Author: Chilli farmer

Early Cayenne Corto chilli plants.
Chilli Garden

Progress report for 1st batch of 2020 season

As the 2020 gardening season kicks off, it’s time to reflect on the progress of our first batch of chilli plants. This year, we’ve put a lot of effort into preparing the soil, selecting the best seeds, and setting up optimal growing conditions to ensure a successful harvest. Germination and Early Growth We started the […]

Hot Sauce Chili Satan
Hot Sauces

Hot Sauce Chili Satan

Hot sauce Satan by Mojstri okusov added to our hot sauce collection. Really hot stuff (9/10) for real pyrogourmaniacs but at the same time very tasty combination of marjoram and thyme flavours. Love it.

Meat burek with chillies and bacon
Appetizers, Recipes

Meat Burek with Chillies and Bacon

Burek is a baked filled pastry made of thin flaky dough, filled with cheese or minced meat and onions scattered between the layers. It is usually prepared in a large pan and then cut into portions after baking. It is of Turkish origins but with a strong presence in the cuisines of the Balkans and […]

Hot Sauces

Hot Sauces Bohor’c

Thanks to Andraž from Pekoča omaka Bohorc for delivery of hot sauce package containing bottles of Obič’n and Pr’žgan with mild and smokey flavours and very spicy Apostol for most hardcore pyrogourmaniacs. Added to our hot sauce collection. Also had a nice chat with him where he gave us a couple of chilli seeds packages […]

Fun

Mandatory spice-it-up kit

Ever been in a situation when a served dish was great and all, but there was something was missing – it just wasn’t #spicy enough? Here is a mandatory spice-it-up kit to remedy the situation – habanero and jalapeno with lots of chilli powder. p.s.: You know the saying – if it’s not spicy, I’m […]

Wilbur Lincoln Scoville
Facts

Hot Sauce Day

Today marks International Hot Sauce Day, honoring Wilbur Lincoln Scoville, born on January 22, 1865. Scoville, a pioneering pharmacist, developed the Scoville Organoleptic Test and the Scoville Scale, revolutionizing how we measure the heat of chili peppers. The scale’s unit, Scoville Heat Unit (SHU), quantifies the spiciness of various peppers and hot sauces. His legacy […]

Hot Sauces

Hot Sauce Histria

Histria hot sauce by Gorki Chili added to our hot sauce collection. It is a not that spicy (3/10) however, it is a really tasty combination of chilli peppers and truffles flavours.

Chilli Garden

Chilli Garden During The Winter

Here’s our chilli garden during the winter. It is gearing up for 2020 chilli pepper season! With the soil prepped and seedlings ready to go, we’re looking forward to a bountiful harvest. We’ve selected a variety of chilli peppers, from mild to super-hot, to cater to all taste preferences. This season, we’re also implementing new […]