Re: [CH] Mombasa Chiles

T. Matthew Evans (tmattevans@yahoo.com)
Fri, 12 Sep 2003 06:00:18 -0700 (PDT) 

Risa --

Let me know if you would like some seeds....

Matt


--- RisaG <radiorlg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Matt, I just bought a small bag of the dried powder of
> this chile. Coincidentally.
> 
> I don't know what I will do with it yet, just thought
> it sounded good. I hadn't heard of it before.
> 
> I tasted a touch on my finger and it is mean hot! Just
> as you said! Wow. Powerful stuff.
> 
> I was thinking of using it in rubs and also in stews.
> I think I will have to keep it to myself as it is way
> too hot for the others in the house. 
> 
> But for a hot luck dish it might be just the stuff.
> 
> RisaG
> --- "T. Matthew Evans" <tmattevans@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Has anyone grown these hateful little bastards
> > before?
> > 
> > We're growing them for the first time this year and
> > they just started getting
> > ripe.  They are the size and shape of a pequin.  Two
> > nights ago, while picking
> > chiles, my wife and I thought we should taste them. 
> > So, we each popped one off
> > of the plant and ate it....bad freaking idea, pal. 
> > These sons of guns were
> > just spiteful hot -- I mean, these suckers were
> > p****d off.  The heat was slow
> > coming and then just lingered for several minutes. 
> > Once the heat came, it took
> > my breath away -- I thought my wife was going to be
> > physically ill.  Once I
> > stopped hallucinating, I realized that the chiles
> > were sweet (not fruity) and
> > actually pretty tasty.
> > 
> > The idea that some types of heat affect some people
> > differently has surfaced on
> > this list before, and I am now a true believer.  We
> > grow about one-third to
> > one-half C. chinense chiles, so we tend to eat
> > things quite spicy....but not
> > like this!
> > 
> > The real reason for my post -- what do I do with all
> > of these?  Sauce?  Caribe?
> >  Powder?  Also, I would just be interested to know
> > who has grown / eaten these
> > before, and what they think.  Thanks.
> > 
> > Matt
> > 
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