Favourite Chile

[chilliman64]

we've got the nagas, and the jolokias and the fancy Trinidad species all doing the rounds and highly sought after by us hotheads. but what I want to know is - what is your old standby chile, you know, the one you keep going back to, the one that if you were to be stranded on a desert island and could only take the seeds of one variety it would be this one. what is it?

what is your favourite chile?

for the record I would have to say that the ordinary everyday generic Orange Hab is my chile. I'm growing all the other trendy superhots but the Orange Hab is a reliable, easy to grow, very hot chile that you can eat any time - but I'm still growing the trendy superhots.

[stillmanz]

Orange habanero is my sauce hab of choice
Prik kee nu is my curry / stir fry of choice
Fatalii/ devils tongue pepper of menace and intrigue, I got scorpions and nagas but theres something about fataliis that I really love.

[POTAWIE]

Ya Fatalii is my favorite super-hot, great flavor and heat! I've always liked scotch bonnets too.

[Grifo]

Even my favorite is the Fatalii also I like Tabasco;)

[Pam]

One!!

One Pepper?


Are you nuts? There's no way I could narrow it down to one!

Let's see, Caribbean Red and Chocolate habs are hard to beat in extra hot range; but I like the Limon pepper, too. And when I get to the hot range, there are so many yummy baccatuums, I wouldn't know how to choose. And medium hot? More baccatuums, and let's not forget the Cherry Chocolate, which I stuffed and grilled last night. Mild...ok, I could narrow it to two here, the Grenada Seasoning and the Trinidad Seasoning peppers. And I want my sweet Italian heirlooms, too!

And where would we get the cheese for stuffing the peppers?

I'm sorry, but this whole desert Island thing just isn't working out for me.

[cmpman1974]

I love growing the super hot ones and many C. Chinense varieties, but I'd go for Lemon Drop for my one and only. I love it.

Chris

[Omri]

Call me weird, but I really like Jalapeño.

[Pepp3rFreak]

Call me weird, but I really like Jalapeño.

Weirdo! :P

[Omri]

Weirdo!
:(:banghead::cry::violin:

[POTAWIE]

If stuck on an island, it would probably be best to have a chile with high vitamin content. Maybe an orange variety like bulgarian carrot for beta-carotine and vitamin C. I wonder which peppers are the most nutritious?

[wordwiz]

If I could have only one pepper, and don't cackle, it would be a Hungarian Hot Wax. I'm not into eating heat - I'm a wimp - but love the taste and flavor of these peppers. While green, I slice them and add them to hamburgers, steak, salads - just about anything I fix.

Dried and powdered, it goes into mixes to fix meatloaf, fried chicken, pork chops, chili, scrambled eggs - basically it has replaced black pepper.

[chilliman64]

If stuck on an island, it would probably be best to have a chile with high vitamin content. Maybe an orange variety like bulgarian carrot for beta-carotine and vitamin C. I wonder which peppers are the most nutritious?

I have read that Cayennes are - I'll see if I can track down where I read it and post it here

[AlabamaJack]

I am just getting into the hot hot peppers over the past two years, but my old standby has got to be plain ol' Cayenne peppers....anyone know Justin Wilson?......he loves his cayenne...

[bentalphanerd]

I'd go for a pequin/Orange Hab cross {while we're in make-believe land} mmmm buckets full of little Habs. I wouldn't want to be rescued.

[Pam]

I'd go for a pequin/Orange Hab cross {while we're in make-believe land} mmmm buckets full of little Habs. I wouldn't want to be rescued.

What if there was no beer on that island? Huh? What are you going to now?

[Omri]

What if there was no beer on that island? Huh? What are you going to now?
Pshh... don't say that, not even as a joke! :shocked:

[bentalphanerd]

What if there was no beer on that island? Huh? What are you going to now?

Oh no...a horror story! You'd be surprised what you can make booze out of if you're thirsty enough.

[Pam]

Oh no...a horror story! You'd be surprised what you can make booze out of if you're thirsty enough.

But I don't want some nasty chew and spit fermented fruit. I want beer!

[bentalphanerd]

But I don't want some nasty chew and spit fermented fruit. I want beer!

Young nettle leaves & lantana leaves are some of the stranger bush beer recipes I've seen.
Looks like you'll be going thirsty though Pam :P

[POTAWIE]

Here's something I found

HEALTHIEST PEPPER: When researchers at Texas A&M University analyzed pepper varieties for their naturally-occurring health improving compounds, HUNGARIAN YELLOW WAX topped the charts; close behind were a number of other similar looking hot, yellow peppers. "Peppers that are yellow colored (as opposed to green) in their immature stage are exceptionally good sources of flavonoids and vitamin C," reports Luke Howard, Ph.D., assistant professor of food science and technology. (Flavonoids and antioxidants like vitamin C help protect against cancer and other diseases.) "And the `hot' compounds in these peppers--the capsaicinoids- -are also antioxidants," he adds.
http://www.geocities.com/napavalley/3378/habanero4.htm

[Pam]

Young nettle leaves & lantana leaves are some of the stranger bush beer recipes I've seen.
Looks like you'll be going thirsty though Pam :P

Lantana leaves?

I can live with going thirsty in that case.

[chilehunter]

tough choice :think: caribbean red hab or congo trinidad, well thats only my choices from the kinds of chiles I've grown so far but it could change next season :lol:
but for my tried & true reliable type would have to be Thai chiles (take your pick the types I've grown so far are all great producers) they're very easy to grow & hot.


I thought I heard years ago that red chiles & red bells were the ones that had the highest nutrition levels, I guess thats wrong, but would of never thought that hungarian wax chiles would be at the top of the list. just for that reason I'd eat & grow them but I just cant stand eating those kinds (wax chiles) so I dont grow them :lol:

[fisting_mayfield]

hmmmmm...

What would be my favourite.... i think red hab... its always been there for me

[stillmanz]

Hey bent those cross "prikinero" falls into that pequin x habanero thai prik kee nu cross orange hab (prikis ar a pequin type) and those pods are plenty hot.

[Canuk Pepperhead]

lol I grew 53 carabian red hab plants this year and still munching and drying from frozen..I love them but thx to other users I get to try other peppers...Still gotta find some slim jim seeds..im shure itll happen...Man im looking forward to next years garden

[rainbowberry]

So far it is Orange Hab, Peach hab, Lemon Hab and Chocolate Hab. If I haven't got Habs I'll go for Scotch Bonnets and just increase the amount.

[DevilDuck]

Serrano. Hands down.

Gotta make those coconuts taste good somehow!