Italian Chile Harvest

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From Sebastiano Marrone’s balcony garden in northern Italy comes this collection of beauty shots.   This bird pepper is a baccatum– you can tell by the brown spots on the corolla of the flower. This flower of the ‘Black Prince’ will soon be an ornamental pod. Here is ‘Brazilian Beauty’, a multi-colored ornamental.   A variety called ‘Campagna’.   The …

Quest for Fire Archive

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Quest for Fire Archive Just scroll down to read the articles.   Interesting Stuff from 2002 Chiles Repel Farm-Raiding Elephants Bam! It’s Spam-Fest! Michelada: The Latest Beer and Chile Craze Interesting Stuff from 2001 Red or Green? The Official State Question of New Mexico A Spicy Toothpaste Watch out, Gummy Bears: The German Gummy Chiles are coming! “Flameboyant” Chef Heats …

Stalking the Elusive Wasabi

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  Recipes: Wasabi Bloody Caesar Wasabi Sauce for Beef or Fish Wasabi Mayonnaise Wasabi Oyster Po’Boy Sandwiches Quick Avocado, Shrimp and Wasabi Salad Wasabi Ceviche by Larry W. Greenly Scenario One: You’re in a classy Japanese restaurant eating sushi. You dip each sushi in soy sauce. You lay a slice of ginger on top. Then you plop on some green …

English Mustard: The Not-So-Mellow Yellow

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  Recipes: English Red Mustard Mustardly Deviled Eggs Mustard Barbecue Glaze Hot Crab Dip Grandma Fay’s Bar-B-Q Ham Rolls Maurice’s Spicy Chicken Wings Sweet Corn Chowder Mustard Chicken Crab Cakes with Mustard Sauce By Sharon Hudgins Sharon Hudgins is a Texas-based writer who stops by Colman’s Mustard Shop every time she visits Norwich, England.   Back when Boomers were babies, …

The Australian ChileTest

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by Brian Ruddell   Editor’s Note: Brian Ruddell, a New Zealander studying in Australia, was kind enough to write us about High Performance Liquid Chromatography tests that he performed on a number of chiles that he grew in his garden, as well as a famous hot sauce. The ‘Naga Jolokia’ he tested was being sold as “Indian PC 1” and …