Megamoo's 2012/2013 Glog

stickman · Jan 10, 2013

Nice looking Hab shots Moo... What do you think you'll cook with them?

megamoo · Jan 12, 2013

stc3248 said:
Love the porn Mega! I had pack rats in my tomatoes last year too. Tough to get rid of, but I trapped out about a dozen and started dusting the plants with cayenne powder and they finally quit coming around. Good luck with those bastages!

Haven't seen any signs lately. It was coming from next door but with the tomatoes gone there must be better pickings elsewhere.

Stefan_W said:
I definitely want the trinidad perfume for next year, and I love your description of how they play with your head.

Pods are smallish but there's plenty of them.

gasificada said:
It's like when your tolerance is right up and you don't quite get the burn you expected.... OK, here it comes, here it comes..... uh, here it comes, here it comes...... uh, here it comes................... awwww, bummmer.

I wouldn't know

My tolerance is better than a year ago but there's still a way to go before I can munch on a superhot and not... make a scene

PaulG said:
Good stuff, Moo! I liked the hab comparison shot, and the
ripening up gnarl three pics back looks like some sort of devil
spawn - talk about nubbly!

Fearsome isn't it

WalkGood said:
3 beautiful habs, looking wicked mon!!!

stickman said:
Nice looking Hab shots Moo... What do you think you'll cook with them?

Thanks guys.

Ate the orange ones yesterday. Cut them up into little bits and put the Orange Hab on a chicken roll. It had a nice burn but was far below what I expected, could have been all the mayo crap on it.

I was feeling good about myself, thought I had developed a high tolerance and was impervious to chilli. So I cut up the Magnum Hab and put it in a burger. (Don't normally eat junkfood or that much btw.)

Then came the serious BURN :mouthonfire:

The Magnum hab is supposed to be an improved version of the orange, hotter, bigger pods, more prolific. I think the previous pod had not faded away and so the heat compounded. It was the same sensation as the hottest pod I've ever eaten but I can obviously handle a lot more than I used to because didn't go freaking out for milk and start drooling a river.

They were both really tasty too

More photos

Because these three were in the back row had to hold the camera at arms length and they're a bit blurry.

TS Moruga Yellow

Primos just starting. Don't look Primo but there's a lot to go yet.

Douglah

Hot Fish looks like someone spilt a candle on it.

Scarlet Lantern in the ground. Not doing as much as the reject left in its pot, but it looks healthier.

Bhut Jolokia plant is bushing out and really taking up the space!

Just noticed this new Jonah pod with hooks and gnarly bumps. Going to be good one

DocNrock · Jan 12, 2013

Your plants are going gangbusters, MM. Love the description of the Trinidad Perfume. I'm adding that one to my grow for this year. The pod shots are great. That TS Yellow Moruga looks mean, as does the Jonah. Everything looks very healthy.

stickman · Jan 12, 2013

That's what I like... bumpy, gnarly and just plain nonstandard in appearance! Do you have a tradition of cooking with chiles in OZ moo, or is it mostly borrowed stuff like curries?

PaulG · Jan 12, 2013

Hey, Moo! Your in-ground plants look great. I bet that
once it spreads its roots out a bit, the Scarlet Lantern will
leave the one inthe pot in the dust!

Stefan_W · Jan 12, 2013

I'm surprised at how far the bhut plant spread out. Maybe this is just a difference between container growing and putting it in the ground?

PeriPeri · Jan 12, 2013

Wow incredible work here Megamoo. Going to sit and digest this incredible glog. Good luck!

megamoo · Jan 13, 2013

DocNrock said:
Your plants are going gangbusters, MM. Love the description of the Trinidad Perfume. I'm adding that one to my grow for this year. The pod shots are great. That TS Yellow Moruga looks mean, as does the Jonah. Everything looks very healthy.

Thanks Doc. I'm guessing a lot of people don't grow the perfume because they're all going for max heat, but its interesting to taste the flavour with no heat. most superhots are so hot you I don't taste anything before my tongue catches fire.

Most of them are healthy but I don't like to post pictures of the sick ones

stickman said:
That's what I like... bumpy, gnarly and just plain nonstandard in appearance! Do you have a tradition of cooking with chiles in OZ moo, or is it mostly borrowed stuff like curries?

Others aussies might disagree with this but traditional Australian food is a bit of a joke. White people have only been here since 1788, and in that time we've gotten meat pies, damper, vegemite, BBQ prawns and beer.

There is no original food style really. Food ideas are imported. There are a lot of Asian restaurants with chilli dishes, and Indian too. I don't mind a bit of Indian food.

PaulG said:
Hey, Moo! Your in-ground plants look great. I bet that
once it spreads its roots out a bit, the Scarlet Lantern will
leave the one inthe pot in the dust!

Thanks Paul.

At the time when I transplanted the Scarlet Lantern I had been overfeeding my other plants. So I pulled back and nothing got any ferts. As a result the overfed ones have stabilised and are looking great and the new transplants have completely stalled. Need to give them a dose this week and kick start some new growth.

Stefan_W said:
I'm surprised at how far the bhut plant spread out. Maybe this is just a difference between container growing and putting it in the ground?

It had a very long period of not doing much, just getting by. Recently its gotten regular water and has really hit its stride.

PeriPeri said:
Wow incredible work here Megamoo. Going to sit and digest this incredible glog. Good luck!

Thanks PeriPeri, I'm trying! I saw your glog a while ago when you first started it. Need to revisit and see the progress.

Trippa · Jan 13, 2013

Looking top notch moo. Love your work bro!! Hey moo you forgot lamingtons

gasificada · Jan 13, 2013

megamoo said:
There are a lot of Asian restaurants with chilli dishes, and Indian too. I don't mind a bit of Indian food.

If you are going separate India from Asia, you might as well mention Thai restaurants too. Chinese (generally what is known as Asian here) and Thai is good but Indian FTW! I swear I've got Indian in me.......

Trippa · Jan 13, 2013

I don't buy Indian anymore ... not being arrogant but my curries from scratch and home made naans and tandoori chicken just have ruined Indian takeaway for me .. actually having a curry night this Friday ...2 curries and 2 tandoori chicken and naan on the menu plus 3 different rice and tandoori prawns ... but again I digress ... sorry moo !!

stickman · Jan 13, 2013

Not Pavlovas eh? I remember making camp bread in a dutch oven on a campfire when I was in the boy scouts. Southern soldiers during the early years of the American Civil War made something similar they called "Sloosh" Their daily ration was half a pound of bacon or "fatback" and a quart of corn meal. They'd fry out the pork and save the grease, mix it with the corn meal and make a snake of the dough, then wrap it around their ramrods and cook it over a fire.

Trippa · Jan 13, 2013

stickman said:
Not Pavlovas eh? I remember making camp bread in a dutch oven on a campfire when I was in the boy scouts. Southern soldiers during the early years of the American Civil War made something similar they called "Sloosh" Their daily ration was half a pound of bacon or "fatback" and a quart of corn meal. They'd fry out the pork and save the grease, mix it with the corn meal and make a snake of the dough, then wrap it around their ramrods and cook it over a fire.

Hey pavlovas are a New Zealand invention not Australian

. Geez those rations sound extreme basically fat and cornmeal ... I wonder how there stamina was on those sort of meals ??

gasificada · Jan 13, 2013

Trippa said:
I don't buy Indian anymore ... not being arrogant but my curries from scratch and home made naans and tandoori chicken just have ruined Indian takeaway for me .. actually having a curry night this Friday ...2 curries and 2 tandoori chicken and naan on the menu plus 3 different rice and tandoori prawns ... but again I digress ... sorry moo !!

Or, you could just be like me and have Indians living next door that cook real food and bring it over.

There are a lot of westernized (tasteless food serving) Indian joints around IMO but then there are also some good ones. Most of the places I find to be good ones turn out to also attract a lot of Indian diners. OK, some bad Indian restaurants will still have their Indian diners, but I'm talking about a large number of diners. One thing I have learned.... if you step into an Indian joint and see no Indian diners, get the hell out! Unless of course you don't mind spending your money on tasteless crap..... :lol:

stickman · Jan 13, 2013

Trippa said:
Hey pavlovas are a New Zealand invention not Australian .

Heh... I'd heard there was a little controversy over that one...

Geez those rations sound extreme basically fat and cornmeal ... I wonder how there stamina was on those sort of meals ??

You'd be amazed... check out Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah campaign where his "Foot Cavalry" stymied 2 Union armies at once. The main problem with that sort of diet (high fat/protein/starch and low fiber) was constipation. The troops countered it by drinking lots of strong coffee. One soldier of the time said it had to be strong enough to "float an iron wedge".

megamoo · Jan 13, 2013

Always thought lamingtons were international. I was going to mention pavlovas, didn't know they were controversially kiwi, just heard they were Aussie. Named after a Russian ballerina.

Don't really care for them either, not big on eggy things.

I've always been a bit picky about my food. I don't like a lot of stuff that people really talk up and love. Don't lose sleep over it though

Was going to say Thai as well but haven't had any for ages. The only really good Thai restaurant I know of isn't close to me, and its not cheap!

Nothing worse than bad Indian takeaway, really pisses me off. I'm not joking, its like road rage, They always forget to put something in too. I'm lucky there is a really good one close to me. I've only tried a few times to make curry totally from scratch and it didn't end well. Need to find a good recipe. I have to cook for three little ones all the time so I tend to cook bland food and put chilli on mine.

stickman · Jan 13, 2013

megamoo said:
Always thought lamingtons were international. I was going to mention pavlovas, didn't know they were controversially kiwi, just heard they were Aussie. Named after a Russian ballerina. Don't really care for them either, not big on eggy things.

I've always been a bit picky about my food. I don't like a lot of stuff that people really talk up and love. Don't lose sleep over it though

Was going to say Thai as well but haven't had any for ages. The only really good Thai restaurant I know of isn't close to me, and its not cheap!

Nothing worse than bad Indian takeaway, really pisses me off. I'm not joking, its like road rage, They always forget to put something in too. I'm lucky there is a really good one close to me. I've only tried a few times to make curry totally from scratch and it didn't end well. Need to find a good recipe. I have to cook for three little ones all the time so I tend to cook bland food and put chilli on mine.

That's too bad Moo... I'll have to start a curry thread in cooking with fire for your delectation...

millworkman · Jan 13, 2013

Looking awesome megamoo!

DocNrock · Jan 13, 2013

I'm in full agreement about all things Indian food recently said above. I love good, HOT, Indian food. Most places are a joke. The food is sweet instead of spicy. Like Gassy said, if you walk in and the majority of the patrons are Indian, chances are it's going to be good. I recently found a little take out place that is great. Their menu gives the choice of five different heat levels. I ordered lamb vindaloo. When I ordered it as a five on the heat scale, the guy asked me if I was sure, as there are no refunds. It was really good, and fairly hot. A couple of minutes into my lunch the guy came out to check on me, lol. He asked me if it was too hot. I told him it could be hotter. He just smiled and walked away. Good stuff.

Stefan_W · Jan 13, 2013

Having a good Indian place in your area is an essential part of leading a happy life. We found a tiny hole-in-the-wall mom and pop Indian restaraunt that the local Indian community uses heavily. That is always a good sign. We had to keep going there for three years before the cook (the dad) agreed to let me order something that was a 10 on their heat scale. It was well worth the wait.