Q: Dave, Collecting recipes and cooking have always been hobbies and joys in my life. Recently, I become interested in food nutrition as a serious part of weight control and use recipe programs that record detailed USDA level nutrition data. Chiles seem to be mostly left out in the analysis at the detail level, aside from green chiles and jalapeños. …
Pure Capsaicin
Q: Dear Dave,Where can I buy some pure capsaicin? Or, if you can’t buy it, how could I extract it from the chile? –Rob A: Rob:Pure capsaicin is a deadly poison and you can’t buy it. You cannot extract it, either. The closest you can get is The Source from www.originaljuan.com–Dave
Marinated Red Jalapeños
Q: Hi Dave,About four years ago I was served some marinated red jalapeños in a restaurant. They were great… slightly sweeter and milder than the typical marinated green jalapeños. I finally was able to find out that it was an experiment by ConAgra, and had just been discontinued. Since then I’ve been trying to find another source, or to get …
Plant Vigor
Q: Hello Dave:I started growing chile pepper plants about a month ago now. Most of them seem to be doing quite well except for my Red Savina and Hawaiian sweet-hots. I know these have long growing seasons, but are they slow starters?–Michael A: Hello Michael:The rate of growth of chiles varies widely among varieties and individual plants. This is called …
Simply the Hottest
Q: Hi Dave, I want to know which chile is simply the hottest. There has been a lot of argument between the Red Savina habanero, the Chocolate Brown habanero, the Tezpur, the tepin and the Scotch bonnet. –Rob (fellow hothead) A: Hello Rob:Tests at New Mexico State showed that the Chocolate Brown habanero was the hottest of the varieties you …