Chillies

[Eurox]

I must admit i enjoy ridiculously spicy food... i normally douse all my food with cayenne chilli powder... but i want to try and go a bit hotter. now ive tried naga jolokia powder and to be honest it just tasted disgusting. is there a HOT chilli pepper that has the same taste as the cayenne?

[Nannyjillx2]

Don't know but Purple and black chillis are hot hot hot

[Buenchico]

According to Wikipedia, Cayenne is a variety of Capsicum annuum. Jalape�os are part of the same variety (and should, presumably, therefore have a fairly similar flavour) but are milder (so not much use to you). The type of chilli within the same variety which is hotter than Cayenne is the Tepin (or 'Birds Eye') pepper.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayenne_pepper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltepin

If I was looking for the stuff, I'd simply drive a few minutes down the road to the wonderful Chilli Company, based here in Suffolk. They probably stock something suitable. They also sell online and they could probably advise you if you phoned them up:
http://www.chillicompany.com/poblanosdeli/inde x.asp

However, while I love throwing Cayenne powder over my cheese on toast (among other things), I also regard it as rather mild. If I want to use something hotter I normally just switch to Tesco Hot Chilli Powder.

Chris

[pastafreak]

Go on here ...or in Chatterbank....and ask for gormless...
he is the chilli expert here...the hotter the better. He will be able to tell you where to get them also.

[Eurox]

thanks for your answers, very informative. Yes i agree the birdseye pepper would be along the same lines as thats what they use in Nando's and that is indeed very nice. I shall see if anyone else comes up with, otherwise im going to order a pot of the birdseye ones, because i have been eyeing them up for a while

[Eurox]

if ya'll bored take a look at this vid... makes your eyes water hehe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v-NNzI3RTZ7I

ouchy

[funnygirl]

Have you tried the Jamaican Scotch Bonnets??

The Yellow and Green ones are the hottest!

[Mr Veritas]

You might find this interesting?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

[heathfield]

Personally, I'd go for a tin of Rajah Extra Hot Chilli Powder, available at almost any Asian grocery for around �1 for 100 gm. We find that only 1/2 teaspoonful in a chilli-con-carne made with 400gm mince + 1 x tin of chopped tomatoes + 1 x tin of kidney beans is hot enough to be labelled ''interesting!'', with a can of lager on standby.
A whole teaspoonful would certainly suit the most ardent of chilli addicts.

[natalie_1982]

I love chillis, but instead of chilli powder which I find is too mild, I add about 3 chopped birds eye chillis to everything. They're exactly the kind of kick I like. I tried scotch bonnet chillis and find that they are more of that vinegary sharpnes rather than a nice hotness, but I guess it is each to their own.

[Gormless]

The Dorset Naga has had some deservedly good press on here recently, but even as an avid user I have to agree, they need treating with care.

There are different types of chilli heat. The restaurant heat is the small green chilli, and like others I add these liberally to curries, chopped, seeds and all. Scotch Bonnet is fruitier and in quantity, more savage. Expect a colonic call mid-morning.

Adding extra chilli powder will just give you a dry boring heat. I once asked my regular supplier the difference between his vindaloo and his phall. He said "chilli powder sir"

I then found a new local takeaway, dynamite hot, with that mid-morning urgency, so not one if you have to go to work next day.

I highly recommend the Dorset Naga, but please be careful

[Gormless]

natalie are you married? Lucky guy if so.

[terambulan]

Bite on long thin fresh green chillies to whatever you eat. Sweat & suffer.

Keep bread at hand if its too hot.

[mrs.chappie]

Natalie, don't fall for his charm. He'll lead ya on then leave you flat. Same as he did with me, when he found out I was carrying his triplets.

Took it so bad he even changed his name from Whiffey to Gormless on here. Not everyone's fooled though. Least of all me.

Btw, be real careful with those very hot chillies, I think they can make you ill big style, and you don't want that. I like a nice mild one meself.

[pastafreak]

OMG mrs c...are you an ex of gormless also????
tis a small world.........:-(

[Eurox]

iv tried the naga jolokia which is the same as the dorset naga... and to me it just doesnt taste nice... seems like it was breeded for its heat more than the taste too?

[natalie_1982]

I am indeed married gormless, but not to a chilli.

[stonekicker]

as funny girl said - scotch bonnet chillies are smokin'. they burn on the way in...and on the way out. in this weather, they would bypass the need for central heating. they also look like funky little pumpkins!

[Mortartube]

Not quite what you are after. But I can recommend tins of Stagg Dynamite Hot Chilli as a storecupboard standby. It is the first tinned pre-prepared thing that I have ever tried that lives up to the pretty hot description.

[Brooksy]

Dave`s Insanity Sauce should hit the spot, but use with extreme caution!!! Try a speck on a toothpick & you`ll see what I mean. It also adds a very nice flavour to food. Very addictive.

[pitbull22]

but eurox could you handle this one~?





http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AXuFuN5KPbw&feat %20ure=related