Thai Dragon

The Chilli Garden – Thai-Basque Sauce

by Hot Juan on November 6, 2011 · 0 comments

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The Chilli Garden Thai-Basque Sauce

The Chilli Garden Thai-Basque Sauce

The Chilli Garden is a small family run business in  Healey Hampshire, all the chillies in their sauces are grown on the farm, and they use some interesting traditional methods of production, this sauces is fermented for over 24 months before being bottled, something not many small producers can afford to do (I will let you think about one major american sauce producer who makes sauces in this way?).

The Basque part of the sauce comes from the Basque Gorria Chilli which has a Scoville Rating between 2,000 and 5,000 SHU’s, when ripe it is a vibrant red colour. This is not a pepper you often seen grown in the UK and as far as we know The Chilli Garden are the only artisan sauces maker growing and using them.

The Thai Dragon in this sauce is providing the heat and at between 75,000 and 250,000 SHU’s, this is a hot chilli, they are commonly found in Asian dishes, and a healthy plant will produce around 200  chillies about 6cm long and 1cm wide tapering to a point (one of my favourites to grow).

The sauce is a light red almost orange colour, with some very small flex of red chilli skin being visible,even without any thickeners of gums this sauces need no shaking, it is a wonderful consistency. On Opening the bottle I can smell the Vinegar and salt, it is not at all overpowering.

Ingredients: Thai & Basque Chillies (21%), Distilled Vinegar (77%), Sea Salt (2%).

Bottle kindly provided by The Chilli Garden

My only reservation with this sauce is the bottle top, it has one of those plastic pouring thingamajigs that always gets in the way, l do hate them… but once that has been removed, this is a very enjoyable sauce, it is a definite savoury sauce, a nice hit of heat ( we are not in the super hots) and flavour all carried by a salty vinegar liquid.

The recipe may seem simple only three ingredients Chillies, Vinegar and Salt, but the execution is excellent, well worth the 24 plus months wait.

This stuff is a bit like a Tabasco on steroids ideal for dipping your chips in, or making the heavenly Bloody Mary  at only £3.00 for a 150ml bottle this is amazing value for money, highly recommended.

Flavour
(9/10)
Heat
(6/10)
Packaging
(8/10)
Value
(10/10)
Overall
(9/10)

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Chilli Variety – The Confusing Birds Eye Chilli

by Hot Juan on May 11, 2011 · 1 comment

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Is this a "Bird Eye" Chilli

Is this a "Bird Eye" Chilli

This is one of the most common chillies available in the UK supermarkets and specialist shops, you can find it both fresh and dried, they are relatively hot at between 100,000 – 225,000 Scovile Units (SHU), but are we all taking about the same chilli, as there seems to be a lot of confusion about what they are!

In general they seem to be  about 1 – 3 cm in length and 0.5cm to 1cm in diameter, they are thin walled, packed with seeds and conical in shape, starting green and maturing to red.

Birds Eye chillies are found all over Africa and Asia, and is know by many local names such as Piri-Piri or Bird’s eye chili, Bird, African Devil, Boonie pepper, Cabe rawit (Indonesian), Cengek (Sundanese), Cengis (Banyumasan language), Cili padi (Malay), Kanthari mulagu (Malayalam), Kochchi (Sinhalese), Ladâ, Lombok rawit (Javanese), Phrik khi nu (Thai), Siling labuyo (Tagalog/Filipino), Thai dragon, Thai hot, Congo chiles, Mombassa chiles, Pequin chiles, Uganda chiles and Zanzibar chiles.

It seem that we are all confused where this chilli is a C.annuum or A.frutescens with different seed providers being evenly balanced on the subject, but we have even seen it listed at C.chinense.

For what is one of the most commonly available chillies, we are confused, it is probably lots of different variates, that look similar, a common name Piri-Piri translates in some languages to Hot-Hot while it others it has become the term for chillies.

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Nicky’s Nursery – Chilli Seeds Suppliers

by Hot Juan on December 3, 2010 · 0 comments

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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.

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ChileFoundry Newsletter — May 2010

by Hot Juan on June 2, 2010 · 0 comments

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Lots of articles last month, including probably the worlds hottest curry, and some new recipes and reviews.

The Chilli Garden

The Chilli Garden

The Chilli Garden – Organic Hampshire Chillies – Based in a wooded vale on the Surrey/Hampshire border The Chilli Garden seven acre’s are farmed by three generations of the same family. Between them Father, Daughter and Son-in-law; Peter, Alison and Mik, have wealth of experience in farming, food production and design enabling them to make everything on the farm themselves.

Wahaca Looking for Chilli Expert – Wahaca, the Thomasina Miers chain of MLots of review and new preoductsexican restaurants is looking for a chilli expert to help them create a showcase for the joys of growing chillies, from how to plant, pollination and harvesting.

Darth Naga Reviews:- Mr Vikki’s Hot Lime Pickle – Well, the elections are upon us and I find its quite easy to get bogged down in political debates and other nonsense so I decided to take myself away from it all for a moment and write a review on one of “Mr Vikki’s” amazing products! Mr Vikki has had a couple of reviews on this site so far and I am sure that as long as he keeps making quality chilli products then we’ll keep on reviewing them!

The ChileFoundry Forum Experiment – We have been looking at opening a user forum for the past 6 months, the object of the forum is our users to discuss products and suppliers, post recipes etc etc.

Men purchase chilli four times more than women? – Men purchase chilli four times more than women reports AUSVEG as part of Australia’s Vegetable Industry Development Program, I guess that is comes has no real surprise, it seem to be mostly men I deal with when reporting for this blog.

Chilli Pantry – Quality Mexican Chillies in the UK – A new retailer for 2010 is the Chilli Pantry, set up by Gina Porras-Parral to sell a range of premium quality Mexican ingredients at affordable prices, based in Brimingham web site currently sell a range of authentic mexican dried chillies.

The Chilli Factory - Fiery Frillneck Hissv

The Chilli Factory - Fiery Frillneck Hiss

The Chilli Factory – Fiery Frillneck Hiss – Hot Smokey Chilli Tomato Sauce – This sauces comes all the way from Australia and has won a number of awards in its home country including 1st prize for Best Hot Sauce Tomato in the Australian Fiery Food Awards in August 2004 as well as a handful of 2nd and 3rd places in other events.

Good Eats – The Big Chili Recipe – I came across these video’s on You-Tube, and it seems like an excellent recipe, so we decided to collected the list of ingredients and the listed some places you can find them here in the UK.

Mr Singh’s – BBC1 High Street Dreams – What a great opportunity for Mr Singh’s Punjabi Chilli Sauce. I don’t think they could get a better plug for the sauce than BBC1 High Street Dreams

HillBoy from Gurkha Fine Foods – This is billed as “The Ultimate Chilli Experience – A Condiment that bites back!” and I think it is a first for us to be reviewing a Gurkha product. The Gurkha people are from Nepal and North-East India, the name coming from a Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath.

Cambridge Chilli Farm – Ghost Pepper 10 Review – While at the Firey Foods Festival in Brighton, Chris & Rosie Jagger from Volcano Chilli asked me when I was going to review a sauce that they have found to be an excellent seller, Chris then sent me another bottle, he said that the recipe has been improved from the original version.

Chilli powder put in husbands pants – According to the Cambridge News Sharron Mackay the defendant in a fraud trial put chilli powder in her husband’s underpants as their marriage fell apart.

Orange Krush Hot Sauce – I’ve been sent a bottle of “Orange Krush” to taste and give my (expert? lol) opinion on, this sauce again comes from www.Hot-headz.com and i believe is the only place in the uk you can buy it, i say this as after a brief search using the trusted google, hot-headz was the only one that came up in the uk!

Could you eat “Probably the World’s Hottest Curry” and win £100 – Fire Foods and local Grantham’s Bindi Restaurant are putting down a challenge to anyone who thinks they are tough enough!

Lady Bird Johnson’s Pedernales River Chili Recipe – This recipe originally contained beef suet, but that ingredient was omitted after LJB’s severe heart attack when he was Senate majority leader. Remember to skim the fat off the chilli.

Blairs Ultra Death

Blairs Ultra Death

Darth Naga reviews – Blair’s Ultra Death – Well its that time again chilefanz!! Today I bring you my latest video review, and I reckon this one may just go down in history as the second stupidest thing I have ever done (the first will hopefully be uploaded to youtube at some stage LOL!) stupid for the simple fact that after hearing from Rose Seymour that James beck said “we don’t use milk in our video reviews in the US” I decided to hit the bottom end of mental and do a vid review WITHOUT MILK!! But anyway, the sauce I am reviewing today comes from the godfather of the US hotsauce scene Mr Blair Lazar himself, and this particular sauce is famous for not only being the hottest sauce he mass produces, but also for being one of the only ones to have its name changed during his major rebranding last year!

David’s Chilli Oil – Much more than just a gourmet oil – This is not just an “Oil and Chilli” blend; there is a whole extra level of flavour to be found here and with Rape seed oil becoming the New Olive oil, its time may have come. I am sure you will see more and more gourmet products based on Rape seed oil.

ChilliPepperPete’s Easy Fish Jambalaya Recipe – Jambalaya is a Louisiana Creole dish of Spanish and French influence, it is a close relation to the Spanish paella. This version is made a little quicker and simpler by pre-cooking the rice, traditionally the rice would be added with the stock at the end of preparation and then cooked for 45-60 minutes.

Scott Roberts — Chilli Letter from America #6 – It’s hard to believe it’s already May of 2010. Soon, people all across America will be doing outdoor grilling and barbecuing, celebrating Memorial Day Weekend at the end of this month, and wondering what to do with bored kids all day long now that school will be out for the summer.

Thai Pineapple Curry with Birds Eye Chillies – This recipe comes from a friend of Darth Naga, Sean (also know as Relentl3ss), who has cooked this for Darth and Mrs Naga, so it suspect it will taste very good. It uses the popular Birds Eye Chilli, and not of the ingredients should be hard to find in a reasonable supermarket.

The Chilli Jam Man - The 3 Peaks Chilli Jam

The Chilli Jam Man - The 3 Peaks Chilli Jam

The Chilli Jam Man – The 3 Peaks Chilli Jam – RIGHT let me just start out this review by stating that i’m NOT a big fan of sweet chilli things..problem is people keep sending me sweet chilli things and they are slowly changing my mind!! Todays “Jam” comes from a guy that up until I received this jar and then added him on twitter I knew nothing at all about him, but after a bit of net sleuthing I found out a little.

Growing Chillies from Seed: Part 2 – Once you have some seedlings to pot-on (see picture 1), it is time to separate them and pot them in individual pots. We tend to pot-on gradually, so we use 3” pots first. Using very loose seedling compost will help this stage. We like to use vermiculite on the surface and perlite in the mix.

Hungarian Paprika – The chilli was introduced to Hungary by the Turks during the 16th-17th centuries; it was not until the 19th century that paprika become the dominant spice in Hungarian cuisine.

Top 10 UK Chilli Web Sites — May 2010 – The farmers are now the top 3 chilli web sites in the UK with the Dartmoor Chilli Farm jumping up 2 places to number 3 joining Chillis Galore and South Devon Chilli Farm in 1st and 2nd places.

Hot-Headz Calypso Caribbean Style Hot Sauce – Hot-Headz has been a leading supplier of Hot Sauces in the UK since 1994, owner Stuart McAllister has a passion for hot sauce both finding and developing the best sauces he can find around the world.

Holy Cow! Spicy Bombay Ketchup

Holy Cow! Spicy Bombay Ketchup

Holy Cow! Spicy Bombay Ketchup – BBQ sauce is a area that seems to cover all sorts of sauces, I love BBQ, especially slow cooked pulled pork with lashings of BBQ Sauces, but this sauce is a surprisingly different.

Mr Singh’s Cookalong – Prawn Stir Fry – This is a simple recipe, as you will see exact quantities are not essential when cooking, please feel free to use what you have got, we have added some estimates of the quantities used to help.

Berberé (or Berbere) Recipe – A Hot Spice Mixture from Ethiopia. – Berberé originates from Ethiopia. It is a very hot dry spice mix and has become the basis for most Ethiopian cuisine. It should have a course texture, so don’t grind it to a fine powder.

The ChileFoundry YouTube Channel – Did you know we have our own YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/chilefoundry

Hot Headz & Scorchio Top 10 Products — May 2010 – Hot-Headz and Scorchio provide us each month with there Top 10 products sold that month via their web sites.

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