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simon hughes

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« on: July 08, 2019, 21:34 »
How spicy and how big do these get? I first had them in Spain years ago and the Spanish fella I was with called them roulette peppers as the odd one was quite pokey. Since then all the ones I've had in the UK have been super mild. This year I have grown 5 plants and all are flying. I harvested 37 peppers from 3 plants today and eat them all. They pretty much were all spicy, some pretty pokey indeed. And some were big, as big as my hand. Not what I was expecting.

Are they random or if I pick them younger will they be a bit milder? They are nice but more like eating a plate of actual chillis than a tasty tapas dish.

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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2019, 22:34 »
I would normally pick them when get a bigger than a Habanero chilli, I normally find they have a hint of spice but the odd one does go hot.
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« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2019, 07:50 »
They are quite variable in size and some are also a slightly boggly shape I find, but that is how they grow. My seed came from Spain and re what the locals near Barcelona use. The more you pick, the more you get, and I tried to wait until they were at least four inches in length or the flavour was rather too heavy on the green pepper side for my liking. Most of yours look this sort of size Simon.

Rub with oil and grill (or panfry) until slightly charred and it brings out the sweetnes of the flesh, although yes, some can be fiercly hot. They also make a very very good brine pickle with oregano, but I'll warn you, pickling them seems to make them even hotter!

I had so many last year that soe ended up ripening to fully red, and I used these for milder chili flakes

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Re: Padrons
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2019, 08:01 »
Ta - I am gonna start picking them a bit smaller and see how I get on. If nothing else it will help actually eat them all as I've got 3 huge plants taking up half a greenhouse and 2 smaller ones in a tunnel just in the ground. Didn't realise the plants got so big.

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Re: Padrons
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2019, 15:05 »
The 'Russian Roulette' pepper  :D

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« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2019, 20:38 »
The "original" come from Padron in Portugal, we bought some from their Sunday Market when we were there a couple of years ago.  As others have said, some are hotter than others, with the occasional surprise!

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Re: Padrons
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2019, 07:36 »
Ta - I am gonna start picking them a bit smaller and see how I get on. If nothing else it will help actually eat them all as I've got 3 huge plants taking up half a greenhouse and 2 smaller ones in a tunnel just in the ground. Didn't realise the plants got so big.

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