Question re: peppers?

[BamaLuver]

Heard someone today talkig about cooking with Caribbean red peppers. Wondering if anyone can tell me about them? Are they similar to banana peppers (in taste)?

 

[bayoutider]

Heard someone today talkig about cooking with Caribbean red peppers. Wondering if anyone can tell me about them? Are they similar to banana peppers (in taste)?

Proceed with caution. The Caribbean Red pepper is the hottest variety of the habanero pepper family. Not something you would eat raw out of the garden but makes wonderful salsa, marinades, home made hot sauce and added to some dishes in cooking. Personally I don't grow them or use them. Wear gloves and eye protection when cutting peppers this hot. Wash everything to remove the oils left behind.

There is a Jamaican Red pepper that is much milder that you may be talking about. Rule of thumb is hot peppers grow with the fruit pointing up and sweet peppers grow with the fruit growing down and do not plant hot and sweet peppers too close together unless you want your sweet peppers to turn hot.

 

[Jack Bourbon]

Habaneros have the best flavor, but they are super damn hot. I use them all the time--only thing is they create a homogeneous heat in whatever you cook them with.

BTW I always remove them when I'm done cooking.

 

[BamaLuver]

Wow -- guess I'll mark those off my list. I like "hot & spicy" -- but not to the point of burning my fingers. Thanks guys.

 

[LCN]

Proceed with caution.

Wow , you can say that again . I'd heard all about the legendary heat of habanero peppers but , why should I listen ? After all , I love HOT peppers and had grown practically every other variety . A valuable lesson was ahead for me .

I had planted several habanero plants with the intention of pureeing up a few batches of tabasco style sauces . Yes , I'd been warned to wear gloves when picking and handling the peppers . Well , I paid no attention and set myself up for a serious dose of pain . After dealing with the peppers , I began to get ready for a night on the town and hopped in the shower . Let me just say that the results were something to never forget . _redeye:

Before exiting the shower , my arm pits were already blazing and another thing was much worse . There is one area of a guys body that is highly sensitive and extremely thin skinned . Getting my drift ? My lower privates were on fire . :eek2: I mean to the point of near tears .

I had to remain bare and lay across the bed with my ceiling fan maxed out for what seemed like an eternity . It took hours for the pain to subside . I learned that you are to never take habanero peppers lightly . Many wear gloves when dealing with them . Now , so do I . :redface:

 

[Dr. Van Nostran]

I call habaneros "twice burned" peppers because they are just as hot on exit as they were on entry.

 

[gerry dorsey]

Wow , you can say that again . I'd heard all about the legendary heat of habanero peppers but , why should I listen ? After all , I love HOT peppers and had grown practically every other variety . A valuable lesson was ahead for me .

I had planted several habanero plants with the intention of pureeing up a few batches of tabasco style sauces . Yes , I'd been warned to wear gloves when picking and handling the peppers . Well , I paid no attention and set myself up for a serious dose of pain . After dealing with the peppers , I began to get ready for a night on the town and hopped in the shower . Let me just say that the results were something to never forget . _redeye:

Before exiting the shower , my arm pits were already blazing and another thing was much worse . There is one area of a guys body that is highly sensitive and extremely thin skinned . Getting my drift ? My lower privates were on fire . :eek2: I mean to the point of near tears .

I had to remain bare and lay across the bed with my ceiling fan maxed out for what seemed like an eternity . It took hours for the pain to subside . I learned that you are to never take habanero peppers lightly . Many wear gloves when dealing with them . Now , so do I . :redface:

wow...i've done the old jalapeno covered finger to the eye.....and that was pretty bad.....but not as bad as this. :biggrin2:

 

[moorav]

I have used habs a lot and always wore gloves - I dried and crushed some one year put them in a shaker container that said pizza seasoning - My son was about 13 or 14 and he thought it was crushed red pepper. He sprinkled it on his pizza and salad liberally then rubbed his eyes..etc He thought he was dying.

A friend was hospitalized due to his home health care provider unknowingly using habs in cooking friend ate it & had severe backside problems

We try to go to Jamaica once a year - That is some good eating to be had if you like spicy

 

[Jack Bourbon]

Ah, yes. The class "habaneros-to-genitals" quandry.
:redface:

 

[Bama Torch in Pcola]

A friend of mine used to grow habaneros. One time he decided to dry them in the oven using his wife's cookie tray, when he was done he washed the tray and placed it back under the stove. A month later his wife baked some cookies on the tray, and of course they got a dose of habanero chocalate chip. He told me that surprisingly enough the cookies were pretty good.

 

[JH-ATL]

BamaLuver

If you do not already receive it, request this free catalogue from Penzeys. It has one of the best pepper sections/with explanation and heat ratings I have found.

http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/penzeysrequestcatalog.html

Don't burn your hubby up now!!!

:biggrin2::biggrin::biggrin2:

Call them @ 800-741-7787........they have a retail site in B'ham now....wish we had one in HotLanta.

 

[TideRollsInVa]

A few years ago I called myself fine grinding dryed habaneros, something I had done several times with other not so lethal peppers, indoors. I have an old coffee grinder I use and in less than a minute of "Operation Fire Powder", I had to run outside to breath. It took several hours, with all doors and window open and fans running, before renetry into the house. I honestly wore a mask to go through the house while airing out. I completed "Operation Fire Powder" outdoors, with mask. I use the powder in certain sauses and chilies but sparingly and when the wife is looking the other way.