Just had a gander at that chilli web site Alex- it's scary stuff. Maybe not for the faint hearted !
PGC- love the epithet "Wings Of Rage"! I would buy them any day with a name like that!
Just went into Woolies and they had Habeneros but were sold out within a day! Must be this cold weather.
I have been messing with different chilli sauces - want to do a tasting day soon.
Anyone have any recommendations for bottled chilli sauces?
They had 'em at Coles aswell, along with Cayennes and a whole bunch of other chillis they never used to sell. I was as happy as on a clear night! I'm going to buy a ton of them, dry them out and grind them into a powder for use on my wings of rage.
I'm thinking of actually getting into growing and perhaps bottling my own hot sauce and chilli powders.
Has anyone ever tried drizzling Tabasco sauce on Fried Chicken, particularly KFC hot n spicy? I did, and consequently I am on a mission to replicate KFC Hot n Spicy. Actually got pretty close.... just need to double the amount of spices and quadruple the chilli content
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I love hot stuff and chillies too but I'm a novice compared to you guys.
Anyone tried a bit of chilli sauce with Doritos? I've been spreading the combo around work, pretty neat
Just a word of warning to do with these beasties: Please don't give these ultra hot chillies to anyone who does not know what they are getting into, and certainly NEVER TO CHILDREN!
If you are handling these for the first time, they are safe to handle without gloves if the fruit is whole. If you cut these, wear gloves - while your fingers may not feel the heat, touch yourself anywhere with chilli-juice coated fingers, and you will be in a great deal of pain. This I know from personal experience!
I had worn gloves when cutting a whole lot of habaneros, but the gloves got a nic in them while cutting . I washed my hand 3 times with strong dishwashing detergent. I went to the little boys' room, and soon after I felt the heat of these habaneros on my member for five hours! Wasn't excruciating pain due to having washed my hands so much, but it was certainly very much there and not comfortable!!!
Another funny/horror story of mine: I make a wonderful chilli oil using my habanero chillies. I knew it was very potent, and only use it sparingly. BUT! the capsaicin oil that gives the chillies their intensity, is actually very volatile, and its effects are greatly heightened when heated. I dripped four drops of my habanero oil into the hot chicken soup we had for dinner that night. OMG!!! The spike of pain was so intense on my tongue that I felt a jolt of electricity surge through my tongue!!! I overloaded the capsaicin receptors in my tongue so much that they freaked and cut out!!! The jolt hurt too. But, I no longer felt the sting of the chillies and I just ate my soup as normal, . The fruity taste of the habaneros I could taste, just not the sting. The receptors calmed down shortly after and I can feel the sting of chillies.
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I still have an old local "thai hot" birdseye that the local currawongs used to theive then puke them up all round the neibourhood,,these chillis grew everywhere near a fence ,,never thought habs were even close to hot in comparison,, seems to still breed true but havn't partaken of the fruit for many years .
I also enjoy a good chilli or two but you guys are hitting heat beyond my threshold...we try and grow a few but generally top out with habanero heat. I make a pretty nice sauce from them....and my wife is super making chilli soup...
With winter upon us in the Northlands it is nice to warm up
I love hot stuff and chillies too but I'm a novice compared to you guys.
Anyone tried a bit of chilli sauce with Doritos? I've been spreading the combo around work, pretty neat
Alistair
Totally. What sort of chilli sauce are you using?
One thing I've been doing recently is getting those Hot n Spicy flavoured 2 minute noodles, sticking them in a small saucepan in boiling water and adding peas, a crapton of Cayenne powder and some soy sauce. Boil it until the peas turn soft. Turns out very nice and a good fix for my chilli cravings. Even my parents who don't believe in any of this "plastic" food love it.
Going to a piss up with my workmates soon and they specifically requested my nuclear chicken wings. Last time my boss had half a wing before he threw in the towel but my Sri Lankan friend smashed like 5 of them wanted more
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Originally Posted by Ric
I've got Scorpions "Butch T" and Carolina Reapers growing in the greenhouse at the moment.
Number 1 & 2 on the worlds hottest list.
I can safely say the taste buds are gone but it's all about that Chilli high.
Cheers And a Very Chilli Christmas.
You need to make chicken wings with those ingredients.
Just a word of warning to do with these beasties: Please don't give these ultra hot chillies to anyone who does not know what they are getting into, and certainly NEVER TO CHILDREN!
Very true Alex
C-Reaper's have a capability to hospitalise small kiddies at nearly 1.5 million heat units.
They only grow a bit bigger than a 50 cent piece and definitely look like lollys to kids.
I have eaten a Reaper (about a third) just to say I've done it. It was an awesome experience but it won't be happening on a regular basis.
I'm from the UK, where Vindaloo is the national dish, but you guys are an inspiration and probably view vindaloo as a snack food. I'm off to grow some chillies.
I've just had my first encounter with a Bhut Jolokia (Ghost chilli)...
Just a slither of the tip of one fruit I harvested from my home. What a hit of fire! I can only imagine what a larger piece will be like...
Not just fire, but sweet, fruity capsicum flavour too that is the first thing you taste. Then, the heat starts, and keeps growing, and doesn't let up...
There is a scorpion chilli oil we get from the local markets that is fabulous and you can countdown to the hit to within a second or two. We thought the guy was joking when we sampled it he's like lick it, now wait, it takes about 12-13 seconds to hit, and we counted down thinking its never coming then 12 seconds later, just like he said.... wallop! it erupts. Every time, its unbelievable. I have to separate my hot food enjoyment from chilli tasting as such though, if its a meal then I dont want it so hot I can't taste anything, but as a separate 'sport' of tasting thats a different matter! the head rush and adrenalin is unreal, sure it should be classed as a drug!
The jolt hurt too. But, I no longer felt the sting of the chillies and I just ate my soup as normal, 
