Trini Hot Mouth

Picked Peppers

Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:03:21 +0200

Hot Harvest

120 picked peppers, weighing in at 903 grams!

Having a little creative fun

The peppers are naturally not uniformed in size and shape but so beautiful. It’s a dangerous time to be at my apartment, as I make everyone take a raw taste test.

Let’s make pepper sauce

Bottles Arrived!

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:03:21 +0200

Bottles arrived

Time to unbox. The bottles have arrived safely!

Different sizes

I am sure as time progresses I will find the perfect set of bottles. I love all swing top bottles.

40ml - sample size
100ml - swing top
200ml - swing top
275ml - screw top
450ml - swing top

Sterilized!

All bottles are first pre-washed in the dishwasher or in hot soapy water. Then boiled in distilled water, then hot pepper sauce is immediately added.

Habanero's Ripening

Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:16:33 +0200

It’s a jungle!

It’s like a jungle in the apartment right now! The peppers are ripening and this will be the biggest batch of the summer.

Origin

I planted these peppers at the end of summer 2013, and they have grown well. They are mostly Habanero which I find to be a fantastic variety for making hot sauce.

Heat Factor

Most habaneros rate 200,000 to 300,000 Scoville heat units but I believe mine are hotter!

Check out the Wikipedia article about the Habanero for more info.

Random Fact

The etymology of “ripe” says:

Old English ripe “ready for reaping, fit for eating, mature,”

Told you it was a Jungle!

I am looking forward to harvesting these hot babies in a couple of weeks. Subscribe to my RSS feed to be updated of new blog entries. Thanks for reading!