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  1. swellcat

    Black Cobra / Goat's Weed – Ripening Progression

    Overwintered plant.  Went from nubbin pods to ripe in about six weeks.   https://www.instagram.com/p/BkNc1JFnEqm/    
  2. swellcat

    Premature Pod Drop and Incomplete Ripening — Inca Red Drop

      Orange is the new red?   These are from a second or third-year plant.  In prior seasons, the fruit went to a full-on red stage . . . and remained on the plant.  None have gone past this colour this year, and numbers of pods are hitting the ground.   Flavour at this orange stage is OK, but it's...
  3. swellcat

    Tempted by Commercial Pods, Even with Good-Sized Grow?

    Plants don't always equal pods.       Having longer arms (and maybe more motivation) than most of the customers at La Fiesta, I was able to reach over and into the incredibly long, deep bin of serranos to fish out these few ripe ones.  The reward: a little bit of sweet to go with the heat.  ...
  4. swellcat

    condiment Pulla/Puya–Guajillo BBQ Sauce Effort

      Chiles – dried guajillo and pulla pods, hydrated and processed Chile powder Paprika Water Cold Fort Worth beer - Rahr & Sons Summer Blonde Vinegar Tomato paste Juice of an orange Juice of a lime Remnant commercial sauce, maybe 1/3 cup in a one-quart batch Worcestershire sauce Soy sauce Onion...
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    Red Raiders: Predatory Drama

    Hmm . . . what's this?  A bird-seed generator?   Aerial assault     [Remember, the camera, zoomed in, sees more than the person holding it.  That person assumed Mr. Cardinal was shredding ají amarillo pods to get at the delicious seeds.]       At this point, the camera holder couldn't stand...
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    First Take on Tapas: Padrón, et al.

      The Spaniards are onto something.  This is a nice, tasty way to consume mass quantities of nutritious pods.   As an afterthought, sweet onion slices (not pictured) were dropped into the oil . . . which to my pleasant surprise picked up and passed on some gentle heat from the padróns and the...
  7. swellcat

    Tabasco

    [Discussion from a thread in what I didn't at first notice is in the Ads section.]     That's very nice to hear.  I have a couple of foot-tall plants, so pleasant flavour surprises are welcome. _____   This is an interesting, alternative-to-McInhenny historical narrative.  (If nothing else, one...
  8. swellcat

    White Bass with Orange-Pepper-Soy Sauce

      Fly-caught white bass, poached in Cayenne-pork stock with fresh thyme on a bed of red quinoa and amaranth, lamb's quarters, and purslane (wild greens) with an orange-soy-black pepper-sauce with green ají amarillo and dried Jamaican hot chocolate chiles Almost less trouble to do than type up...
  9. swellcat

    fermenting Fresh and Ferment: Red Mulberry and Purple Peruvian

      Just-picked mulberries.  (Thanks, birds, for the trees.) Ferment of carrots and purple Peruvian chiles Dash of sugar Touch of honey Splash of homebrewed apple vinegar Mint leaves   I'm in a bad way for some vanilla ice cream.   [hr]
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    Nocturnal Chewer of Tomato and Tomatillo Leaves

    Anyone recognize these?  Length is about 5/16 to 3/8 of an inch.  They've been seen only at night. Location of the outdoor grow is north Texas, zone 7B-8A. _____
  11. swellcat

    annuum "Arris Annuums": Black-to-Red Seed Pods

    "Arris Annuums" (made-up, placeholder name) from a 93-year-old grower in south Mississippi   I've eaten five of these chiles after pushing out most of the seeds.  The hottest pod might've gone into a jalapeño-to-serrano level; the next two showed no discernible heat; and the last two were...
  12. swellcat

    condiment Carrot-Coconut-Pineapple Salsa

      Heat comes from a datil-fatalii mash that includes fresh coconut, sweet chiles, and orange.  Added to that were dashes of molasses and sugar, a pinch of salt, pineapple, sweet carrots, a splash of homebrewed apple vinegar, and fresh thyme.     Flavours unfold as fresh sweetness, balancing...
  13. swellcat

    Ají Challuaruro

    Ají Challuaruro – from El punto de ají - Programa de Hortalizas   Like the looks of Ají Challuaruro?   Do we know this one under another name?  (There were no search results here or at thechileman.org/.)     [hr]
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    Datil/Fatalii/Wiri, et al. for Your Ají, Other Seeds

    [hr]   Available are some open-pollinated Datil and Fatalii seeds (which produced red and yellow varieties in 2013) and others to trade.  Quantities limited, but maybe a trade or two will work out for us.   Thanks.   Available Ají Amarillo Bell - from ripe orange or red pods Black Pearl Caribe...
  15. swellcat

    Bourdain - Peru: Spanked By a Pepper

    http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/05/30/ab-anthony-bourdain-peru-cerviche.cnn.html {Sorry: three different media tags didn't work to embed, and now I don't see a way to delete.} The dialog at the end of the brief clip is chile-based and kinda amusing. Food in the scene before...
  16. swellcat

    Pequín Pods for Seeds

      Anyone interested in some fresh (or dried, if you want to wait)  pequín (Capsicum annuum) pods?  They are hot lip-stingers, relatively thin-walled (they'll dry well enough), and full of seeds.  The plants tend to be very vigorous and prolific, (at least at a 32'N latitude.  One volunteered...
  17. swellcat

    Baccatum Cross or Cultivar?

    [hr]       Pods are up to four inches long and approximately the diameter of an adult's index finger.   Just one chile, so far, has ripened to yellow.  Heat was moderate, maybe around serrano or so level.  Flavours have been green, vegetal (bell peppery), juicy, and maybe a hint of citrus in...
  18. swellcat

    Oysters

    Broiled, in this case.  (It's July, and these are from the Gulf of Mexico.  Plus, broiled--or maybe better, wood-grilled--can be most excellent.)     Cayenne, sweet orange and yellow peppers, butter, olive oil, bread crumbs, black pepper, Asiago, Parmesan, and Romano cheeses, Japanese plum...
  19. swellcat

    Date and Time Syntax Settings

    Am I overlooking the date and time syntax display options?  (I've looked in My Settings.)   Very interestingly, I see the auto-saved message on the composition window showing 24-hour syntax, 21:43:27, whereas post times are displayed as 09:43 PM.
  20. swellcat

    preservation Bitter Chile Vinegar

    What would be the source of bitterness in a simple, classic chiles + vinegar sauce, the stuff sometimes seen as a table condiment some folks like on greens?  The chiles themselves?   This example included a bottle jam-packed with whole, fat-morph pequín pods, heated white vinegar, and pinches of...
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