Chili identification

delanvital · October 17, 2009, 12:21:11 PM

Anyone here in dMw with experience in identifying chilis? I have one here, hoping is a Red Savina, but it just doesn't look right... and can't find others that looks like it... I can send pic. It came from a a stock of all red chilis.

TeaLeaf · October 17, 2009, 12:24:24 PM

Post the picutre, we have the chance to make someone feel pain in which we are always interested.

delanvital · October 17, 2009, 12:42:28 PM

Quote from: TeaLeaf;292978Post the picutre, we have the chance to make someone feel pain in which we are always interested.

Pain in some sense is the goal

. As strong as possible, but I fear this chili has close to no Scoville... I prefer Habaneros but they are a bitch to find and I am not going to garden away in our one-room tiny flat

(notice my very leet time of snapshot)

kregoron · October 17, 2009, 09:09:02 PM

reminds me a bit about Habanero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanero_chili)

sheepy · October 17, 2009, 11:29:44 PM

or if its a scotch bonnet ur in trouble!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_bonnet_%28pepper%29

TeaLeaf · October 18, 2009, 09:18:05 AM

Difficult to judge scale, but from the pictures it is closest to a habenro or scotch bonnet, but then if the scale is misleading ti could just be a bell pepper!

delanvital · October 18, 2009, 11:02:26 AM

Quote from: TeaLeaf;293037Difficult to judge scale, but from the pictures it is closest to a habenro or scotch bonnet, but then if the scale is misleading ti could just be a bell pepper!

It is about 4 cm tall, slightly more in width... considerably smaller than a regular bell. Also, the particular shape is quite odd and the colour is more pure red, than the picture shows.

My best guess is Red Salina or Scotch Bonnet. Habaneros I have used quite a bit, and such it is not. Well... hm... will try and go taste the damn thing later today and see :ninja:

sheepy · October 18, 2009, 11:52:11 AM

ooooooo make sure u have a BIG drink beside

delanvital · October 18, 2009, 01:20:37 PM

Right, I started eating it like an apple. It was like a bell pepper on the outside but got nice and warm closer to the middle. A bit like how a regular chili is strongest near the top, rather then the tip. It was more warm than burning. A slowly increasing fuzzy strength. It has a sweet flavour to it. I love it!

It is less than a regular chili in strength in my opinion. My gf disagrees whole-heartedly though. We used the remaining three-quarter for a full wok-size of food for more days, total amount probably enough for a dinner arrangement for 6-8 people, and it was too strong for her (I believed her when she got tears in her eyes :norty:).

So I have no idea really. I eat stronger food than her, but we are not usually that much apart.

T-Bag · October 18, 2009, 01:42:50 PM

Quote from: sheepy;293051ooooooo make sure u have a BIG drink beside

Go down the pub, you'll probably need it on tap if that "heat" scale is right.

suicidal_monkey · October 18, 2009, 01:48:09 PM

Quote from: delanvital;293057I started eating it like an apple.

It's a chili Jim, but not as we know it.

delanvital · October 18, 2009, 02:47:58 PM

Quote from: suicidal_monkey;293063It's a chili Jim, but not as we know it.

Captain's log, star date 43645.1. We... have encountered... a strange plant! We ate it... and... it was pretty darn good! (go Shatner)