Caribbean

Calico, Chilly Chili, Garda Hocus Pocus, Masquerade, Medusa, Peppa Orangina, Purple Flash, Red Missile, Sangria, Pepper Pequin, Pepper Tepin, Aji Amarillo, Aji Dulce, Aji Omnicolor, Aji Rojo, Puca uchu, Aji Umba Habanero, Aji Yellow, Anaheim tmr, Ancho Mulato, Ancho Poblano, Andy, Antillais Caribbean, Apache, Atomic Starfish, Balloon Hot Pepper, BHUT Jolokia Ghost Chilli, Big Sun, Bih Jolokia, Birdseye, Black Pearl, Black Prince, Born Fire, Bulgarian Carrot, Burkina Yellow, Cajamarca, Caldero, Caribbean, Cayenne Golden, Cayenne Long Purple, Cayenne Long Slim, Chenzo, Cherry Bomb, Cheyenne, Chilhuacle Negro, Chili Powder Pepper, Chimayo, Chinese Five Colour, Costeno Amarillo, Cyklon, Datil Orange, De Arbol, Demon Red, Devils Yellow, Doomsday, EARLY JALAPENO, Explosive Ember, Fatalii RED,Fatalii YELLOW, Fiesta, Fish Pepper, Fresno, Fresno Chili Supreme, Fresno N2003, Friggitello, Fuego F1, Gambia Red, Garden Salsa, Giant Thai Hot, Grekisk Paprika, Guajillo, Habanero Black, Habanero Carribean Red, Habanero Chocolate, Habanero Devils TONGUE, Habanero Flyer, Habanero Golden, Habanero Lemon, Habanero Little Finger, Habanero Luciferino, Habanero Mustard, Habanero Orange, Habanero Red, Habanero Roatan Pumpkin, Habanero White, Habanero Yellow Bumpy, Habanero Yukatan White, Heatwave, Holy Mole, Hong Kong, Hot Lemon, Hot Orange, Hungarian Hot Wax, Indian 50E Sizzler, Indian 50E1 Hot Summer, Indian 50H Fire cracker, Indian Bhavnagari Long, Indian CA 960, Indian chili, Indian Cobra G, Indian Delhi Hot, Indian Exotic Red, Indian Faizabadi, Indian G3, Indian Guntur Hot, Indian Limo, Indian New Delhi Long, Indian NP 46A Bangalore Torpedo, Indian PC 1, Indian Pot Chilli, Indian Punjab Puya, Indian Pusa Jawala, Indian Wander Hot, Indian Warangal Hot, Indian X 235 Dagger Pod, Inferno, Jalapeno, JALAPENO PURPLE, Jamaica Bell, JAPONES, Jati Jolokia, Joes Long Cayenne, Khorika Jolokia, Krakatoa, Krimzon Lee, Kung Pao, Malaysian Goronong, McMahons Texas Bird Pepper, Mem Jolokia, Mini Bonnet, Monkey Face, Mushroom Red, Mushroom Yellow, Navaho SMALL, NuMex Bailey Piquin, NuMex Barkers, Numex Big Jim, NuMex Centennial, NuMex Conquistador, Numex Espanhola, NuMex Garnet, NuMex Heritage Big Jim, NuMex Heritage six-four, NuMex Jalmundo, NuMex Joe E Parker, NuMex Mirasol, NuMex Pinata, NuMex Primavera, NuMex R Naky, NuMex Sandia, NuMex Suave Orange, NuMex Suave Red, Numex Twilight, Numex Vaquero, Onza, Orange Cayenne TSX901, Padron Pimientos de Padron, Paper Lantern, Pasilla Bajio, Pelita, Pequin, Peter Pepper Orange, Peter Pepper Red, Peter Pepper Yellow, Piccante De Cayenne, Pili Pili, Pimenta Pitanga, Pinocchios Nose, Piros, Poinsettia, Prairie Fire, Pumpkin Pepper, Purple Prince Peruvian Purple, Purple Tiger, Red Tip, Ring of Fire, Rocoto Orange, Rocoto Red, Rocoto Yellow, Rodeo 10, Safi Scotch Bonnet, Santa Fe Grande, Scotch Bonnet Red, Scotch Bonnet Yellow, Serrano Del Sol, Serrano Tampiqueno, Speed Ball 15, Super Chilli, Sweet Wrinkled Old Man, Tabasco, Takanotsume, Tepin, Thai Bangkok Upright, Thai Burapa, Thai Dragon, Thai Hot, Thai Yellow Chilli, Tokyo Hot, Topaz, Trinidad Congo BLACK, Trinidad Congo RED, Trinidad Congo YELLOW, Trinidad Perfume, Trinidad Red Cherry, Trinidad RED Seven Pot, Trinidad YELLOW Seven, Tunisian Baklouti, Ubatuba,Vietnamese Tear Jerker

Nicky's Nursery

I have known Nicky’s Nursery for many years, a long time ago they packaged seeds for us to sell, the company was founded in 1992, they opened their on-line store in 1999, they have a small team, but still have the capacity to pack 1200 packets of seeds per day.

In 2009 Which awarded then “Which Best Buy” for the second year running, they have an excellent reputation in the trade and their range of Chilli seeds has grown over the years and they now they have over 200 different varieties.

Their range now includes:-  Calico, Chilly Chili, Garda Hocus Pocus, Masquerade, Medusa, Peppa Orangina, Purple Flash, Red Missile, Sangria, Pepper Pequin, Pepper Tepin, Aji Amarillo, Aji Dulce, Aji Omnicolor, Aji Rojo, Puca uchu, Aji Umba Habanero, Aji Yellow, Anaheim tmr, Ancho Mulato, Ancho Poblano, Andy, Antillais Caribbean, Apache, Atomic Starfish, Balloon Hot Pepper, BHUT Jolokia Ghost Chilli, Big Sun, Bih Jolokia, Birdseye, Black Pearl, Black Prince, Born Fire, Bulgarian Carrot, Burkina Yellow, Cajamarca, Caldero, Caribbean, Cayenne Golden, Cayenne Long Purple, Cayenne Long Slim, Chenzo, Cherry Bomb, Cheyenne, Chilhuacle Negro, Chili Powder Pepper, Chimayo, Chinese Five Colour, Costeno Amarillo, Cyklon, Datil Orange, De Arbol, Demon Red, Devils Yellow, Doomsday, EARLY JALAPENO, Explosive Ember, Fatalii RED,Fatalii YELLOW, Fiesta, Fish Pepper, Fresno, Fresno Chili Supreme, Fresno N2003, Friggitello, Fuego F1, Gambia Red, Garden Salsa, Giant Thai Hot, Grekisk Paprika, Guajillo, Habanero Black, Habanero Carribean Red, Habanero Chocolate, Habanero Devils TONGUE, Habanero Flyer, Habanero Golden, Habanero Lemon, Habanero Little Finger, Habanero Luciferino, Habanero Mustard, Habanero Orange, Habanero Red, Habanero Roatan Pumpkin, Habanero White, Habanero Yellow Bumpy, Habanero Yukatan White, Heatwave, Holy Mole, Hong Kong, Hot Lemon, Hot Orange, Hungarian Hot Wax, Indian 50E Sizzler, Indian 50E1 Hot Summer, Indian 50H Fire cracker, Indian Bhavnagari Long, Indian CA 960, Indian chili, Indian Cobra G, Indian Delhi Hot, Indian Exotic Red, Indian Faizabadi, Indian G3, Indian Guntur Hot, Indian Limo, Indian New Delhi Long, Indian NP 46A Bangalore Torpedo, Indian PC 1, Indian Pot Chilli, Indian Punjab Puya, Indian Pusa Jawala, Indian Wander Hot, Indian Warangal Hot, Indian X 235 Dagger Pod, Inferno, Jalapeno, JALAPENO PURPLE, Jamaica Bell, JAPONES, Jati Jolokia, Joes Long Cayenne, Khorika Jolokia, Krakatoa, Krimzon Lee, Kung Pao, Malaysian Goronong, McMahons Texas Bird Pepper, Mem Jolokia, Mini Bonnet, Monkey Face, Mushroom Red, Mushroom Yellow, Navaho SMALL, NuMex Bailey Piquin, NuMex Barkers, Numex Big Jim, NuMex Centennial, NuMex Conquistador, Numex Espanhola, NuMex Garnet, NuMex Heritage Big Jim, NuMex Heritage six-four, NuMex Jalmundo, NuMex Joe E Parker, NuMex Mirasol, NuMex Pinata, NuMex Primavera, NuMex R Naky, NuMex Sandia, NuMex Suave Orange, NuMex Suave Red, Numex Twilight, Numex Vaquero, Onza, Orange Cayenne TSX901, Padron Pimientos de Padron, Paper Lantern, Pasilla Bajio, Pelita, Pequin, Peter Pepper Orange, Peter Pepper Red, Peter Pepper Yellow, Piccante De Cayenne, Pili Pili, Pimenta Pitanga, Pinocchios Nose, Piros, Poinsettia, Prairie Fire, Pumpkin Pepper, Purple Prince Peruvian Purple, Purple Tiger, Red Tip, Ring of Fire, Rocoto Orange, Rocoto Red, Rocoto Yellow, Rodeo 10, Safi Scotch Bonnet, Santa Fe Grande, Scotch Bonnet Red, Scotch Bonnet Yellow, Serrano Del Sol, Serrano Tampiqueno, Speed Ball 15, Super Chilli, Sweet Wrinkled Old Man, Tabasco, Takanotsume, Tepin, Thai Bangkok Upright, Thai Burapa, Thai Dragon, Thai Hot, Thai Yellow Chilli, Tokyo Hot, Topaz, Trinidad Congo BLACK, Trinidad Congo RED, Trinidad Congo YELLOW, Trinidad Perfume, Trinidad Red Cherry, Trinidad RED Seven Pot, Trinidad YELLOW Seven, Tunisian Baklouti, Ubatuba,Vietnamese Tear Jerker.

Nickys Nursery Ltd
Mail order seeds
Fairfield Road
Broadstairs
Kent
CT10 2JU

Phone/Fax: 01843 600972.

Possibly Related Articles:


Don't forget to enter our competition for a complete growing kit by Greenhouse Sensation

{ 0 comments }

Dragons Breath

Dragons Breath

Its a Wednesday evening, i’ve just finished work only to get home and realise that i’ve been a little slack and must do a sauce review, then of course the difficulty comes in choosing what sauce to review, a quick look through past reviews and future bottles in front of me leads me to notice that I have’nt covered a sauce from the “Chilli Pepper Company” for a while, so here it is! Ged at the Chilli Pepper Company is mad northerner who delights in two things:

  1. Making very tasty homemade sauces using the freshest ingredients for everyone to enjoy.
  2. Attempting to kill me by way of the hottest sauces he can muster up.

Thankfully this is one of the former for a change, but don’t be fooled its not all fluffy pillows and candy floss, not in my world baby!!

Ingredients: tomatoes, fresh bhut jolokia, vinegar, onions, apricots, apple, lemon juice, mustard, garlic, thyme, basil, turmeric.

(Review bottle kindly supplied by Ged over at www.chileseeds.co.uk)

“Dragon’s Breath” is a sauce that on first picking up I honestly did’nt think would be that hot, even though Jolokia’s are on the list of ingredients there were plenty of other ingredients that I was sure would bring the heat down a couple of notches, perhaps even till it was barely noticeable.. I was wrong.

The bottle is one of the usual 140ml glass bottles that most of CPC’s sauces come in, this one is adorned with another of their high quality glossy labels, with the name of the sauce, the website and a blue dragon breathing fire on the front. It calls itself a “Deadly Hot Caribbean Chilli Sauce” but I was’nt put off by this as alot of “Caribbean” sauces claim to be “really hot” but they are’nt! The sauce inside is quite a bright yellow with colourful flecks of black, red, green and white moving about as i gave the bottle a good shake.

I popped the cap and took a big sniff of the contents, straight off I could smell vinegar, apricots, garlic and mustard.. which is good as those are on the ingredients list LOL! I grabbed my tasting spoon, looked at the bottle for a minute then chuckled and lifted the bottle to my lips taking a hearty swig of the stuff within… I soon learned this to be a HEINOUS oversight on my part and I was about to be taught a valuable lesson.

Usually i would’nt judge a sauce without tasting it, but i saw this one as one of Ged’s milder sauces so I was’nt worried, i knew it would taste damn good, but the heat would’nt be so bad, as expected the flavours that hit me instantly were apricot and garlic, with a bit of apple, a smatter of mustard and a hint of jolokia to keep even the most fussy “Flavour snobs” happy…then the heat kicked in, I was’nt expecting this so of course I lunged for my milk and after taking a large mouthful realised that this sauce gets it heat from the jolokia, so I should have known better! It provides a strong burning sensation on the tongue, that transforms into an intense wave of heat that moves to the back of your throat and stays there for a little while!

Not a sauce to be laughed at, this one provides enough heat to keep hardcore chillinutterz happy, but the flavour is definitely a caribbean one and certainly tastes better than alot of supposed “caribbean” sauces that primarily use scotch bonnets, this sauce dares to be a little different with it use of fiery jolokia pepper blended brilliantly with different fruits to create a very fruity sauce. You’ll find no extract here as the burn is provided naturally by the Jolokias!!

You can buy a bottle right now over at www.chileseeds.co.uk for the low price of £6.50, and at that price i honestly have nothing more to say except but it, and I promise you won’t regret it!!

Till next we meet my chillifriendz, have a hot one and may the sauce be with you!

Possibly Related Articles:


Don't forget to enter our competition for a complete growing kit by Greenhouse Sensation

{ 0 comments }

Caribbean Food Made Easy with Levi Roots

Caribbean Food Made Easy with Levi Roots

This BBC book is published to go along with the BBC Two series “Caribbean Food Made Easy” it contains over 100 recipes; this is a beautifully illustrated book with pictures of almost every recipe.

It starts with an introduction to the Caribbean Kitchen, describing the important ingredients, and providing alternative suggestions for any of the hard to find items.

Not all the recipes are packed with Chilli, but the Scotch Bonnet makes a good showing, one recipe I really like the look of was the “Martinique coconut chicken curry” and I will be cooking this with my daughter next week, the ingredients are all available from my local supermarket and the instructions are very clear and well written.

None of the recipes where over complicated and it is also not full of the same recipes I have seen in other Caribbean cook books over the years, in fact I think jerk is only mentioned 3 times in the book which must be a record, but when it is you get a very tasty marinade that is simple to make.

I like this book a lot, I have a very large collection of cookery books covering anything chilli and I can see myself borrowing ideas from this often.

The book is priced at £17.99 but is available from all good book shops and online at Amazon at £8.99 or less, click here to order your own copy.

Possibly Related Articles:


Don't forget to enter our competition for a complete growing kit by Greenhouse Sensation

{ 0 comments }

Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce

Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce

Today the sauce I am tasting comes from a company that (according to the website!) has been around for over 60 years! that makes it one of the longest running hot sauce companies around (i believe the Tabasco sauce company, McIlhenny’s have been around the longest) Encona was first formed in 1946, but the first hot sauce from the company only started appearing in 1975 after the popularity of Caribbean food in the UK began to bloom during the 50′s and 60′s when west indians first arrived on our shores.

“Encona west Indian original hot pepper sauce” is a reddish orange colour and comes in a taller bottle than most hot sauces and yet contains a little less (around 142ml) The labels have recently undergone a facelift and are now mostly blue in colour with some palm trees and the name of the sauce printed on a picture of a wooden sign, a pretty attractive and very recognisable bottle, which helps catch the eye among the other hot sauces at pretty much any large supermarket chain!

Ingredients:
Pepper mash (Habanero peppers, scotch bonnet peppers, salt, acetic acid) (64%), water, acetic acid, spices (including mustard), salt, modified corn starch, Xanthan gum.

You can see by the list of ingredients that this is a pretty natural sauce, it’s a shame the list of ingredients is slightly let down by the vinegary smell that tingles in the nostrils when you inhale the vapour…and that’s pretty much how it tastes as well, the abundance of peppers is let down a little by the salty, vinegary flavour that leaves behind a slightly bitter aftertaste.

The heat is there, it’s kind of on par with Tabasco sauce in terms of heat but the consistency is much thicker and therefore a lot more pourable on everyday meals. This is a sauce that’s available from Scorchio and also in many supermarkets at around £1-£2 a bottle and it is better than most other hot sauces available on the mass market today. It’s just not quite the bridge between supermarket sauce and speciality hot sauces that I wanted it to be.

I don’t think this sauce will appeal to the real chileheadz who have gotten used to top quality sauces from companies whose only product is hot sauce, but it will appeal to those of you only just starting out in the hot sauce world, wanting to try something a little hotter and thicker before daring to buy a bottle of something more wicked!

I keep a bottle of this around always as a backup, it’s good for when you’ve run out of your favourite hot sauce and want a good old standby that is ready to be splashed over whatever you deem its good for!!

May the sauce be with you…Always!

For more information about Encona and there range of sauces please visit www.enconasauces.co.uk

Possibly Related Articles:

{ 0 comments }