Re: [CH] Wooooo - Hooooo! Bargain Scotch Bonnets ',;--}
Paul & Debbie (pjsmith@mtnhome.com)
Mon, 07 Oct 2002 07:09:28 -0500
Howdy Shaun, the trick is to grow your own. I have been picking fresh orange
habanereo's since the beginning of July here in the mid-south U.S. in
Arkansas. That is off only 5 plants and we are talking hundred's of chiles.
The way to enjoy the burn and stay out of the loo is to remove the seed's
and inner membrane.Take care , Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Rimmer" <shaun@newtronic.co.uk>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:03 AM
Subject: [CH] Wooooo - Hooooo! Bargain Scotch Bonnets ',;--}
>
> How do goodly hotheads! 'Tis I, de-lurking again to share the tail of my
> recent good fortune ',;~}
>
> Friday, I was to travel by rail to Chester, to visit an old friend that
had
> moved from here (Blackburn) some time ago. She is a foodie. There are no
> real Asian food stores in Chester (there are hundreds here!), so I said I
> would take over some of the long thin green and some of the conical green
> Asian chiles for her and hubby - save her spending £1 for 3 or 4 at the
> supermarkets.
>
> I got to Akhtar's in the 'little Pakistan' area of our town, and bought a
> pound of each - £2 total!
>
> On my way out, a holy red radiance caught my eye, and upon closer
> examination, it proved to be emanating from a large crate of Scotch
Bonnets!
> This is a first, as they only tend to have the good heat but poor
flavoured
> green ('Serrano' like, I believe was the consensus for the knobbly ones??)
> varieties, and those are what I have become accustomed to. I filled a bag
> with the SB's, store keeper chuckling and grinning all the while: "Those
are
> the very hottest ones! Oh yes! I'm thinking you are liking them a lot,
> no??", handed over my £1.30, and left for the station a happy bunny ',;~}
>
> I had my first one chopped onto a big beef, bacon and cheese burger at the
> pub on the way from station to Sally's place - delicious! Hot. Very hot!
But
> ohhh, the flavour!!!
>
> They may not be 'real' Habs, but they have a fine, fine flavour, and I
> sweated and cried and sweated and smiled and drank cold beer. Sally
thought
> it was hilarious and strange (she's of the mild persuasion), and the other
> patrons in the beer garden were left wondering where this feverishly
> grinning nut-case had escaped from....heheheheheh..... ',;~}
>
> We used several over the w/e (Including in my now famous mixed root veg.
> spiced mash), I ate that many it nearly ruined my Friday night on the
town -
> had to visit the loo several times in one hour, heheheh.... I strung up a
> good number of the three varieties, and they are now decorating their
> kitchen (they were very pleased, and are considering re-decorating the
> entire area.....).
>
> I brought home about half a pound of them from Chester because they didn't
> need them all saying 'a years supply is plenty' (heh!), and I'm going back
> to the shop after work in the hopes there will be some left.
>
> Should keep me in hot and tasty chile sauce for a few weeks ',;~}
>
> How lucky some of you Foreigners are, to have so much choice and such good
> value for money too, and nearly all the time!
>
> Shaun aRe - had Hunan everything this w/e, heheheh ouch!
>