Topic: stupid questions about chillies

[debster]

looking at chillies for sale in supermarkets for culinary uses some are red and some green, can we use them if they are green off the plant?  ???

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

try eating one raw off the plant - if it's hot then yes, if it isn't then wait

[debster]

thank you RT may ask hubby to do that for me lol  :o im a wimp when it comes to chillies

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

our green ones aren't at all hot, and the blackbird ate the only red one

[saddad]

Be careful though, the tip often isn't as hot as the shoulders and watch out for the seeds!
 ;D

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

Yes be careful, I just tried one of the little green ones on another plant, and hah twubble ih ssshpeakig fo ah bih

[debster]

lol  :o ;D my biggest mistake ever was giving a chilli to my parrot who love them and cos of the make up of their tongue dont feel the heat, then an hour or so later he gave me a big kiss lesley ash eat your heart out !! :o

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

apparently that's why they're hot. animals won't touch them, but birds don't feel the heat, so they spread them far and wide in their droppings. The hot one I ate was an Antillais

[debster]

well they say you learn something new every day, i have all sorts growing even scotch bonnet, ain no way ever on this earth i is ever gonna put one of them anywhere near my mouth  :-X

[Robert_Brenchley]

Namissa eats those whole. I've never quite been able to cope.

[tim]

Must have been said before but .............

1. Green Chillies taste green &, usually, not too hot.
2. Red Chillies taste red - warmer & hotter.
3. Seeds? Oh, yes!! Masochist??

PS After that - depends upon whether you want to taste the lovingly prepared food!!

[Robert_Brenchley]

I don't get the point of taking the seeds out. The whole idea of chillies is to make the food hot; if you remove them, then you just end up adding more of the flesh to get the heat you want.

[tim]

You well know, Robert,  that you can cripple your taste buds in many ways. And you can buy Chilli seeds for that purpose. But the fruit has a real flavour - and colour. And you admit that you can't munch a chilli - because of the seeds??

I have to admit a semi-disaster. Last year, I had no 'normal' Chillies for my Apple Chutney - bought some Bird's Eye - no idea of how much to use - very hot result, but so small you can't identify them to remove them!!

Oh, well - good for the digestion??

[saddad]

Near the mouth is the least of your worries Debster...  :-X  :-[

[debster]

i know apparantly my husband did it to his ex wife on honeymoon by accident hes a chef and had cooked her dinner

[Barnowl]

A lot of the heat is in the pith  :)

By the way I think it is normal to cook green chillies but red ones can be eaten cooked or raw.

[Robert_Brenchley]

i know apparantly my husband did it to his ex wife on honeymoon by accident hes a chef and had cooked her dinner

The rabbis did say, on divorce, 'Even if she spoils the food.'