late crop

the pepper bush hid all these crops...

last orders

this fall has been very mild and sunny, which has allowed much chilli late ripening. despite day temps still being above the 20Cs, night ones threaten to start going below 0C. high time for a last crop and culling the plants before the cold finishes them off. then a brief respite before soon kicking off the 2008 season!

brixton

explored brixton market in south london (remember eddie grant's electric avenue?), renowned for caribbean and african food. most stalls sold chinenses of some sort and the sellers' replies were almost unanimous, "hot peppers from uganda". there were a myriad of immature/mature colours & shapes, which suggested a great deal of hybridisation. an old guy who sold me a nice hot sauce from barbados speculated that west indies peppers were out of season in the market and recommended to visit back in summer.
completely unrelated, had a déjà-vu feeling when saw that the sex pistols were playing at the academy... god save the scotch bonnet!

wild grove

the wild grove, an ornamental frutescens variety from mexico, is turning colours from greenish-yellow, to orange then finally red. a variety grown within the c2cpc seed replenishment project.

tohato

tohato, the japanese food manufacturer, is catching up on the jolokia business. one could have habanero snacks but now they've introduced the satan jolokia snack & habanero soup, nice!! check out their habanero page, which comes with a manufacturing video and even a spIce invaders game!