Bodeen's 2013 Grow _-_ Love at First Sting

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 28, 2013

Got out to the garden this morning to do a quick harvest for some care packages I was sending out. Couldn't fit in as many as I wanted to, but there is a nice assortment in the boxes.

Here is what I initially picked

Husker21 · Aug 28, 2013

Nice harvest!

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 28, 2013

Picked my very first Hawaiian sweet hot today. I didn't do it into an omelet, just gave it a munch. Skin is a little tough on this one. Starts with a very nice short lasting sweet taste with heat that focuses mainly on the tongue. Once you get that you can eat more without any increased heat. The heat does hang around a while, but its on the level of a Jalapeno. I read somewhere that if you cook this pepper it loses the heat and gets more sweet. I will have to test that once I get a bunch ripe.

Went out and got my main harvest and was able to fill the dehydrator up.

Almost forgot to pick the rojo. Time for some more paprika!!!

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 28, 2013

Had another go at the rain forest pepper today. Cutting it open it has the same aroma as the starfish. I imagine they are pretty similar. Get just a touch of sweet on the initial bite and then just a little warming sensation. I was thinking these should have been around Serrano Tamp heat and was going to use them for jelly, but they are a bit too weak.

Spicegeist · Aug 28, 2013

Bodeen said:

Those bhuts in the middle on the top draw the eye...

Husker21 · Aug 29, 2013

Bodeen said:
Got out to the garden this morning to do a quick harvest for some care packages I was sending out. Couldn't fit in as many as I wanted to, but there is a nice assortment in the boxes.

Here is what I initially picked

What are the red and yellow ones on the lower right? Fatali? I will be stalking my mailman tomorrow!

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 30, 2013

Red are fatalii and the yellow are datil

Husker21 · Aug 30, 2013

nice and nice! i dont expect you to go nuts... but if you can point out any of the peppers to approach with caution i would appreciate it. i am trying to play ID the pepper with some online pics and the one you posted.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 30, 2013

It would depend on what your tolerance level is? I sent out a free box earlier and the person popped in a little white one because it looked tame and was a bit surprised.

I would go with the yellow TS first. I wear gloves when cutting it open because even after showering I have touched the wrong things and been a little hot.

Even the thai is hot. I can eat several of them in salsa, but chewing on one fresh gets quite hot to me.

I ate another peach habanero omelet today and it as nearly twice as hot as the first one I had.

In my opinion the lemon drop and chinchi have about the same heat levels. The datil will have a wonderful aroma. The fatalii will have a good aroma too, but has good heat to it.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 30, 2013

Today's harvest was a special one. My first Burgundy pod. It will be eaten tomorrow for breakfast.

I also got my first Chocolate Scotch Bonnet peppers. These look like some I see online, but not like a true bonnet. Not sure if I got right seeds or not, but I will taste this one over the weekend and see if pursuing true seeds will be an effort I want to endeavor.

Then comes my first ever chocolate Habanero. Yet again these look right on some pics, but not on others. Could be JHC for all I know. I didn't harvest these seeds or know how they were grown.

Not sure on this chocolate, but the pods are huge.

I just love these peppers.

Overall Harvest shot.

Going to try drying some bombs as I have a bag in the freezer already. Going for something along the lines of flakes and I can see it being added to noodle type dishes after the fact.

Devv · Aug 30, 2013

Nice work Jeff, I see some fire there for sure!

MeatHead1313 · Aug 30, 2013

Bodeen said:
It would depend on what your tolerance level is? I sent out a free box earlier and the person popped in a little white one because it looked tame and was a bit surprised.

I would go with the yellow TS first. I wear gloves when cutting it open because even after showering I have touched the wrong things and been a little hot.

Even the thai is hot. I can eat several of them in salsa, but chewing on one fresh gets quite hot to me.

I ate another peach habanero omelet today and it as nearly twice as hot as the first one I had.

In my opinion the lemon drop and chinchi have about the same heat levels. The datil will have a wonderful aroma. The fatalii will have a good aroma too, but has good heat to it.

My fault for not asking sooner on the white one lol. Had never heard of a white hab before so thought the little jellybean looking one would be mild. Had great flavor though! And I agree with the TS yellow. Delicious pepper and had less heat than I was expecting.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 30, 2013

Gave the rain forest pepper another go. One thing I can tell you is the plant is a pod producing machine and pushing 4 feet tall. This pod had more heat to it than the rest did, but it is still less than Jalapeno. The heat did hang for a long time though. Just not in love with the flavor.

I was happy to see my "chocolate bhuts" getting ripe.

Guess this means I will be looking for another source of seed lol

Got some brains starting to turn as well.

Mystery pepper isn't a mystery. Glad this is what it turned out to be as the one I knew I had died early on.

Then I have my Chilhuacle Negro. Still not sure what I am going to do with these things.

Might not have to do anything with them as they are calling for some serious chit in Chicago and Kankakee, but it looks like it might slip north of me. I took a hike out back to the soybean field to look at the sky and everything was still. Not even a bird singing. We need the rain but the hail can stay north.

KiNGDeNNiZ · Aug 30, 2013

bump... awesome pods..

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 30, 2013

I am thinking about OW the primo. That would give me a huge jump on next year and increase my pod production correct? Got a few other peppers I want to OW so hopefully the aphids leave me alone this time. If they do show up, I got something special for their azz this year. Dawn dish soap. Pretty much kills bugs dead.

stickman · Aug 31, 2013

Jeff H said:
Let me know if you do that. I'll be the only one left on here growing paper lanterns, I think. If the red fatalii tastes anything like the yellow though, I wouldn't substitute it for the lanterns. It is a totally different flavor profile.

My best use of the paper lanterns to date has to be drying them and rough chopping in the food processor. I sprinkle them on pizza and pasta just like you would do with red pepper flakes at a pizza restaurant. Delicious.

Thanks for the impressions on the taste of the Paper Lantern pods... I started some this year along with some Maya Red Habs, but lost the Paper Lanterns. The pods of the two varieties look identical, and similar to the red Fatali. It's good to know they each have a different flavor profile. I really liked the Maya Reds... very sweet and fruity, with a moderate burn for a Hab.

Have you grown the Chilhuacle Negro before BD? I sampled my first ripe one a while back, and it tasted a lot like a Pasilla to me. I dried the pods whole in the top tray of my dehydrator and bagged them up for later.

HillBilly Jeff · Aug 31, 2013

Had my 7 Pod for breakfast today and it was quite good. First time trying these so I only used half a pod. I had read it tastes like caramel and leaves your mouth with a honey taste afterwards. There was a silky smoothness to this pepper and it lingers afterwards.

Initial heat was in my throat but worked its way all over the mouth. While eating, it really warmed up the tongue. Not one bit of bad taste to this pepper. I did have to go out to the garden and pick a new one as when I cut the one from yesterday open in was nasty inside.

Husker21 · Sep 1, 2013

Bodeen said:
It would depend on what your tolerance level is? I sent out a free box earlier and the person popped in a little white one because it looked tame and was a bit surprised.

I would go with the yellow TS first. I wear gloves when cutting it open because even after showering I have touched the wrong things and been a little hot.

Even the thai is hot. I can eat several of them in salsa, but chewing on one fresh gets quite hot to me.

I ate another peach habanero omelet today and it as nearly twice as hot as the first one I had.

In my opinion the lemon drop and chinchi have about the same heat levels. The datil will have a wonderful aroma. The fatalii will have a good aroma too, but has good heat to it.

Well as soon as I ripped the box open I ate what I think was an aji lemon. Great pod. I already have seeds and will def be growing these next season. This morning I chopped up an an entire yellow TS scorpion in my scrambled eggs. Shocked at the heat level. I was ready to get kicked in the stones but it was a really tasty pod with really nice heat to it. As an after breakfast chaser I chomped a fresh datil. Same deal, it really appealed to my taste buds and I already have seeds.

Gonna get the rest sorted today. I plan to eat a few more straight and will freeze or incorporate some of these into a sauce today.

Thanks again Bodeen!

HillBilly Jeff · Sep 1, 2013

Modest harvest today, so I decided to let garden 2 wait a day or two so I can get a bigger harvest. Garden one I picked 25 aji habs, a few yellow habs a few chenzo peppers, and a tray of JYM.

I have to pick the JYM before they get full ripe or they can sometimes get bad spots in them. Not a big fan of that. With that, I had one in an omelet this morning and got very little heat out of it and no noticeable flavor. I think these are going to be scratched from the grow list for next season.

Devv · Sep 1, 2013

Nice pods and fantastic omelet!

One can never go wrong with an omelet