Thread: In the Garden 2016

My wife used the pepper honey for a barbecue sauce last night on venison loin and although it was good it was disappointingly mild.

I wonder why the spiciness doesn't infuse with the honey more. Have you tried the peppers just on their own? They're really spicy! A theory may be that honey is water based (correct?) and capsaicin is oil based so it has a hard time mixing into the honey. Hmmm... don't know for sure what's going on there.

Originally Posted by 32t

My wife used the pepper honey for a barbecue sauce last night on venison loin and although it was good it was disappointingly mild.

Did you use the seeds and membrane? Those include a lot of the 'heat'.

Also drying before adding to the honey will concentrate the heat.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Big Love Tomato

1 lb 9.5 oz (.79 kgm)

1884 Heirloom

That's huge! It looks like a big, happy smiling heart! I think sometime in the middle of February, all cold and snowy, I'm going to scroll back through this thread just to see stuff like that.

It is actually a bit small for a 1884. The ones that were entered in the Minnesota State fair were will over 3 lbs (1.49 kgm).

The heart shape got my attention. They do taste great.

Originally Posted by rolodave

It is actually a bit small for a 1884. The ones that were entered in the Minnesota State fair were will over 3 lbs (1.49 kgm).

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Is there another name for a "Carolina Reaper"?

These kids got a real dose of hot.

The Daily Dish: EMTs Called When Middle School Students Eat World’s Hottest Peppers

I think the Carolina Reaper is a ghost pepper crossed with a habanero. Been the world record for a few years now. I don't know of any other name for it but ghost peppers are of the species "capsicum chinense" which are native to Central and South America. They keep crossing them in different ways trying to get hotter, a slow process though. That little tail on there looks weird, some other related super hots have it too and it's a tell tale sign that the heat is about to be turned up!

I may have to change my review of the hot honey. 4 out of 4 people that sampled it this weekend said they were breathing fire.....