora, Cheeky, Cobra, Coffee Bean, Demon Red, Fairy Lights, Jamaican Red, Jamaican Yellow, Numex Twilight, Pasilla Banjio, Pelita, Prairie Fire, Red Missile, Ring of Fire, Satans Kiss, Tabasco, Thai Hot, Habanero Condors Beak.

Medium Varieties:  Aji Hot, Bishops Crown, Bolivian Rainbow, Bularian Carrot, Cayenne Long Purple, de Arbol, Filius Blue, Gold Nugget, Joe E Parker, Onza, Orozco, Pettie Belle, Portugal, Purple Prince, Purple Tiger, Riot, Royal Black, Serrano Purple, Stumpy, Uba Tuba, Aji Limo.

Mild Varieties: Anaheim TMR, Apricot, Black Hungarian, Caloro, Cherry Bomb, Costeno Amarillo, Fresno, Jalapeno Early, Jalapeno Purple, Numex Big Jim, Numex Centennial, Numex Pinata, Numex Suave Orange, Newmex Suave Red, Santa Fe Grande, Tam Jalapeno.

Only available while stock last, you can order direct from their web site http://dartmoorchillifarm.co.uk

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Simpsons Chilli Tastings 2010

by Hot Juan on September 20, 2010 · 1 comment

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Simpsons Seeds this way

Simpsons Seeds this way

I have just returned from a Chilli Tasting at Simpsons Seeds near Horningsham, Wiltshire, where I got to taste some very interesting chillies, Matt Simpson from Simpsons Seeds organises these Chilli Tasting twice per year at their Walled Garden Nursery.

As a seed company, they don’t make sauces with added flavours, Matt is trying to get people to taste the actual flavours offered by these varieties raw, some of these chillies are incredibly hot, so to get the flavour they have experimented and found that cutting the chillies about 90% with Passata (which is made from ripe tomatoes that have been puréed and sieved to remove the skin and seeds) with a little added lime juice.

On two benches in one of the green houses, they had laid out bowls of the Chilli/Passata mix each labelled with the varieties of chillies, while I have tasted lots of chillies and sauces before this was a great way of finding the real flavour of each.

Below is a list of the varieties we got to try:-

  • Joes Long Cayenne

    Tasting Benches

    Tasting Benches

  • Masquarade
  • Krimzon Lee
  • Rougue De La Bresse
  • Gorria
  • Jalapeno
  • Super Chilli
  • Rocoto Red
  • Rocoto Yellow
  • Bulgarian Carrot
  • Sante Fe Grande
  • Fish Chilli
  • Aji Wrecking Ball
  • Aji Pickled Frog

    Chilli Red Missile

    Chilli Red Missile

  • Aji Red Lemon
  • Habanero Rebetona
  • Dorset Naga
  • 7-Pot
  • Habnero Paper Lantern
  • Habanero Peach
  • Habenaro Fruitburst
  • Habanero Trinidad
  • Goat Horn
  • Aji Hot
  • Aji Madre Vieja

Around the green house was a selection of chillies growing, some of which are available for sale, they also have a large range of seeds in the shop, as well as a small selection of sauces.

If you missed this, don’t worry, they are doing it all again next weekend (25th September 2010), it starts at 11 and finished at about 12:30, for more details visit www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk

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Simpsons Seeds – Peppers Sweet and Hot

by Hot Juan on April 23, 2010 · 1 comment

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Chilli, Chili, Chile: Peppers Sweet and Hot by Matt Simpson

Chilli, Chili, Chile: Peppers Sweet and Hot by Matt Simpson

I always enjoy visiting Simpsons seeds, I have known Matt Simpson since we first had stands at the West Dean Chilli Fiesta may years ago and it is Matt who I turned to for help when writing my book (The Hot Book Of Chilles) to make sure I said the right things. He has also written an excellent book on the subject “Chilli, Chili, Chile: Peppers Sweet and Hot” which is you are growing chillies this book is a must have item.

The nursery is located in Horningsham, Wiltshire and is part of the Longleat estate, while the nursery is closed until April, the seed shop is open all year around, as is their web site

During the year they have a number of tasting days and even their own chilli event (See their web site for dates and details), when you can taste different varieties of hot and sweet peppers. Matt has an extensive seed collection and in the catalogue this year they have:

Aji Crystal, Aji Hot, Apache F1, Black Pearl, Brazilian Mini Bonnet, Bulgarian Carrot, Calcutta, Cascabella, Cayenne: Carolina, Cayenne: Golden, Cayenne: Large Red Thick, Cayenne: Long Red Slim, Cherry Bomb F1, Chivalry F1, Demon Super Hot F1, Elephant’s Trunk, Exploding Fire, Fish, Fresno Supreme F1, Friar’s Hat, Georgia Flame, Goat Horn, Gold Nugget, Habanero: Burkina Yellow, Habanero: Caribbean Red Hot, Habanero: Chocolate, Habanero: Fatali, Habanero: Hot Paper Lantern, Habanero: Peach, Habanero: Rebetona, Habanero: Scutaba, Hinkelhatz, Hungarian Black, Hungarian Hot Wax, Jalapeno, Jamaican Hot, Joe’s Long Cayenne, Krimson Lee F1, Lemon Drop, Little Finger, Malay Bird, Maules Red Hot, Naga Jolokia, Navaho, Nepalese Bell, Numex Twilight, Orozco, Padron, Pasilla Bajio, Peruvian Purple, Portugal, Prairie Fire, Punjab, Purple Tiger, Pusa Jwala, Red Cherry Hot, Red Missile, Ring of Fire, Rocoto Red, Rocoto Yellow, Santa Fe Grande, Scotch Bonnet Red, Scotch Bonnet: Big Sun, Scotch Bonnet: Caribbean Antillais, Serrano, Super Chilli F1, Sweet Wrinkled Old Man, Tabasco, Tepin, Thai Mound, Wenks Yellow Hot, Zimbabwe Bird.

If you are travelling down the A303, or visiting Longleat, please don’t miss a chance visit, please check the web site for opening times.

Simpsons Seeds
The Walled Garden Nursery
Horningsham
Warminster
BA12 7NQ

Phone 01985 845004
Email: sales@simpsonsseeds.co.uk
Web: www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk

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