Red Hot Chili Pepper Research Spices Up Historical Record

Eureka Alert ^ | 2-15-2007 | Gregory Harris - U Of Calgary

[Renfield]

Me too. I'm waiting for an habanero breakfast cereal...:)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I grow, dry and grind Habaneros every summer. I can grow them in my clay hillside and not worry that deer will bother them. I make about half a pound of this flake and seed mix and use it up in pizza, chili, soup and nearly everything else. I was introduced to hot peppers in Thai food as a youngster in the 1950s. its interesting to realize these hot peppers are from the "New World," and not native Thai or Asian at all.

[rabidralph]

They are red hot!

[Gabz]

OMG..............I can't believe I forgot beer.......Shame on me.

[ravingnutter]

O-o-ok...gov_bean_ counter sells Preparation H and Izzy Dunne sells Tidy-Bowl. I suppose that picture means you sell deodorant? Why the heck is that guy sniffing his own armpits? Yuk!

[Gabz]

I'm not quite ready for an habanero cereal, in fact I probably never will be as I don't eat cereal as a rule, but I get your drift :)

[massgopguy]

Is there a Grammy for this category?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

My old cable had a Chinese network. They had a game show that consisted of people eating hotter and hotter foods until all but one dropped out! They had men and women actually taking the clothes off trying to cool down. The item that put everyone over the top was some sort of large Chinese cookie that was made of nothing but ground up chile peppers!

[Gabz]

I've been growing one type of chile pepper or another for over 20 years. I dry some, freeze others and turn more into salsas, sauces, and jelly.

The worst experience I ever had was when I put cherry peppers next to habaneros....the cherry peppers actually came out totally unedible. The cross pollination, totally accidental, was disastrous. We just went ahead and pulled up the entire row of cherry peppers.......

[Gabz]

That sound PAINFUL!!!!!!!!!!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

There was a BBQ place in Des Moines, IA (of all places) called Big Daddy's that specialized in Bahama "goat pepper" sauces. Big Daddy passed on a few years ago but the little restaurant still sells his stuff and its been picked up by the Hy Vee Grocery chain. Goat peppers and Habaneros look quite similar, like little Japanese lanterns. Its a good idea to handle them with a plastic grocery bag over your hand during the chopping routine and what ever you do, avoid getting the oil in your nose or eyes.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Wow, what a great article, considering I sell hot sauce for a living!"

Really! Love the stuff. Any recommendations?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I like to take the dried Thai peppers, and fry them in peanut oil in my wok until they turn black. Let them dry out and grind 'em up. Delicious! Put don't breathe the smoke comin' off the wok. You'll choke horribly!

[Centurion2000]

and then there is A$$ Blaster hot sauce. Rating 7000

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Put =but

[dfwgator]

The Hot Chili Peppers are causing global warming. Al Gore said so, therefore, it must be true.

No wonder Anthony Kiedis distanced himself from Al Gore at the Grammys.

[Graybeard58]

Ping to freeper who sent me that great jar of habanero flakes.

Glad you enjoyed them.

At the same time I sent them to you I also sent some to a member in Taiwan. In the pack I sent him I included my email address. I didn't hear from him for a while and forgot his screen name.

I got an email from him thanking me for the peppers and telling me that he had been banned at F.R. He didn't say why and I wonder if eating those peppers drove him mad and got him banned.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I also discovered this while running peppers that got a little too hot in my coffee mill.

[Gabz]

Its a good idea to handle them with a plastic grocery bag over your hand during the chopping routine and what ever you do, avoid getting the oil in your nose or eyes.

Wise advice. It is also important to be extremely careful (especially men) when using the bathroom after handling ot peppers of any kind.

Years ago a Thai woman taught me a trick if the pepper heat is too intense for your taste. Place about a teaspoon of salt on your tongue and hold it there for as long as possible. DO NOT SWALLOW. The salt will draw out saliva containing the "heat." When you feel the need to swallow spit out the salt and rinse your mouth with cold water.....repeat if needed.

[wolfcreek]

"Habaneros are among my foavorite chiles........the taste is really awesome - if you can get past the burn :)"


If making salsa with habaneros, try using orange juice or pineapple. (I think it's the sugar and the citric acid that do the trick) This will calm the heat a bit and makes an unusally different tasting condiment.