Chilli Up North Blog

The Daily mail today had this story and a rather funny video about chillis so I thought I would share it with you.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1236701/Revenge-chilli-Why-pepper-seeds-designed-burn-mouth.html

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Well I did my bit for National Curry Week, I made the curry I mentioned here, The only differences were that i added some peppers and green beans to the lamb, and instead of roasting the sauce in the oven then adding the lamb, I made the sauce, friend the lamb, fried the veg for [...]

I was recently contacted by some nice people via twitter who sent me a press release regarding Nando’s National Chilli Week,  It started on the 23rd and runs all week, this was news to me, I’ve been in a little bubble all of my own for a the last week or two so I thought [...]

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 [...]

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

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Sales of fresh chilli peppers have increased by 42 per cent over the last two years, as consumers have become increasingly adventurous in their cooking.
The small spicy vegetables have ballooned in popularity in recent years, transforming from a small niche, bought by aficionados, to becoming mainstream, according to trading figures from the research company TNS. [...]

India plans hot chilli grenades

Indian scientists say the chillis will immobilise but not kill people

Indian defence scientists are planning to put one of the world’s hottest chilli powders into hand grenades.
They say the devices will be used to control rioters and in counter-insurgency operations.
Researchers say the idea is to replace explosives in small [...]

Sorry for the lack of updates recently,  it’s been rather hectic at work and that combined with the weather has meant that not much had been done in the garden until yesterday.
Amongst other things i finally got round to fixing the greenhouse, after some nasty little kids chucked some rather large bricks at it.
I decided [...]

I Just read this and thought it was quite interesting so thought id share it with you.
Police in southwest China are spicing up drivers with raw chilli in a bid to stop them falling asleep at the wheel, a newspaper said Wednesday. Skip related content
Police in the Chongqing region have started serving drivers chilli peppers [...]

Just saw this on the guardian website, the recipe looks interesting and i might just have to give it a go sometime!
Wendy Richard, star of EastEnders and fixture of British TV entertainment, was laid to rest yesterday. The service at St Marylebone Parish Church will be remembered, partly for a glittering lineup of soap personalities, [...]