Are you hotter than Charlie Dimmock or spicier than alan titchmarch
I’ve just been catching up on some blog reading and noticed this from Wahaca and though some of you may fancy entering… Award wining Mexican restaurant group Wahaca have launched an exciting online drive to find a chilli fan, with a quirky sense of humour and passion to become the star of Wahaca’s video, to […]
When everything comes together
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win a selection of cured meats and some wonderful olive oil from TopTapas on twitter, then a couple of days ago I also received a pack of their fire chorizo. The first pack that arrived contained a mix of ham, sausage and chorizo all of which looked and […]
Revenge of the Chilli
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 […]
National Curry Week Update
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 […]
Nando’s National Chilli Week
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 […]
National Curry Week
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 […]
Clarkson vs Dave’s Insanity sauce
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 […]
Chilli sales hot up as cooks get a taste for spice
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 […]
India plans hot chilli grenades
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 […]
Greenhouse Fixed
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. […]
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