You know you're a chilehead when .....

... you go on a cruise to Tallinn, and everyone buys loads of alcohol and cigarettes, and you call out - WOW! A habanero hot sauce!!! - in the taxfree shop of the ship :-)

I just tasted it, and it had the typical habanero flavor, with a very distinct heat!

A couple of pictures from Tallinn.

I wonder if this dragon sampled some habanero sauce :-)

Have a great remaining of the week!
   Mats

Habanero sauce

This is a classic!

Simply fantastic taste and heat!

Mucho mas habanero!

Hot regards,
  Mats

Girino

This is an old "friend" of mine. I grew it a couple of years ago, and had a fantastic harvest.

It won't be the same this year. But I like this variety a lot. It's a nice Capsicum chinense.

More pictures here:
http://petterssononline.com/habanero/peppers.php?action=variety&id=224

Hot regards,
  Mats

Black Pepper

It's called Black Pepper, but it's not the ordinary kind of black pepper :-)

It's a beauty with the purple striped flowers.

 

I believe that it is a C. chinense because there are many flowers per node.

Thanks to my friend Aparecido for the seeds!

Hot regards,
  Mats

Chiltepin

Thanks to my friend Marco who sent me these seeds!

Chiltepins are fantastic! Look at the fantastic shape of these flowers!

 

True beauties!

Regards,
  Mats

New sauce

Thanks to my friend Mikael who gave this one to me :-)

It's a really nice serrano sauce! Not very hot, but it has that great tex-mex taste!

Good on all the food you see :-)

Have a great week!
   Mats

Memories from Santa Fe - New Mexico

I'm suppose to work on the final lab for my summer course, but I'm doing all I can to avoid that :-) So I just had to browse through old pictures...

Something made me think of Coyote Cafe in Santa Fe. I was there for the first time in 1996. It was a beautiful spring day, and I had duck on the open patio in the sunshine. That was great.

Patricia and I went there in 2000. I think it was in March. It was cold and even snow. This time we sat inside. We were close to the fireplace and enjoyed it a lot!

Meet the band :-)

And the kitchen staff.

We liked the artwork. It would probably not be as good in our home, but I think it's absolutely great!

A "mandatory" picture of me :-)

I'm still using the Coyote Cafe cookbook now and then for inspiration. A nice book!

Well, should I maybe go back to my Ruby course now instead...

Keep it hot!
  Mats