most potent chillie I can get my hands on?

cojomo2

At the minute, the hottest I can get my hands on in tesco is the bird eye chillie, its good but its come to the point that even if i put 20+ of them in my curry its a bit meh..

looking for something like the infinity chillie but can't locate them..I've seen sauces etc that use the infinity, but anyone know where I can get them fresh?

Or if not, anything that's a lot hotter than the bird eye ones I currently use?

Bartyman

If your looking for a hot curry, google "Bhut Jolokia Chilli ". Used in Satans Ashes, a hot enough curry mix !!

james405

Whats the one homer had in the simpsons?

fro9etb8j5qsl2

You can get a variety multipack of chillies in aldi, they contain scotch bonners which are HOT!!

westies4ever

check out this thread - might give you some ideas!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055012529

cojomo2

Frank Skinny Scone wrote: »

You can get a variety multipack of chillies in aldi, they contain scotch bonners which are HOT!!

Yeah I heard that, cheers..the scotch bonnet has a scoville rating (a scale used to measure the heat of a chillie) of 100,000-350,000 units, compared to 50,000-100,000 units with the bird eye chillie. Only prob is I hear the variety pack aldi sell only has 1-2 scotch bonnets:mad:

Any other tips welcome, or if anyone know where I can get the infinity chillie

MissFlitworth

It looks like these are the guys who grew the Infinity Chili so they might be able to tell you where to get it?

Whereabouts are you based? If you have access to Middle Eastern/African supermarket you can buy scotch bonnets by the shovel load. Many of the grocers on Moore Street in Dublin have actual crates of them

The Internet Explorer

A quick Google search brought up this.

Good luck brave Sir/Madam. I commend you.

cojomo2

MissFlitworth wrote: »

It looks like these are the guys who grew the Infinity Chili so they might be able to tell you where to get it?

Whereabouts are you based? If you have access to Middle Eastern/African supermarket you can buy scotch bonnets by the shovel load. Many of the grocers on Moore Street in Dublin have actual crates of them

yep know the site...they only sell sauces/pastes etc, no fresh ones, but sure like you suggest I mite drop them a quick email to see if they have any, thanks:D

The Hill Billy

OP - You don't say what general area that you live in, so I'll just assume Dublin. If you want a 'real' chilli you should get into any one of the numerous asian stores around town. They usually have a good selection - well, better than Aldi anyway.

dudara

Scotch Bonnets are quite the devil - I once had a curry made from them in an Indonesian restaurant in Amsterdam. I'm pretty heat resistant, but this was not a pleasant experience.

CJhaughey

I got a pack of Naga Jolokia from a market stall guy in Bantry. They were the hottest chillis I have ever eaten and I have made plenty of Hot sauce with scotch bonnets.
1/4 in a curry was nearly too much for me.
BTW Tesco is unlikely to carry what you seek. I would look at market stalls or perhaps ethnic food markets/shops

Darkginger

Hang on, have to go to the kitchen to check...

Ok, back - last time I was in the UK I bought a pack of TRS Extra Hot Red Chillies - they look like dried birds-eye chillies. I used ONE - just ONE of these tiny things in a curry a few weeks back, and it blew me head off (and that head was a chilli-head!).

I have just under 50g of these deadly things, if anyone wants a few? Let me know

lordstilton

i use these guys alot...10 min burn sauce is not for the faint of heart http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/

Degag

They should have left things as they were. "Ghost" was a great name for the worlds hottest chilli!

fred funk }{

Naga is about as hot as they come but for flavour and heat the Yellow habanero is the one for me. Birds eye aren't really that hot at all.

cojomo2

lordstilton wrote: »

i use these guys alot...10 min burn sauce is not for the faint of heart http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/

thanks for that link. Have you tried the 15 minute burn? How long does delivery usually take?

With the 10 minute burn, how do you use it, what effect would a tea spoon in a pot of curry have?

Cheers

lordstilton

to be honest I wouldn't use it in food, its just too strong, the heat is totally unbearable in even the smallest amounts...its purely a party piece...I use them for chipoltte powder which is impossible to get in ireland

cojomo2

lordstilton wrote: »

to be honest I wouldn't use it in food, its just too strong, the heat is totally unbearable in even the smallest amounts...its purely a party piece...I use them for chipoltte powder which is impossible to get in ireland

ah sure I'll give it a try..how long did delivery take?

I made a mince chilli dish last night..before hand I popped into the 2 asian shops on georges street in dublin..the strongest they had were bird eyes..they looked confused when I asked for scotch bonnet chillies..

Anyway so I lashed in a pack of bird eye chillies and the result was disappointing..bird eyes just don't do it for me anymore:(

cojomo2

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Naga is about as hot as they come but for flavour and heat the Yellow habanero is the one for me. Birds eye aren't really that hot at all.

where do you get yours?
thanks

lordstilton

Delivery was 3 days...but honestly this stuff is made from Naga extract..its 9 times stronger than scotch bonnets, the burn is just too severe to enjoy...check this lad out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrDGl0zvze4 from about 5 min on he gets around to trying it...i've tried it twice since I had it and that was once too much...it wasn't banned from the chilli competitions for nothing!!!

fred funk }{

cojomo2 wrote: »

where do you get yours?
thanks

I grew them in the greenhouse. I grew about twenty different varieties of chillies, had success with most of them. Some plants produced loads of fruit and others hardly any.

AlkalineAcid

cojomo2 wrote: »

where do you get yours?
thanks

You can find fresh habaneros in Asian shops and Fallon and Byrne on Exchequer St.

Bateman

Was going to mention Fallon & Byrne's habaneros and bonnets, anyone know how hot they are?

cojomo2

Picked up some red scotch bonnets on Moore street. Threw a few into a chilli mince mix and was pleasantly surprised- nice bit of heat off them..still on the lookout for something stronger though..

My buddy ate one of these whole..handled it surprisingly well!

Minder

have you tried ebay - I think there are suppliers on ebay who have both fresh and dried jokolia chillies and will ship to Ireland.

cojomo2

Yep had a quick look on ebay but decided to take the plunge and order myself some 10 minute burn. Will have it in 3-4 days so I'll get back after I try it and let people know:)

Swampy

james405 wrote: »

Whats the one homer had in the simpsons?

Guatemalan Insanity Peppers.

lordstilton

you got fair warning!!

cojomo2

lordstilton wrote: »

you got fair warning!!

I know:D

I'm expecting it to bring severe pain when taken straight (which ofcourse I'll have to do so I can report back!)

But sure if I throw a bit(table spoon or 2) into the likes of a thai green curry surely it won't render it uneatable !? Either way, I'm looking forward to it..still waiting on delivery despite ordering last Sunday though:(

Gyalist

The scotch bonnets here are just barely adequate. They are grown hydroponically in Amsterdam and don't have the same intense flavour that you find in chillies in the Caribbean where the right climate and soil make all the difference.

The best chilli that I've tasted is the wiri-wiri, used in lots of the foods in Guyana and Suriname. Tiny little pepper but ferociously hot. The world's hottest chillies are from Trinidad & Tobago, though wisely, the tend to use them more for flavour than for heat. Matouk's is the leading brand and is available from Caribbean shops in the UK. The hottest ones are the homemade ones - just opening the bottle makes your eyes water!

If I recall, the habeneros chilli was the hottest I've ever cooked with but I might have that wrong!

Edit; I obviously missed a few posts before I posted so yeh I think it was the habenero, it looks like a small bell pepper. You can get them in Tesco

lordstilton

I think you'll find the naga family chillies from india the hottest..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_Jolokia_pepper..the hottest at the moment is the dorset naga which is grown in gratham england

Gyalist

lordstilton wrote: »

I think you'll find the naga family chillies from india the hottest..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_Jolokia_pepper..the hottest at the moment is the dorset naga which is grown in gratham england

From the third paragraph of the link you posted:

The current "world's hottest" is the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T, officially tested at 1,463,700 SHU.

The clue is in the first word of the name.

In the Caribbean and Trinidad & Tobago in particular, growing peppers and making peppersauce is serious business. What is pissing off the Trinidadians is an Australian company passing off their original produce as theirs.

fred funk }{

Don't get too hung up on the heat level. If you add some of the really hot chillies the heat will take over the entire dish.

Not matter what your heat tolerance is, everyone has a limit. I absolutely love chillies and I even snack on chilli seeds during the summer but this year I met my match. I grew Dorset Nagas and I made a curry and put a whole one in. I never felt heat like it.

What I have learned over the last few years since growing my own is that chillies differ in taste quite a bit. I personally love Habeneros but others aren't as tasty. I have a big bag in the freezer to do me over the winter. If it's only heat you're after then, why don't you get 100% pure capsicum?

lordstilton

I stand corrected

cojomo2

Got my 10 minute burn!

Taste wise, I am disappointed..when added to a dish, aswell as adding the heat, it add a strong overpowering tobasco sauce taste.

Heat wise, it's insane when taken straight....after the burn had calmed I got some intense stomach cramps..not pleasant.

Then I added 1 tablespoon to a pot (serving 3 people) of chilli con carne..good result..buckets of heat and not too much of the overpowering taste I mentioned earlier ..so best keep it to a max of 1 tablespoon for a happy medium.

However, stomach cramps were still not far behind:( I could handle the heat in my mouth/throat/lips which was actually pleasant in a way, but about 10 mins later when that calms down, I get burning cramps in my stomach.

Just had another helping of lastnights chilli there again..lovely..doesn't feel as hot today but the cramps have started again...is this stuff gonna give me a stomach ulcer or something!? Can't help going back for more tho...