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I've been thinking about making a Thai-style fermented hot sauce.  Can I add coconut milk in with the peppers and garlic?  I know there isn't any dairy in coconut milk, but it's pretty thick stuff with a lot of saturated fat so I'm not sure what it will do to the ferment.  

Hey friends, it's been a long time since my last post but I'm back!!!  Last year I grew a ton of peppers from seeds I bought from AjiJoe.  I needed to make some room in my deep freezer so today I made three mashes for fermentation.  I used hickory smoke on the garlic and red & green peppers (the...

This sure doesn't look like a chocolate habanero.  The pods are shaped differently and have matured from bright green to dark purple (almost black).  It's very spicy.  Here they are next to a sweet choc cherry...   And on the plant (on right)...   Any thoughts on what it might be?  Is it...

I'm getting ready to make a hot sauce so I decided to start a thread.  I'll post my thoughts, ingredients, pictures and a review as I go along.  Feel free to offer advice and feedback.  You've helped me learn so many new things and avoid several disasters in the past.  :P I'm going to start by...

I'm thinking about getting a good pressure cooker. Can I put woozies w/ plastic lids in a pressure cooker? Or will it melt the plastic (or liner)?

I made another sauce this weekend. This one was pretty simple. I got really distracted during the cooking process and lost track of my measurements. Oops.... 10 lbs of Anaheim peppers 1 head of garlic 3 onions 2 cans of Rotel diced tomatoes & habaneros Cumin Salt Jalapeno Powder White...

Holy Moly. I made a really good sauce today. It's savory and sophisticated.... and HOT. Here's what's up... I started by chopping up the following and then smoking them on the grill with cherry wood chips: 4.1 g Billy Boy Douglah Chocolate X 39 g Chocolate Habanero Hybrids 25 g Red...

I made a really good mango habanero sauce today. I used my new ph meter to make sure my sauce was down around 3.7 and made sure I bottled it at 195 degrees (hot enough for it to splatter in my eye at one point) and then flipped them upside down for 30 minutes. I tried to measure everything in...

For those of you who are in the process of improving upon your recipes, I'm curious to see how you keep track of your recipes. Do most of you do it on your computer (if so, what program do you use) or do you keep a paper journal (if so, is there a particular type you like)? I know that I need...

So, my wife has been begging me for months to organize the spice pantry. It had gotten pretty ridiculous. This morning I made the mistake of saying "I'm bored" and she jumped on the opportunity. Now the spice cabinet is clean and organized. In doing the dirty deed I found a large gold packet...

Hey everybody, I'm kicking some major butt in my fantasy football league. I'm in 1st place and I'm way ahead of everybody else. Assuming I maintain my lead I'll pull in $240 in winnings. I've been thinking about getting an electric smoker for peppers & meat. I want to go electric so that...

It's funny, as soon as I logged in to post my sauce I saw another post about Sriracha (Srirachi???) sauce by Nor Cal Heat. http://www.thehotpepper.com/topic/25156-choking-chicken-srirachi-sauce/ I guess great minds think alike, because I also made a sriracha sauce today. After noticing...

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So, if the typical cycle (seed-to-harvest) for most peppers lasts between 70-85 days, can I plant seeds now (in containers) and harvest them before it gets too cold outside? I live in central Indiana. Maybe the days will be too short and the nights too cold in late October. :( If so, I...

I spent the first half of my summer traveling around the country. Unfortunately, I didn't grow any plants this summer. But I did grab a couple of thai pepper plants from friends. One is ornamental (little peppers less than an inch long) and another that is "regular?" (long and sticking...

I've been eating this pork chili since I was a little kid. It's sooooooo simple. Ingredients: 1 can of chicken broth 1 can of Rotel tomatoes & green chilis (Mild or Hot... I'm sure you pepper fools will prefer the latter) 20 or more big and bright green Anaheim peppers (I had some...

I just made a new batch of sauce. In the crockpot I added: 18 orange habaneros (small ones) with most of the seeds removed 1 can of peaches in 100% juice (not syrup). 3 fresh plums 1/4 cup of honey 1 cinnamon stick 1 yellow bell pepper 1/2 red onion 1/2 Vidalia onion 1 can of sliced carrots...

Hello hot heads, I'm brand new here. I've never made home made hot sauce before, but I'm excited to get started. I want to start with a light-tasting sweet sauce for fish, chicken & pork. I've decided to make something like a Jamaican jerk sauce. After reading several recipes I've come up...