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My Naga Experiments

chuk hell

chuk hell

Duo to certain circumstances my naga plants were slow to produce this year ( my first year growing the fiery devils). I have made 3 batches of naga sauce so far but only with the nagas as one ingredient supported by other chiles, mainly habaneros. These sauces were successful for what they were and I got great responses from everyone who tried them.

Still, making a "pure" naga sauce, with nagas the sole chile ingredient has eluded me...until today. Thanks to a real nice late harvest, I have made my first "pure" naga sauce.

Now, as I suffer with a case of "hunan hand" from some accidental exposure, a pot of sauce containing 53 naga morich chiles sits simmering on my stove top. In a few minutes I will can a few and save the rest of this "reserve" for myself and close friends.

This stuff is hot. I realize that heat levels tend to be subjective and that I'm not the most "hardcore" chilehead out there but this stuff damn near takes my breath away. If I had to guess I'd say the heat level is near Dave's Insanity but with a great natural taste.

Except for the pain in my hands, I'm pretty happy with the results so far. :)
 
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bentalphanerd said:
Sounds great. Just one question...how much does it cost to become one of your close friends? ;)
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Expensive. Ten bucks plus shipping to Australia. ;)


Breakfast of champions?

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A bowl full 'o' Nagas
 
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Chuk...do your thang' bro!! I would offer to trade sauce for your Naga but...that's over my head by 10 feet...I did however pickup some 2 oz. woozies...pm me bro. Cheers, TB.
 
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My naga's are only seeds in the ground at the moment :(!

If they sprouted and I got just one pod this season so I could have my first taste of a Naga I'd be happy! And you have a whole bowlful!! I hate you out of jealousy :(
 
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Pishk said:
My naga's are only seeds in the ground at the moment !

If they sprouted and I got just one pod this season so I could have my first taste of a Naga I'd be happy! And you have a whole bowlful!! I hate you out of jealousy :(
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Well it wasn't easy. :lol:

I started the seeds a little late so by the time I put them in the garden the Texas sun was already pretty mean and the little plants weren't hardened off well enough. I ended up having to rig up a tarp over them to keep the direct sunlight from burning them up. Then spring and early summer were WAY too wet so the plants really had to struggle. I had to feed them a lot and still it looked like they would never flower, much less set fruit. I was starting to think only the ones I had in containers would produce pods and they were the first ones I got around July.

Somehow perseverance paid off and the plants in the garden really started to do well around September. I didn't have a bumper crop by any measure but I was thrilled to have a fair amount of Nagas, a decent handful of chocolate habs and even a few red savinas ... not to mention the usual ton of orange habs.

chocolate, red savina and orange hab..

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chocolate habs

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nice series of pics chuk! how did the sauce turn out? care to discuss ingredients or method?

there sure is a lot of variety in the shape of naga pods, it's easy to see why there's so much confusion over identification and nomenclature.
 
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stillmanz said:
How many pods to the bottle (and what size bottle) ROUGHLY just curiously?
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53 pods went into a batch that yielded just under a quart or about 30 ounces. That would be about 6 5 ounce woozies so that breaks down to about.....9 pods per bottle...if it was bottled in woozies. I used my usual 4 oz. jelly jars and canned it for long shelf life. I've got six of those plus my "stash" , un sealed in a flask bottle in my fridge.

Now I'm sure some of you could handle this heat level no problem. It's somewhere near Talon I would guess...maybe hotter. I need to do some taste comparisons as I have an open bottle of talon and Scotty B's Devil's Drool in the fridge.

It does include lime juice, onions, carrots and garlic....
 
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Beautiful nagas and beautiful chocolate habs, Chuk. Man, what a sight. When I get home tomorrow, first thing I'm going to do is get an apparatus to start my seeds in and pack my grow lights.

It'll be months before I see my first naga's, but time flies when you're in school. I hope they turn out halfway as nice as yours.

Choc. habs are a personal favorite of mine. I've go to try to score some seeds.
 
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