[CH] UKCH
Paul Richards (paular@zoo.co.uk)
Fri, 19 Jun 1998 01:43:03 +0000
Andrew Healy <A.Healy@surrey.ac.uk> wrote;
>For those of us in the UK, chiles are not normally found in the variety
>enjoyed in the States. However, a good source has just (?) started up. My
>local Tesco supermarket has just started to stock a range of types- Scotch
>Bonnet, Bird's Eye and variosly coloured (habanero ?) peppers.[...]
Managed to get some Anaheims or NuMex type chiles in my local Tesco - sold
as "Stuffing Chillies". They always seem to have "Green Chilli's", which
vary between Jalepeno, Fresnos or Snubs. Their Thai Birds Eye chiles seem a
little large - up to 3 inches long.
The nearest Sainsbury's always has punnets of Scotch Bonnets & Habenero's,
but I've also picked up some Caribe's & Cherries (Cherry Bombs? - again
they were sold loose as "Red Chillies")
The other day I was in Brick Lane, and decided to look in some of the
Indian grocers there, and came home with a bag of what looked like small
slightly elongated Habeneros - about half an inch wide / one & a half
inches long - green & orange. I used three in some salsa in which I would
usually put up to 3 Scotch Bonnets - the quantity of the 3 chopped chiles
was a little more than one chopped Bonnet, but the heat was searingly
intense - almost leaving a numb feeling in your mouth after the heat had
died down. They were not quite as fruity as Habeneros or bonnets I've had
before, but they had the smokey aroma. The box they were in said "produce
of Kenya" - but I can't be sure that was the box they came in. I would be
curious to know what they were, if not Habs.
> While Indian, Jamaican or Chinese stores are better for variety
>[and The
>Cool Chile Company (sorry, no website)] [...]
They have an email - dodie@coolchile.demon.co.uk
mailto:dodie@coolchile.demon.co.uk
Brian wrote;
>Have you got the new Hotheadz
>catalogue foe sauces and dried product ,very impressive.
Were do I get the Hotheadz catalogue from then?
T'ra
paul
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The heat's intense, chinense.