Hot Pepper Taste, and my introduction

[Steve973]

Hey Everyone!

I just signed up for this forum, because I love hot peppers, too. My favorites are mostly cultivars of c. chinense. This year I have about fourteen different varieties growing, but only 2 plants are chinense cultivars.

About hot pepper taste - most peppers seem to have only a little "green" pepper flavor along with varying levels of heat. This is my first year of growing peppers, and I grew so many to hopefully experience a lot of flavors. Unfortunately, none of them compare to the Datil peppers that I am growing this year! Those things instantly became my favorite, at least so far. Here's the list of what I have:

firecracker
charleston
bolivian rainbow
pumpkin habanero
datil
tabasco
jalapeno m
ammazzo
poblano
barney
pimento
Tohono O'odham chiletepin
thai sun
brazilian starfish

Jalapenos always taste great, along with the pimento as a nice alternative to bell peppers, and you can't go wrong with poblanos. Everything else has varying degrees of heat, but not a whole lot of unique flavor. Have the rest of you experienced this? I would love some recommendations for peppers with unique flavor, whether chinense or anything else. Next year, I may just concentrate on datil, fatalii, and devil's tongue. If I am feeling extra adventurous, I will try naga jolokia or some other naga.

[bjs2006]

I'm growing Datils and Super Datils too this year. They should be ripe in a couple weeks. Now I can't wait to taste them.

I grew Brazilian Starfish last year and it was the best tasting peppers I ever had. It started off with an intense fruity sweet flavor and had a creeping medium heat. Almost a dessert pepper.

[Steve973]

I tried some of these before they were fully ripe, so I will wait until I have some really ripe ones before forming my opinion totally. Tabasco are supposed to have a lot of flavor, from what I have heard.

[915river]

First of all welcome aboard from Ohio.I like all hot/sweet peppers & I like to have all new variety every year to extend my collection of specially hot peppers & like to breed different peppers to make new species it is fun to create new one at least ones a year.

[moyboy]

Welcome form OZ Steve.

I grew the Tabasco last season and it was great. Lots of flavor and juicy.

And very very prolific, I grew 2 plants and i filled a 10 litre bucket with fruit (and they ripened late in the season). The heat hits you within a few seconds and keeps hitting you for a few minutes.

Watch this Vid.

Hippyseedco (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSZX6UGSz-Q)

[Steve973]

Yeah, I saw many of your videos on youtube! I am definitely not that brave. I love hot food, and I love hot peppers, but I prefer to cook with them or make salsa. Occasionally I will eat a whole pepper, but I usually try the small varieties. They can be scorchers for sure, but I think it's a mental thing that tempts me to try them since they are so small. The chiltepin and the thai sun pack a massive wallop for their size.

[pepperfever]

Hi and welcome from Minnesota.

[imaguitargod]

Welcome!Here's some of my odd answers:

bolivian rainbow- (I almost made a rainbowberry joke....but held back), BV's taste kinda sweet. I actually used this pepper to start out my heat training many years ago. Lots of seeds though.

tabasco- tastes EXACTLY like the hot sauce minus the vinegar. I shit you not. If you hate tabasco (and most of us do), then this pepepr probably ain't for you.

jalapeno m- never heard of it, probably just like a jalapeno, sweet.

[Steve973]

Jalapeno M is 25,000 Scoville on average, compared to a regular jalapeno, which weighs in at a (somewhat less) mighty 2500-5000. Mine do not seem to be terribly hot, though. Perhaps I should let some of them mature to red.

I don't mind tabasco in some situations. I like it on fries and in the cheeseball that my wife makes.

[Steve973]

Wow, I just opened up my third datil pepper of the season to salvage some seeds for my friends. I have them sitting on a paper towel to dry, and the fragrance is wonderful and really strong considering that just the seeds are sitting here. I would recommend this type to anybody who likes chinense peppers!

[millworkman]

Welcome from TN.

[Skydiver]

Welcome aboard, mate!

I'm one of the exceptions, I grow Tabasco peppers every year, I love them for adding to my hot sauce and my salsas. When they ripen fully, they do taste pretty much exactly like Tabasco sauce.

If you ever think about it, I'd love to see pics of your pumpkin habs. That name is bringing so many images to mind.

[QuadShotz]

Fatali rocks. Period. :)

Chocolate habs have a unique flavor too.

Hab flavor w/ brutal heat, and tastes almost like semi-sweet chocolate. (surprise)


**edit**

Oh, and IMO, the Naga Morich is the tastiest Naga. Sweet and fruity then the pain.

The Bih has a delicate flavor, but is so stupid hot ya can barely taste it b4 yer mouth and throat explodes.

A Dorset is basically a Morich, and a Bhut is basically a Bih. Sutble diff's ya, but that's the short of it. :)

[rainbowberry]

jalapeno m- never heard of it, probably just like a jalapeno, sweet.

It's also called Jalapeno Jumbo or Jalapeno Santiago.

[AlabamaJack]

Welcome from Fort Worth

[talas]

Steve973 you have excellent taste Fatalli and datils are my fave pepper`s and a lovely selection of others..go Datil go love em :)

[talas]

I'm growing Datils and Super Datils too this year. They should be ripe in a couple weeks. Now I can't wait to taste them.

I grew Brazilian Starfish last year and it was the best tasting peppers I ever had. It started off with an intense fruity sweet flavor and had a creeping medium heat. Almost a dessert pepper.

Super Datils please tell me more..how Different to normal Datils :)

[Pepperfreak]

Welcome from Ohio.

[rainbowberry]

I'd be interested to know what the Pumpkin Habs are like Steve.

[talas]

Potawie done a thread on these i think..Pumpkin pepper and said they tasted terrible..Weather its the same one iam not sure..:rolleyes:

[LUCKYDOG]

Welcome to THP check out the thread about Datil Relish awesome stuff and easy to make -- I have a lot family and friends wanting pints of the stuff :drooling:
http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=5620&highlight=datil+relish

[talas]

And Foreigners http://bestsmileys.com/drooling/3.gif :lol:

[POTAWIE]

Welcome Steve. I also highly reccommend Fatalii(or Devil's tongue), as well as any choc C. chinense, and scotch bonnets.
BTW, Jalapeno M is only 3500 to 6000 SHU, not 25000
The pumpkin peppers I grew were not habs but turned out to be ornamental eggplant:(

[talas]

totally wrong then :oops:

[imaguitargod]

Perhaps I should let some of them mature to red.
Yes, always let you peppers ripen. Better flavor and heat.

[cheezydemon]

For out of this world flavor, tobago seasoning takes the motherhumping cake.

I shit you not. I am yet to be completely convinced that it is a pepper.

[talas]

For out of this world flavor, tobago seasoning takes the motherhumping cake.

I shit you not. I am yet to be completely convinced that it is a pepper.

be an interesting pepper to taste this one..growing Roberto`s Cuban and St Bart's Seasoning cannot wait for a taste test and the SUN lol to shine :rolleyes:

[bjs2006]

Super Datils please tell me more..how Different to normal Datils :)

Super Datils have larger pods than the classic Datils.
I am waiting for ripe pods to compare the flavors.

[Steve973]

The super datils look like fatalii or devil's tongue. That reminds me. How do devil's tongue taste?

[talas]

The super datils look like fatalii or devil's tongue. That reminds me. How do devil's tongue taste?


Like Fatalli :)

[POTAWIE]

Ya, I wouldn't bother growing both Fatalii and devil's tongue since they are so close to being the same.

[talas]

Yes POTAWIE didn't see the point either m8 :)

[Steve973]

Ok, I wasn't sure since I haven't grown either of these. Do you think the "super datil" is also the same pepper, or something very similar? It sure is close in appearance.

[talas]

There is also the Sweet Datil to throw confusion in the mix,Super is a hybrid cannot comment on taste etc :rolleyes:

[Steve973]

I see. Well, on another note, I decided to cut open one of my "pumpkin habanero" pods from a plant I bought from pepperjoe. WOW is that little bastage hot. To give you an idea, I licked my fingertips after touching it very very briefly. My mouth lit up like lighter fluid! This is one of the hottest peppers I have come across in a long time. They are taking very long to turn orange, but they are full of hab scent and scorching heat!

[hixs]

Hey Steve and welcome from Virginia,,,

[talas]

I see. Well, on another note, I decided to cut open one of my "pumpkin habanero" pods from a plant I bought from pepperjoe. WOW is that little bastage hot. To give you an idea, I licked my fingertips after touching it very very briefly. My mouth lit up like lighter fluid! This is one of the hottest peppers I have come across in a long time. They are taking very long to turn orange, but they are full of hab scent and scorching heat!

Well that`s good news lighter fluid you say like choc/Peach hab heat ? :)

[Steve973]

I don't know what to compare them to, exactly. I have never tried a chocolate or peach hab.

[QuadShotz]

The choc. hab is hottt.
Makes a great BBQ sauce though. :)