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By Hot Juan, August 7, 2010 8:19 am

It is 9.00am we have had break­fast at our budget hotel (Travel Lodge and Little Chef) and will soon be on our way to the Chilli Fiesta.

Day 2 of the West Dean Chilli Fiesta, Darth and Mrs Naga are out and about doing video inter­views and a what is it like at the Chilli Fiesta, to be screen here very soon.

I star­ted with a quick wander around the stalls, very pleased to find Why Not Hot with some stun­ning new products and Edible Orna­ment­als stand was well pack with fresh chil­lies, while Fire Foods new black and yel­low bottles looked very dramatic.

The walled garden was not as busy as we expec­ted, but there are some stand that must not be missed in the pot­ting sheds includ­ing Cool Chilli Co, The Chilli Garden, Spicy Mon­key and Hot-Headz (Sorry if I missed any­one out).

I had a good chat with Jan Rasmussen from “The Mis­sion Mex­ican Grill with whom we are hop­ing to arrange a video visit to their out­let in Read­ing to do a how to roll your own Burrito film and well as hav­ing at look at what it takes to run a first class Mex­ican restaurant.

I also found a very odd product, a kind of slip-on garden shoe with a chilli pat­tern on it from www.backdoorshoes.co.uk ( I will put up some images very soon, so you can see what I mean).

Green­house Sen­sa­tion had a very inter­est­ing look­ing product called Win­dow­grow, which looked like a great way to get fresh chil­lies in your kit­chen and you need them.

Lots of music this year, includ­ing a mex­ican 3 piece band.

Mr Singh’s was work­ing hard doing tast­ings, this is a great sauce, but only when seen as a large ban­ner does the new look work for me, it a very clean look, but on a bottle its impact is a little lost (I did like to old labels, con­fused, but much more fun).

Lots of Chilli plants for sale again this year, and the chilli creche was being well used.

Lots more to men­tion when I get back and upload the images.

Only one day to go so if you are able get down to West Dean this Sunday and a lazy day tast­ing some great food.

A full set of pic­tures will be post very soon.

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By , July 20, 2010 9:27 am

We’ve all heard of Chilli chocol­ate bars and Chilli chocol­ate brownies. Angie Bourne and Anthony Sturge take this concept to a whole new level. This lovely couple, both with years and years of chef/catering exper­i­ence, incor­por­ate local pro­duce and the finest ingredi­ents to make sure they leave a last­ing impression.

Deli Welli Doo Daaa make a selec­tion of rich, sweet and fluffy muffins with a Chil­liPep­per­Pete Dragon’s Blood infu­sion both into the icing and the cakes themselves.

Chilli Muffins

The rich Bel­gium chocol­ate but­ter­cream icing, topped with sprinkles, marsh­mal­lows or chocol­ate discs, hide a delight­fully warm feel­ing that leaves a very more­ish, tingling sen­sa­tion on your tongue. Through­out the chocol­ate sponge under­neath the Dragon’s Blood tames, but is always there and never lets you forget.

In either dark or milk Bel­gian chocol­ate, the fla­vour­ful sauce sits in wait­ing, ready to ambush your taste buds. Sur­pris­ingly, the burn is rel­at­ively mild and quick, so you won’t be over­powered or unable to taste any­thing else. This Chilli-Muffin alli­ance has the right bal­ance of fla­vours and heat. Unlike some com­pet­it­ors who have chilli with a hint of chocol­ate, or chocol­ate with a hint of chilli, these muffins will not disappoint.

Atop beau­ti­ful vanilla Dragon’s Blood but­ter­cream icing sits a lime slice shaped and fla­voured jelly sweet. Inside this muffin is a mix of red pep­per, lime and coconut. Now lime and coconut have always gone hand in hand, but the addi­tion of red pep­per to the mix makes a dif­fer­ence you couldn’t ima­gine. With very small grat­ings of fresh lime peel and red pep­per engulfed in the moist coconut sponge, one bite into the muffin gives you a zesty, fruity refresh­ing tang. Such an inno­cent look­ing muffin with a very clean com­bin­a­tion of fla­vours is a stel­lar treat in my opinion.

World Hot­test Chilli Ice Cream

Not only do Angie and Anthony make extraordin­ary cakes, they also make the worlds hot­test Chilli ice cream. This is no easy task, as chilies and chilli sauces have a tend­ency of thin­ning out other ingredi­ents which can stop the ice cream from set­ting cor­rectly, thus res­ult­ing in a spicy cold mess! They com­bine sev­eral sauces and cre­ated three heats, one for every level of chilli addict.

Baby dragon is the mild­est ice cream. Using Dragon’s blood in such a small amount still gives this deli­ciously thick ice cream a dar­ing edge whilst retain­ing its cool­ing prop­er­ties and is fant­astic for a very inter­est­ing oral sensation.

Dragons Blood is made with the same sauce in a lar­ger quant­ity; much hot­ter and deliv­ers a gen­er­ous kick to the back of the throat.

Satan’s Mother-in-Law leaves you with a ‘catch 22′ situ­ation. Dec­ad­ent fresh ice cream with a spe­cial sauce blend made with Nagas, among other things, leaves you with a fiery tongue that you just want to quench with more of the ice cream. Trouble is, the more you eat, the hot­ter it gets! A fant­astic jump into mix­ing the hot with the cold and a must try for any­one who enjoys teas­ing their mind with this very enter­tain­ing combination.

This com­pany were a massive hit at Grill­stock and for­tu­nately for us they are going to be attend­ing at this year’s West Dean Chilli Fiesta on August 6th, 7th and 8th. So for all those read­ing this review and think­ing of get­ting your mitts on their stuff, you’ll get your chance. Get it whilst its hot (lol), Stop them and buy one.

This is Mrs Naga, hop­ing to see you all at West Dean. Darth told me to sign off with ‘May the sauce be with you’ (rolls eyes).

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By Hot Juan, April 1, 2010 9:37 am

March 2010 and so far we have had over 100 sauces in for review this year. this is going to be a mega year for chillies

Top 10 UK Chilli Web Sites — March 2010 — Still on the top slot is Chil­lis Galore, most sites this month have seen there over­all rank drop on Alexa, we also have just one new site in the Top 10 Sites with the Dart­moor Chilli Farm Join­ing in at #9.

Hot Headz & Scorchio Top 10 Products — March 2010 —  Hot-Headz and Scorchio provide us each month with there Top 10 products sold that month via their web sites, I can per­son­ally recom­mend the Ran­goon Rac­quest Club products we tasted some a few months ago they where excellent.

Easter Eggs for Chilli Headz —  Just a quick note about Easter eggs for Chilli Headz, sus­pec­ted you would all like one of these. The egg is 50% Naga infused chocol­ate and 50% While chocolate.

Email from The Chilli Pep­per Com­pany —  We received this email a few days ago from Ger­ald at The Chilli Pep­per Company

Thomas­ina Miers — Mex­ican Food Made Simple

Mex­ican Food Made Simple – Thomas­ina Miers —  Thomas­ina will always be know as the win­ner of Mas­ter­Chef, but before that she had and at the age of just 18 she went to Mex­ico, and had since then worked as a freel­ance food writer.

The Chilli Review — Your Daily Chilli News­pa­per — The Chilli Review is our news site, it is a kind of daily news­pa­per of what is being blogged about chilli’s around the world!

Bris­tol Fiery Foods Show Can­celled — We have hear bad new from Chil­liPep­per­Pete, they have been in nego­ti­ations to extend there suc­cess­ful Fiery Foods Show to Bris­tol, this looked like the idea loc­a­tion here in the South West.

Wessex Chilli Fest­ival — Sunday 10th Octo­ber 2010 —  Now is its 2nd year, the Wessex Chilli Fest­ival is being held on Sunday 10th Octo­ber 2010 at the Cheese and Grain Hall in Frome, Somer­set. BA11 1BE

The Chilli Pep­per Com­pany — Chinese Burn Review —  Oh my god, I just had to re-read that again as I didn’t believe there were only 4 ingredi­ents in this sauce, but there is just that…only 4 ingredi­ents. “Chinese Burn” as this par­tic­u­lar sauce is called, no doubt gets its name from the second ingredi­ent in the list, the rice wine.

Hot Headz Habanero Extra Hot Chilli Ketchup

Hot-Headz — Habanero Extra Hot Chilli Ketchup —  Just arrived at Hot-Headz is this new Habanero Extra Hot Chilli Ketchup, it comes in a tra­di­tional 390g ketchup style bottle.

Name that sauce? — The Dart­moor Chilli Farm is look­ing for a name for an extreme Naga Jolokia sauce it has in devel­op­ment, and it has set-up a com­pet­i­tion to help find the right name.

News from the West Dean Pot­ting Shed — Sarah Wain, Gar­dens Super­visor, at West Dean Gar­dens has sent us some pic­tures of the chil­lies grow­ing at West Dean this year and she reports that most of the plants are grow­ing way nicely in 9cm square pots in one of the Vic­torian Pit Houses.

Dart­moor Chilli Farm – Dark Chilli Chocol­ate — When I am going to taste a high qual­ity dark chocol­ate, the first thing I test is how well is snaps, this may seem odd, but over the years I have learned that the bet­ter the qual­ity the chocol­ate, the sharper and crisper the snap sounds when break off a lump.

Scott Roberts — Chilli Let­ter from Amer­ica #4 — March in the U.S. marks the com­ple­tion of the 22nd Annual National Fiery Foods and BBQ Show in Albuquerque, New Mex­ico and the begin­ning of the grow­ing sea­son for chile pep­pers across a large sec­tion of the middle of North America.

Dis­cov­ery Foods — Mex­ican Wicked Chilli Spice Mix — Hav­ing developed and sold my own spice mixes I was ready not to like this, I have pur­chased mixes like this in the past and they tend to wimp out dur­ing cooking.

Firey Foods UK Chilli Fest­ival — Easter Week­end Fun — The Firey Foods UK Chilli Fest­ival Event opens at 10am till 6pm on April the 3rd/4th/5th in the Hove Gar­dens in Brighton.

Pat­ent rights for Naga Chilli — “Naga­land gov­ern­ment has finally won the pat­ent rights for the Naga King Chilli and also registered as the pro­pri­etor of the chilli with the Gov­ern­ment of India, accord­ing to the Geo­graph­ical Indic­a­tion Registry recently” —  From report in the Naga­land Post

Chilli Pep­per Com­pany — Naga Mama

Darth Naga Reviews — Chilli Pep­per Company’s Naga Mama — The sauce I have today comes from a friend of mine who runs the “Chilli Pep­per Com­pany” his name is Ger­ald fowler and i am sure that those of you who have been to at least one chilli fest­ival wlast year will have met the man him­self, he’s a lar­ger than life guy who really loves the burn and everything asso­ci­ated with it, he’s tried all his sauces him­self even the fabled “10 minute burn” that was banned from the FFUK last year, so when i say this man knows his chilli’s i’m put­ting it mildly!!

South Devon Chilli Farm — One-Pot Chilli Kit - A quick timely review of a new sea­sonal product from the South Devon Chilli Farm, so if you are look­ing to grow a chilli plant for the first time this year, then this may be the kit for you.

Fire Foods Nitro Video Review — The sauce I’m review­ing today comes from a rel­at­ive new­comer to the UK hot­sauce move­ment, but he’s a fast mover non­ethe­less and his sauces are highly recom­men­ded both by us here at the Chile­foundry and by his cus­tom­ers.. I am of course talk­ing about “Woody” the owner and cre­ator of “Fire­foods” a com­pany that prides itself on fla­vour above heat but oddly enough man­ages to excel in both depart­ments, read on and lets have a look at what delights he has!

ASDA Roll­back — Dave’s Insan­ity Sauce - ASDA has rolled back the price of Dave’s Insan­ity Sauce to just £2.98, this is a excel­lent price for this inter­est­ing super hot sauce, while there are bet­ter tast­ing sauces about, the once can truly claim to be the first.

Donino’s Melt­down — The Revenge

Domino’s Launches “Melt­down — The Revenge” Pizza — Domino’s has now launched a hot Pizza that they claim is their hot­test Pizza yet, and I have to agree for a national chain of Pizza Res­taur­ants this is a very hot Pizza, much hot­ter than their pre­vi­ous ones.

Quick and Simple Chicken and Moz­zarella Quesa­d­il­las Recipe — For this recipe you will need some Mex­ican Style season­ing like the one we made a while ago to give this the spicy warm fla­vour it needs.

Chilli Pep­per Peter — Naga Green Headhunter Sauce — The sauce I am review­ing today comes from a man we all know and love, mr “Chil­lipep­per­pete”, based in brighton this guy has been pro­du­cing qual­ity hot sauces for years, he also tends to win alot of awards for his sauces too! he also helps his wife Mir­anda out with the FFUK fest­ival now on three times a year!! Visit www.fireyfoodsuk.co.uk for more details!

Mex­ican Style Season­ing Mix Quick & Cheap (for Fajitas Tacos etc) - Last week I was teach­ing some basic cook­ing and needed a season­ing mix to put on Fajitas and a few other recipes we were mak­ing, I could only use super­mar­ket basic stuff, no whole dried chil­lies, and no pre­par­a­tion time.

Dart­moor Chill Farm — Chilli Jam

Fel­brigg Hall Chilli Fiesta & Fete —  4th August 2010 — Fel­brigg Hall Chilli Fiesta is a regional food and pro­duce fest­ival with a lean­ing towards the hot end of the spectrum.

Bar­ring­ton Court Chut­fest — 2nd/3rd Octo­ber 2010 - Last year we vis­ited the Bar­ring­ton Court Chut­fest and had a great time, this year the event is on the 2nd/3rd of Octo­ber so if you are any­where near we recom­mend a visit.

Dart­moor Chilli Farm — Chilli Jam — Ini­tially the taste comes from the roas­ted red pep­pers, and this is fol­lowed by the Jalapeños, with a nice sweet over tones from the Apples and Sugar. This goes well with a nice strong cheese and crack­ers or how about glazed on to some cooked ham.. The mouth is start­ing to water just think­ing about the pos­sib­il­it­ies.

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By Hot Juan, March 23, 2010 9:34 am

Sarah Wain, Gar­dens Super­visor, at West Dean Gar­dens has sent us some pic­tures of the chil­lies grow­ing at West Dean this year and she reports that most of the plants are grow­ing way nicely in 9cm square pots in one of the Vic­torian Pit Houses.

West Dean Chilli Plants

The West Dean chilli col­lec­tion is second to none as a dis­play of chilli vari­et­ies, and is a major reason for my annual trip to the Chilli Fiesta, I spend hours with my cam­era get­ting pictures.

You can visit the West Dean Gardens almost any-time, the gar­dens are beau­ti­ful and they host inter­est­ing events through out the year, including:

• Wholly Herb Show 22 & 23 May 2010
• Garden Event 26 & 27 June 2010
• Chilli Fiesta 6, 7 & 8 August 2010
• Totally Tomato Show 4 & 5 Septem­ber 2010
• Apple Affair 2 & 3 Octo­ber 2010
• Sat­urday Garden Lec­tures 2010

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By Hot Juan, December 6, 2009 2:17 pm

The 2010 West Dean Chilli Fiesta dates have been announced and this year they have added and extra day, mak­ing this for the first time a 3 day event.

The 2010 Chilli Fiesta starts on Fri­day the 6th August and con­tinu­ing over the whole weekend.

More Details as we have them..

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