The TSC Hot Pepper Challenge

[Spider]

Here’s my recent harvest, including a few reapers in the lower left.

 

[woodpusher]

That's awesome, KJ! We have harvested only 5 peppers so far: 1 ghost, 4 scotch bonnet.

 

[OpusX]

Looks like a I have just a few now ripe and ready super hots.

Scorpion



Ghost

 

[Spider]

If all goes well I’ll be starting some new batches of sauce this weekend.

 

[Spider]

Round 1 of sauce for this year. Will be ready at Thanksgiving.

 

[Scuttlesoap]

Round 1 of sauce for this year. Will be ready at Thanksgiving.

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I apologize- I’m ignorant to the process. Are the contraptions on top some type of fermentor?

 

[woodpusher]

They contain the tears of fallen angels to kick up the "Welcome to Hades!" flavour.

 

[Spider]

I apologize- I’m ignorant to the process. Are the contraptions on top some type of fermentor?

Air locks. Oxygen is the enemy of fermentation. Mold can’t grow in a zero oxygen environment. Fermentation produces carbon dioxide, so eventually the headspace becomes all CO2, and it cannot go bad at that point.

 

[woodpusher]

Air locks: A force for Good.

 

[uacowboy]

The complete crazy that was our weather this year and a very sudden attack by hornworms pretty much did in all my peppers this year. Will have to give it a go again next year.

 

[BarberDave]

The complete crazy that was our weather this year and a very sudden attack by hornworms pretty much did in all my peppers this year. Will have to give it a go again next year.

yep we lost all but a few Jalapenos

 

[Spider]

Dang guys! Sorry for your loss. I know Dave was really hoping to stress some plants and make them hot……

I guess that makes me the official TSC hot sauce supplier!

 

[OpusX]

guess that makes me the official TSC hot sauce supplier!

Is that yet another badge to add under your avatar

 

[Spider]

My third batch of sauce (2nd this season). Got just over 4 gallons going right now. 8 different sauces. Small jars are 3 special requests for a friend. 2 gallon batches are old favorites, and 3 new half gallon sauces. Be ready in time for giving out as Christmas gifts!

 

[uacowboy]

Look what followed me home from the grocery store!



Think I'll be making some hot sauce tonight!

 

[Sskim3]

Whoa….
That’s a lot of hot sauce. I haven’t gone down the hot sauce rabbit hole yet.

But I’ve made some peach habanero jam which is pretty banging.

 

[Spider]

Think I'll be making some hot sauce tonight!

Don't forget to wear gloves when you're cutting them up!

 

[woodpusher]

Bah! Gloves are for kiddies!

 

[uacowboy]

Well got the sauces made this afternoon. Started by peeling 4 bulbs of my first attempt at black garlic(ended up more of a chocolate brown but still really good). This was used half in each batch of sauce.


Then I got the peppers sliced and simmering with a few other things.
Round 1 was 12 oz cherry hot peppers 4 oz habanero and 1.5ish oz of ghosts.


And after blending

Then round 2, 12 oz habanero 4 oz cherry hots, 1.5ish oz reapers.

And blended(first batch bottle for color difference)



Overall they are pretty good. Round 2 tastes the best and is stupid hot.

 

[BarberDave]

I will take a case please LOL