Piri-Piri Peppers

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Hello Dave:Do you have a contact that imports Piri-Piri peppers, either a diced or purred? I have a corporate chief that wants to use them. Thanks for the help.Paul Hello Paul:No, I don’t. Most of these chiles, which in reality are dried piquins, are used in Africa to make sauces and are not exported. Piri-Piri, Pili-Pili and other variations on …

Mash It Up!

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Dear Dave:Howdy, I’m looking to make my own pepper mash and I’ve searched and searched but can’t find any answers. I have the The Hot Sauce Bible but failed to find specific instructions on how to make a pepper mash. I was wondering if you could answer some questions? Thanks. So I chop the peppers add salt and boil to …

Drying Jolokias

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Dave,I am having a terrible time trying to dry my ripe ’Bhut Jolokia’ pepper pods and have them look respectable! I have tried drying them in the sun, whole, whole with razor blade cut along their length on opposite sides, whole with both ends cut off to let air flow through, and whole, split in half with the interior laid …

Mild Habaneros

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Dear Dave, I found this on Wikipedia. Sacrilege I say. "Researchers in Texas have recently created a mild version of the habanero pepper which retains the aroma and flavor of the traditional habanero pepper. The milder version was obtained by crossing the Yucatan habanero pepper with a heatless habanero from Bolivia over several generations. These mild habaneros are expected to …

Jolokia Differences

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Hi Dave,I have always read that the ’Bhut Jolokia’, the ’Bih Jolokia’, and the ’Naga Morich’ are all the same peppers only from different regions. Since I am growing them all side by side I am noticing some interesting differences. Just for varification I purchased my ’Bhut Jolokia’ seeds from the Chile Pepper institute, the ’Naga Morich’ from TheChiliMan.org and …