Dear Dave,I see some hot sauses are made using pepper extract. How is this concentrated extract produced and is it possible to do at home with garden grown habaneros?SeanSean:The extract, known as oleoresin capsicum is made this way: hot chiles are furnace-dried, crushed, and pelletized. They are treated with hexane, which dissolves the capsaicin. The hexane is then evaporated, leaving …
The hottest Sauce
Dear Dave,Can you please help me? I would like to know what is the hottest chile sauce in the world. I have tried Dave’s Insanity and found it to be the hottest. A friend has tried Dr. Phart’s ’Colon Cleanser’ and he thinks that this is the hottest. Your expert advice would be greatly appreciated.Many Thanks,Jag (London)Hello Jag:To my knowledge, …
A Spray that helps Capsaicin Skin Burns
Hey Dave,Somewhere sometime ago I overheard someone talking about a spray that one can apply to capsaicin type skin burns like us in hot sauce production business get too often. Do you have idea what that might be?Aloha . . .SteveSteve:I think that person was referring to a topical anesthetic spray such as Hurricaine. See:www.ecureme.com/eMyHealth/data/Hurricaine_Topical_&_Anesthetic_Spray.asp–Dave
Canario Chile
Hello,I have a yellow heart shaped chilli about the size of a plum. It has black seeds and is fairly hot. The bush is straggly and grows to more than a metre in height. The leaves are slightly pubescent. Do you know what it is?–Roger DewhurstRoger:The chile you have is a Capsicum pubescens, variety ’Canario’, usually grown in mountain regions …
Hungry for Habanero Information
Hello Dave:Habanero: how hot is it? Where is it grown? What other hot chilies compare to it? Can you give me a list of the hot peppers, in the order hottest first?–JoeJoe:For habanero information, see hereFor the revised heat scale, see here–Dave