Chilli Up North Blog

If you didn’t already know then this coming week is national curry week, so today I went out and bought the ingredients to make slow cooked lamb curry, I am also going to get a bottle of Cobra ,If I don’t @kirsty won’t speak to me again, plus Cobra have put a lot of effort [...]

I recently reviewed a chilli beer, called ring of fire from Sheffield’s Crown brewery, well last week i got to go and brew a new batch with them. Here’s how I got on. It’s been said before, that the internet is a wonderful thing, it helps people from all over the world communicate, meet new people [...]

The legend that is Jeremy Clarkson recently went up against a bottle of Dave’s Insanity sauce, special reserve, to find out what happened check out his account here Wikio Wikio

I’ve just finised reading an excellent write up of the levens hall chilli festival, unfortuantley work and time conspired against me and i couldn’t get there so i have had to make do with reading peoples reports on twitter! @quirkytraveller posted her report today, and what a great report it is, i especailly love the [...]

It’s been a while since i posted any pics of the chilli up north chillis or the garden so thought id share pics from last weekend with you. The rain followed by the sun,followed by the rain seems to have helped everything shoot up, i’ve not kept on top of pinching the tomatoes out so [...]

Well the bank holiday is now over and what a cracker it was.  On Friday we went to see Ross Noble at Newcastle City Hall, its the 3rd time we have seen him and he just gets more random and funnier each time, i won’t try and explain the show as it never seems quite [...]

It’s been another hectic week here at Chilli  Up North. The weather has meant ive had to water the garden and veg plants lots over the past week, not that i mind as its nice being out in the sun. It also seems to have given everything a boost and really brought the garden to [...]

Firstly sorry for the lack of updates recently,  it’s been rather hectic at work and at home….can’t complain though as i did manage to squeeze a couple of days hiking in the dales and on the moors in. I’ve got loads more done in the garden since i last posted, i have now potted on [...]

….no not me,but a crazy indian woman, she must be absolutely bonkers. An Indian mother is set for an entry into the Guinness World Records after eating 51 of the world’s hottest chilli in two minutes. Anandita Dutta Tamuly, 26, gobbled up the “ghost chillis” in front of visiting British chef Gordon Ramsay in the [...]

Thought some of you may be interested to know what im actually growing this year, i know i posted a list earlier in the year but its changed quite a bit during the planning and germinating stage so here is the latest list: Chillis and peppers: Peter Pecker Violet cayenne golden cayenne Mystery chilli chilil [...]