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Rest in peace P.Dreadie
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Erin was a sweet, gentle soul, a gifted musician, a true chile head, and I can't believe he's gone. Love ya dude
Prayers all around Liz and we that mourn the loss of our brother...
Prayers all around Liz and we that mourn the loss of our brother...
I'm sorry to hear that Sic.
My prayers, thoughts, and condolences go out to his family and friends.
My prayers, thoughts, and condolences go out to his family and friends.
Never had the honor of knowing him but he must have been an awesome individual based on what you all are saying. Sending prayers of comfort to his wife and kin.
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I don't know how I missed this thread, but RIP P. Dreadie.
I as well was shocked to have seen this thread and to have missed it ... I communicated with Erin in April last year as there was confusion on my part with his P. Dreadie SB compared to P. Dreadie Select ... I thought you might like to read this ...
Hiya John ,
This will end up running on and on I'm sure. I'm an old Texan and we can jack our jaws !!
I was giving some SB seeds from a guy in Florida when I first got on THP. His name was Tony . He's no longer around. When I got seeds the had labeled them "Culled SB seeds " . We were in touch my email too. So I asked him about the "Culled " thing. He said those were seeds from the best pods. I said in Texas a "cull" was something that didn't make the mark. Exp .... I culled my chickens and just kept a few to breed. He said call them what you want. It's up to you to keep them going. So I called them Select . He never said where he got his seeds from. But at one time there was good Bonnets showing up there because of the number of Jamaicans living there. Yardies as Jamaicans call themselves.
I'm a musician and was in love with Reggae . So in 1982' I went to Ja for Reggae Sunsplash. A week , well 5 days of music really. The pkg I had to buy was 7 days. The first I day met my long time Idren Elton. He gave me Ja 101 so to speak . For the following 10 years I went back and lived with Elton. I started staying longer and the wife was afraid I won't return.
So Elton and I would travel the country but not tourist style . We'd stay with family members. After the first year I was in Love with the food. So I often spent time with who was cooking . Bonnets where always used . Quickly I saw there was different Bonnets . The market in Mo-Bay would have dozens of sellers. Some of peppers simply didn't look as nice or taste as good. Many Yardies were simply not good at picking what stock to grow from. The reason for in later years for the MOA in Ja to try and teach them the proper things.
Out in the country Old Granny had some Bonnets , they were super. I asked her what they where ... she said "Oh dem da Goat Pepper " . Like most Yardies it wasn't much info. So I always figured a Goat ate part of her pepper tree and hence the name. In isolated areas like that people had their own strains. Plants that had been grow for years there. They just didn't think about it that way.
In Ja there was 3 colors . and ONLY three ! Green ( picked early ) Yellow ( more orange at times ) and Red. There never was a chocolate or dark brown. And the shape was always like a Tam ( a Scottish sailors cap ) hence the name.
I'm not a fan of hybrids period. Especially with my favorite the SB unless someone is crossing 2 top strains of SB to try a develop a new maybe better Bonnet. Which I can say is not an easy thing. It takes years and years of work. I simply HATE most the chocolate SB's I see. They no longer look like a bonnet and the few samples I've been given DON'T have the proper aroma or flavor.
I don't care what other people do. It's their garden ... and they should do what's fun for them . That's part of the fun.
When I got into growing peppers I bought dozens of Caribbean strains from CCN. To me 95% of them sucked ... Period. I have found a few I like. But they stand on their own. They are not like a Bonnet in the least. I did find the Trinidad Perfume which has a very close aroma and flavor of Bonnets but NO heat. I use them to add the aroma and flavor to things like Rice 'n' Peas but not kick the heat up. A good meal to me should have some items that aren't hot.
I usually grow few super hots . I find them good to kick to heat up if wanted. And because they're so hot and you don't need much ... they don't the profile of what you're cooking.
Well Mate .... hope I was a little help
Peace and have a super day ,
Erin
These days Broccoli doesn't taste so bad ,
Neither does swallowing my pride ....
RIP Erin
Hiya John ,
This will end up running on and on I'm sure. I'm an old Texan and we can jack our jaws !!
I was giving some SB seeds from a guy in Florida when I first got on THP. His name was Tony . He's no longer around. When I got seeds the had labeled them "Culled SB seeds " . We were in touch my email too. So I asked him about the "Culled " thing. He said those were seeds from the best pods. I said in Texas a "cull" was something that didn't make the mark. Exp .... I culled my chickens and just kept a few to breed. He said call them what you want. It's up to you to keep them going. So I called them Select . He never said where he got his seeds from. But at one time there was good Bonnets showing up there because of the number of Jamaicans living there. Yardies as Jamaicans call themselves.
I'm a musician and was in love with Reggae . So in 1982' I went to Ja for Reggae Sunsplash. A week , well 5 days of music really. The pkg I had to buy was 7 days. The first I day met my long time Idren Elton. He gave me Ja 101 so to speak . For the following 10 years I went back and lived with Elton. I started staying longer and the wife was afraid I won't return.
So Elton and I would travel the country but not tourist style . We'd stay with family members. After the first year I was in Love with the food. So I often spent time with who was cooking . Bonnets where always used . Quickly I saw there was different Bonnets . The market in Mo-Bay would have dozens of sellers. Some of peppers simply didn't look as nice or taste as good. Many Yardies were simply not good at picking what stock to grow from. The reason for in later years for the MOA in Ja to try and teach them the proper things.
Out in the country Old Granny had some Bonnets , they were super. I asked her what they where ... she said "Oh dem da Goat Pepper " . Like most Yardies it wasn't much info. So I always figured a Goat ate part of her pepper tree and hence the name. In isolated areas like that people had their own strains. Plants that had been grow for years there. They just didn't think about it that way.
In Ja there was 3 colors . and ONLY three ! Green ( picked early ) Yellow ( more orange at times ) and Red. There never was a chocolate or dark brown. And the shape was always like a Tam ( a Scottish sailors cap ) hence the name.
I'm not a fan of hybrids period. Especially with my favorite the SB unless someone is crossing 2 top strains of SB to try a develop a new maybe better Bonnet. Which I can say is not an easy thing. It takes years and years of work. I simply HATE most the chocolate SB's I see. They no longer look like a bonnet and the few samples I've been given DON'T have the proper aroma or flavor.
I don't care what other people do. It's their garden ... and they should do what's fun for them . That's part of the fun.
When I got into growing peppers I bought dozens of Caribbean strains from CCN. To me 95% of them sucked ... Period. I have found a few I like. But they stand on their own. They are not like a Bonnet in the least. I did find the Trinidad Perfume which has a very close aroma and flavor of Bonnets but NO heat. I use them to add the aroma and flavor to things like Rice 'n' Peas but not kick the heat up. A good meal to me should have some items that aren't hot.
I usually grow few super hots . I find them good to kick to heat up if wanted. And because they're so hot and you don't need much ... they don't the profile of what you're cooking.
Well Mate .... hope I was a little help
Peace and have a super day ,
Erin
These days Broccoli doesn't taste so bad ,
Neither does swallowing my pride ....
RIP Erin
I missed this thread somehow but was lucky enough to benefit from some amazing recipes! I hope you are enjoying the food where you may be, RIP my friend.
Growing the P. Dreadie Select Scotch Bonnet in Erin's memory this year. He sent me these awesome pods back in 2013:
Gary I would really appreciate a few seeds later in the year if at all possible ...
You got it, John! Check your PM...