Goethe and Botanics Throughout history, many famous and not-so-famous people have become amateur botanists. Unfortunately, the field treated them as dilettantes, and society often saw them as peculiar „bug enthusiasts.” A century or two ago, they were viewed as practical resources and asked to identify the names of plants, whether…
Some good advice before chili harvesting. When our peppers are beautifully blooming, we are already watching them and waiting for the fruit to start growing from the flower. I know this is a bit of a superficial explamiation, but our everyday observation is still focused on these well-observable changes, and…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Caribbean Trinity! No, no! This is not a traditional chili presentation! So many have already done that, and honestly, I’m a bit tired of it. Let’s approach a pepper’s characteristics from a different angle! This, the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion chili, is a…
Examination of LOF competitions Dear Friend! Honestly, I need to tell you something after my previous post. It is a true confession… In fact I am a Sith. Or at least I really feel like being a Sith when writing about my favorite topic of chili peppers… Publicating observations…
I finished my previous post at measuring hotness using the HPLC method, where we had the result in mg/kg ratio, and we can use the Scoville test to have the result in SHU units. I prefer the second one, because one can only meet SHU numbers in terms of…
I think all of you may know what capsaicin is. You may have heard or read about it… basically this causes the unforgettable hot taste of your favorite chili pepper. Obvious as it is, I often meet strange and of course false statements regarding capsaicin. It is not a big…
