Since we did our Christmas on Saturday due to kids could only come over
on that day I processed the hot chiles today for making hot sauce.
Ulterior motive was I got a Cuisinart 7-cup food processor for Christmas
and it made the job a lot easier and faster. DW and I clipped the tops
of the chiles with our matching kitchen sheers and then I processed them
with the chopper blade. All the chiles went into the sterilized 3-gallon
crock and then I put about three-fourths of a cup of pickling salt on
top and sealed the crock with two layers of plastic wrap.

The crock is sitting on the floor in the pantry, against an outside
wall. Floor temp is less than 60F so the crock shouldn't pick up too
much heat from the house. Hopefully, if I check the crock every day I
will be able to head off any incursions of mold that may occur.

Started with 5 gallons of chiles and only filled the 3-gallon crock
three-fourths of the way, roughly 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 chiles to my view.

For those interested the chiles used were exclusively Aji Limon de Peru
type, a chrome yellow, somewhat flattened chile that gets to about 3 to
4 inches long. I've been growing them for several years now and they're
very prolific. The plants were badly frost bitten this winter here in
Southwest Louisiana and I don't expect them to survive. They were
started as seeds in January 2005 and survived the 2005 winter readily. I
can recommend the variety to anyone interested.

Merry Christmas to all.

George

George Shirley > wrote in
:

<SNIP>
> For those interested the chiles used were exclusively Aji Limon de
> Peru type, a chrome yellow, somewhat flattened chile that gets to
> about 3 to 4 inches long. I've been growing them for several years now
> and they're very prolific. The plants were badly frost bitten this
> winter here in Southwest Louisiana and I don't expect them to survive.
> They were started as seeds in January 2005 and survived the 2005
> winter readily. I can recommend the variety to anyone interested.
>
> Merry Christmas to all.
>
> George
>
Hey George, where are these chiles on the heat scale? I've been growing
jalapenos and stressing them and getting some great heat as well as
taste. My guess is my jalapenos are on par with most serranos, which is
enough heat for me. At least in recipes. I haven't tried any hotter ones
for hot sauce.

ScubaPix wrote:
> George Shirley > wrote in
> :
>
> <SNIP>
>
>>For those interested the chiles used were exclusively Aji Limon de
>>Peru type, a chrome yellow, somewhat flattened chile that gets to
>>about 3 to 4 inches long. I've been growing them for several years now
>>and they're very prolific. The plants were badly frost bitten this
>>winter here in Southwest Louisiana and I don't expect them to survive.
>>They were started as seeds in January 2005 and survived the 2005
>>winter readily. I can recommend the variety to anyone interested.
>>
>>Merry Christmas to all.
>>
>>George
>>
>
> Hey George, where are these chiles on the heat scale? I've been growing
> jalapenos and stressing them and getting some great heat as well as
> taste. My guess is my jalapenos are on par with most serranos, which is
> enough heat for me. At least in recipes. I haven't tried any hotter ones
> for hot sauce.
>
Somewhere around 10-12,000 on the Scoville scale is my best guess. Much
hotter than jalapeno's nd serranos but a lot less than habaneros. The
hot sauce made from them has a fruity flavor and just enough heat that
my "super taster" wife can eat it modest proportions and hot fans tend
to like it pretty good.

George

ScubaPix > wrote:
> George Shirley > wrote in
> <SNIP>
> > For those interested the chiles used were exclusively Aji Limon de
> > Peru type, a chrome yellow, somewhat flattened chile that gets to
> > about 3 to 4 inches long. I've been growing them for several years now
> > and they're very prolific. The plants were badly frost bitten this
> > winter here in Southwest Louisiana and I don't expect them to survive.
> > They were started as seeds in January 2005 and survived the 2005
> > winter readily. I can recommend the variety to anyone interested.
> >
> > Merry Christmas to all.
> >
> Hey George, where are these chiles on the heat scale? I've been growing
> jalapenos and stressing them and getting some great heat as well as
> taste. My guess is my jalapenos are on par with most serranos, which is
> enough heat for me. At least in recipes. I haven't tried any hotter ones
> for hot sauce.

Want some Thai chile seed stock from our garden? Eat my SPAM to e-mail me.

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On 27 Dec 2006 08:25:48 GMT, wrote:


>Want some Thai chile seed stock from our garden? Eat my SPAM to e-mail me.


i wouldnt mind a few of those if possible, i'll trade you some peri peri seed i have
from zimbabwe if your interested. nice little pepper i've just started to grow this past year.
friend of mine runs an import store here in atlanta and got me a 50# burlap bag full,
i use the dried pods to stirfry and also to make hot sauce. ill throw in some of my grandfathers
pepper seeds and some of what my grandmother calls 7 year pepper.
-------------------------
Scooter

Scooter > wrote:
> On 27 Dec 2006 08:25:48 GMT, wrote:
>
> >Want some Thai chile seed stock from our garden? Eat my SPAM to e-mail
> >me.
>
> i wouldnt mind a few of those if possible, i'll trade you some peri peri
> seed i have from zimbabwe if your interested. nice little pepper i've
> just started to grow this past year. friend of mine runs an import store
> here in atlanta and got me a 50# burlap bag full, i use the dried pods to
> stirfry and also to make hot sauce. ill throw in some of my grandfathers
> pepper seeds and some of what my grandmother calls 7 year pepper.
> ------------------------- Scooter

E-mail yer snail mail addy to me and they're on the way. No quid pro quo
necessary, but more seed always appreciated!

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On 28 Dec 2006 05:42:31 GMT, wrote:

>Scooter > wrote:
>> On 27 Dec 2006 08:25:48 GMT, wrote:
>>
>> >Want some Thai chile seed stock from our garden? Eat my SPAM to e-mail
>> >me.
>>
>> i wouldnt mind a few of those if possible, i'll trade you some peri peri
>> seed i have from zimbabwe if your interested. nice little pepper i've
>> just started to grow this past year. friend of mine runs an import store
>> here in atlanta and got me a 50# burlap bag full, i use the dried pods to
>> stirfry and also to make hot sauce. ill throw in some of my grandfathers
>> pepper seeds and some of what my grandmother calls 7 year pepper.
>> ------------------------- Scooter
>
>E-mail yer snail mail addy to me and they're on the way. No quid pro quo
>necessary, but more seed always appreciated!

Thanks kind sir, YGM.
-------------------------
Scooter

Scooter > wrote:
> On 28 Dec 2006 05:42:31 GMT, wrote:
> >Scooter > wrote:
> >> On 27 Dec 2006 08:25:48 GMT, wrote:
> >>
> >> >Want some Thai chile seed stock from our garden? Eat my SPAM to
> >> >e-mail me.
> >>
> >> i wouldnt mind a few of those if possible, i'll trade you some peri
> >> peri seed i have from zimbabwe if your interested. nice little pepper
> >> i've just started to grow this past year. friend of mine runs an
> >> import store here in atlanta and got me a 50# burlap bag full, i use
> >> the dried pods to stirfry and also to make hot sauce. ill throw in
> >> some of my grandfathers pepper seeds and some of what my grandmother
> >> calls 7 year pepper. ------------------------- Scooter
> >
> >E-mail yer snail mail addy to me and they're on the way. No quid pro quo
> >necessary, but more seed always appreciated!
>
> Thanks kind sir, YGM.

No big deal, Scoot. I just get them from the garden. Not like I hafta go
to the store and buy them. They'll be in the mail in a day or two.

Happy New Year!

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