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I am no chef. I'd probably strangle people both customers and kitchen staff alike. It would not be pretty. But I do cook a lot. As much as any "non-chef" type. And I cook what I like. What my family likes. And they generally like what I like...well, because I'm The Captain. My thoughts about...

  Excellent news. The Captain could not be more pleased to hear this news from the West. Keep the line steady!

  In won't tell him that I did this.

OK, so I traded sauces with Warrant Man. His sauces arrived today. The packaging is fun. The sauces look great. But I told him that I would do a live review on camera. So, this eve I will review his sauces with a delectable smoked Chuck Roast as my food source. I will also, dry these chiles that...

Alright, alright. I'm going out to the garden right now and grabbing some Primo Yellows, some sugar rush and yellow trinidads. Then I'm going to dry them in my dehydrator and grind them. Dammit.

  I adore Thai peppers. They have some grit.

Y'all make good points. Powders do go better in certain items of food than fresh chiles. But not generally speaking. I stand corrected. However, I was on a specific mindset. Powder works, but does not go as well in Thai food than a fresh chile pepper. And my point was that chefs should know how...

If you are marinading with a powder it certainly works. If you are cooking fresh food, chile powder is never as good as a fresh chile. Gordon Ramsay would agree with me. Im good with that.

I love powders. Dont mistake. I am saying the original fresh Chile is better than a powder. How can a sane person argue with that?

I am a dreamer. One of my dreams is a super hot themed restaurant. One pepper, two peppers, three peppers heat. One of the skills that I've focused on over the past several years is how to cook a flavorful dish with super hots. It can be done. I've cooked for countless people with gourmet super...

I've noticed something about my dreams over the past few years. Increasingly, they are about hot peppers. Growing them, harvesting them, trying them with new dishes. I am so addicted to hot peppers that my wife and family think that I am insane. When I go to a Thai restaurant and order it "Thai...

This is what it looks like as of last weekend. https://www.facebook.com/TheCaptainCaliente/photos/a.515701282235859/524962957976358/?type=3

This is the garden looked like in February of this year. We had a freak winter and I lost most of my beautiful peppers. https://www.facebook.com/EasyPonix/photos/a.632290903494167/1671644246225489/?type=3

Those plants arent sickly, per se. It is true that I wasnt taking the best care of them last year. The only essential mineral that aquaponics does not naturally produce is iron. Thus I have to add iron chelate at least once a quarter. Now that Im harvesting all the peppers they grow Im adding it...

  This doesn't do it justice because the peppers aren't in yet. This was shot in June of last year. These plants start thriving in August. But this will give you an idea of how large these plants are getting. Now it's just ridiculously out of control. 2nd Video Down. There are more videos and...

  But alas, it is pure water. Well, it is well water. Unfiltered, which is rough on dishes but great for gardens. The things that make this garden hum zing are many. The fish poop. The worms. The lady bugs, the mantis, the way it is designed. The list goes on. When I first started developing...

  Now that is the most clever thing ever said. Hahhh.

  Come by the farm. I know for a fact that I've created something so unique in the hot pepper world that it is mind blowing. It is special. I can grow and have grown more peppers than most people. It's because that is what I decided to do several years ago. It was obvious that the garden was...

  Hi Salsalady. I will definitely enter my sauces into some competitions. And there are plenty more things to come. I'd be more than delighted to trade sauces.   As far as your ghost sauce winning awards. That is fantastic.   I truly think my points have been lost in a lot of what has been said...

For grow medium I recommend river rock. I can't stand the clay pebbles. One of the most important things you can do is add worms. Red wigglers love this system. They will eat fish poop solids and other nasty debris lurking under the rocks. They clean the system of possible pathogens that would...