Good Morning Stelthy,
I've dedicated my two cups of morning joe to catch up on your thread. I've thought about what hydroponic Strawberries would be like. I've eaten a few strawberries from our local growers (2 years ago was a banner crop in SoCal) that looked like they were sprinkled with sugar and were huge and juicy and about the best tasting thing I've had in my life. Wouldn't it be cool to have fresh strawberry shortcake in the dead of winter!?!
I think the chili (pepper) you are referring to is a "Habanero". It's a red chili and it's about two to three times as hot as a Jalapeno. Besides the hot, the flavor is sweet! The lady at our local Farmers Market makes a Habanero Jelly which is very tasty with crackers and cream cheese!
There's is only one other chili that is hotter and I think it comes from India. The use of the term pepper is incorrect when referring to chili's. It's what the Spaniard's called them (because they only knew of pepper) when they were exploring So America in the early days.
When eating chili's, the heat is generated by a chemical called capsaicin (which doesn't exist in pepper). Capsaicin is neutralized by milk so make sure you have a glass handy when eating chili's.
I've dedicated my two cups of morning joe to catch up on your thread. I've thought about what hydroponic Strawberries would be like. I've eaten a few strawberries from our local growers (2 years ago was a banner crop in SoCal) that looked like they were sprinkled with sugar and were huge and juicy and about the best tasting thing I've had in my life. Wouldn't it be cool to have fresh strawberry shortcake in the dead of winter!?!
I think the chili (pepper) you are referring to is a "Habanero". It's a red chili and it's about two to three times as hot as a Jalapeno. Besides the hot, the flavor is sweet! The lady at our local Farmers Market makes a Habanero Jelly which is very tasty with crackers and cream cheese!
There's is only one other chili that is hotter and I think it comes from India. The use of the term pepper is incorrect when referring to chili's. It's what the Spaniard's called them (because they only knew of pepper) when they were exploring So America in the early days.
When eating chili's, the heat is generated by a chemical called capsaicin (which doesn't exist in pepper). Capsaicin is neutralized by milk so make sure you have a glass handy when eating chili's.