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Does anyone have any ideas about how to neutralizing the typical clove aroma and flavor ?  I only want it to be LESS dominant in my powder mix.  Sugar ? Lemon ?  Thx. 

If you guys don't know what 'sambal' is, check the link I posted before :  http://thehotpepper.com/topic/47906-sambal-bonanza/?hl=sambal  Today we're going to make some super scrumptuous Surinamese sambal.  This bright yellow condiment is very different, absolutely delicious and works...

School officials told him he was no better than a drug dealer, Lien said. “I was told that it’s equivalent to giving someone LSD,” he said. http://nypost.com/2015/05/27/student-gets-detention-for-giving-ghost-pepper-to-classmates/

Now maybe you've seen the movie PULP FICTION where John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson discuss how people in the Netherlands (my homecountry) "douse their fries in MAYO. I've seen 'em do it, man."   Now as a born and bred Lowlander I will vouch for the fact that this is TRUE.  Mayo on fries is...

Well you gota start somewhere.  http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/feb/11/middle-schoolers-ill-after-reportedly-ingesting-ch/

This is just an experiment, but here is one of my bonchis (I think a Thai PRIK CHEE FAH). grown on a bookshelf under a DIY LED thingy : 20 watts tops. No natural light whatsoever.  And we got pods !  The light recipe is :  11 x 630 nm 1 x royal blue 1 x blue 2 x warm white 4500 K  1 x cool...

Documenting the new season !  Early start because the weather is crummy here in the Netherlands. Aji Panca, a (very) mild, Peruvian oddball strain that actually tastes like blueberry. Frickin BLUEBERRY ! How kick ass is that ?  The first leaves ("cotyledons"  in botanical nerd speak) are...

Men who like spicier food are 'alpha males' with higher levels of testosterone, French report claims http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11293112/Men-who-like-spicier-food-are-alpha-males-with-higher-levels-of-testosterone-French-report-claims.html

After being plagued by indoor aphid infestations YEAR AFTER YEAR, I decided to go look for some stuff that will take care of these green sap sucking bastards for once and for all.  Preferably something that is not too chemical, poisonous or environmentally unfriendly. NEEM OIL seemed an...

Picked up a bag of dried Peruvian AJI PANCA chillies out of curiosity.  Never heard of the strain, googled and found THIS :  http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/12/spice-hunting-aji-panca-chile-peruvian.html  And indeed, these things have a very strong blueberry flavor. It's like eating smoked...

Several websites and seed vendors mention that the White Bullet / White habanero is not easy to grow.  It is said to be a very finnicky strain.  I can confirm this wholeheartedly : Out of last year's seeds only 5 or 6 out of 10 popped and grew tails. Then, to my horror, one by one of the tiny...

The musicians start of by taking a bite of the potent Carolina Reaper and its effect is almost instantly visible. Within seconds there are tears streaming down their reddened-faces and deep breaths being taken in breaks of the music. Impressively the members of the Danish National Chamber...

Well alright now, damn it.   I obviously planted my superhots WAY too late in the season.  :tear:  This is because I always germinate my seeds in two seperate "waves", That way, I still have a chance, in case the first "wave" fails,  And sure enough, this year, my first "wave" was almost...

http://consumerist.com/2014/10/22/6215-pounds-of-serrano-chile-peppers-recalled-for-extra-spicy-salmonella/    Serrano chile peppers add delicious spiciness to your meals, but do you know what is not a delicious fresh ingredient? Salmonella. Random testing turned up signs of the pathogen in a...

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-health-workers-tabasco-train-ebola/story?id=26385702 As Texas health workers prepare two new biocontainment units to help treat any future Ebola patients the state might have, they're are using one piece of training equipment from a neighboring state that...

Okay, I made a few more mini LED panels. All components come from Ebay. This is cheapo stuff from China (more money for beer).  Okay it doesn't look very professional or anything, but YAY it works !  The LEDs are randomly equipped with 30,60 and 120 degree lenses, and Holy Laserbeam Batman...

It's on. This time promises to be bigger and better than ever.  http://dutchchilifest.nl/

On my yearly forays to Berlin, I always make it a point to hit the PFEFFERHAUS, ("the pepper house") a nice hot sauce store on Dirckstr. right by the Alexanderplatz subway/train station. They got a good selection of sauces, sambals, chutneys, seeds, chilli infused frying oils, books and chilli...

Well Iin retrospect  was pretty happy I did save some Ring Of Fire seeds for this year's season because it's actually a very nice and flavorful cayenne. A bit overlooked and undervalued imo. So my sole RoF plant grew a bunch of pods (not yet ripe) and to my surprise all of them are shaped in...

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/481518/Drumstick-Eating-Challenge-Hot-Spicy-Sauce-Chef-Bindi-Restaurant-Lincolnshire Yeah. Anyone can plop a bunch of extract on some wings. I personally am not a big fan of this practise.  The chef says : "My Bangladeshi mother is currently growing a...