how hot is cayenne chilli?

[muslimgrower]

now i love growing chillies, but............. what the devil would you do with chillies that hot?

well you know..

i eat spicy food on a regular basis so my chili tolerance is pretty high, sometimes when i am eating a really hot spicy dish for example: saag aloo.. (my mother makes it i go over to my mum and dads to eat it .

the aloo saag was really spicy and beads of sweat were trickling down my forehead and down the side of my cheeks and i kept on eating and eating, my tongue was burning up but i kept on eating.. it was really tasty. Eventually when the burn died down you get a natural high and feel really great, the brain releases a chemical i forget what its called

[janeyo]

Dolphins?!

That's what we call them in our house!
(Endorphins?)

My tolerance is really low! Maybe I will build it up with the ones I grow this year!

[muslimgrower]

Dolphins?!

That's what we call them in our house!
(Endorphins?)

genius. yep thats the one !!!!

My tolerance is really low! Maybe I will build it up with the ones I grow this year!

Thats the way to do it.. it will be a whole new world. When i was at university studying, my room mate was a greenhorn when it came to curry and slowly but surely i introduced him to various spicy things and after around 6 months his tolerance level was super high and every day he wanted a curry and really spicy.. bless him !!

[janeyo]

I am up for the challenge

[BrideXIII]

well i am just looking forward to growing so many different ones this year, i just don't like to think of any really hot ones being wasted, so may have to dry those and turn them into chilli powder for curries, and hot chocolate of course.

[spudbasher]

good idea

Hi hope you go on to grow some, a good idea is to save say 6 and chop them up fine pop them into an old olive oil bottle then refill the bottle with fresh olive oil,after about a month you can use the oil for curries,stews,anything really that needs that bit of a kick, i have some that i made 2 years ago and it still works fine, best regards.

[BrideXIII]

Hi hope you go on to grow some, a good idea is to save say 6 and chop them up fine pop them into an old olive oil bottle then refill the bottle with fresh olive oil,after about a month you can use the oil for curries,stews,anything really that needs that bit of a kick, i have some that i made 2 years ago and it still works fine, best regards.

i may well try that, the subject of preserving in oil has come up before and the general consensus i believe was dangerous , however the way you do it might circumvent that.

[coreopsis]

Thanks for the charts-I'm going to try a few Jalapeno in pots(never grew them before).I aimed for "medium hot"
Silly question:if chillis are dried are they hotter or the taste doesn't change?