Saint Augustine Datil HOT peppers..

[4thIDvet]

What the Heck is a Datil Pepper?


Learn all there is to know about datil peppers and their connection to St. Augustine.

The datil pepper is one of the most popular locally grown products in St. Augustine

The Datil pepper typically ranges from 100,000 to 300,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), putting it in the "very hot" category and similar in heat to a habanero pepper

What the Heck is a Datil Pepper? | Visit St. Augustine

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Where is boon and Sanders? I am going to send them some Carolina Reapers. 😀

[Sanders]

I still have some hot sauce I made from the ghost peppers I grew last summer, as well as some I made from the habanero peppers I grew. I carry around a little vial of Trinidad Scorpion powder in my pocket in case I'm going out to eat somewhere so I can spice things up a little. I got into a hot pepper eating contest with a Vietnamese dude in Houston. He carried around some little hot peppers that he ate with his food when he went out. I ate one of his peppers and kept myself from breaking a sweat. Then it was his turn and I told him to lick his finger and stick it out for me. He did and I sprinkled a little bit of the Trinidad Scorpion powder on it - he couldn't even see it on his finger. I told him to lick his finger. I won.

RTO sent me some Datil pepper powder a while back that I really enjoyed.

[aviator]

Oh gee, I like spicy food but not when it hurts and kills the taste of everything else. I've had some Jambalaya that was so hot, I couldn't finish eating it, that was bad.

[Sanders]

Oh gee, I like spicy food but not when it hurts and kills the taste of everything else. I've had some Jambalaya that was so hot, I couldn't finish eating it, that was bad.

Driving from New Mexico to Florida and back again, I looked for a good jambalaya and couldn't get served any, not even in New Orleans. Too many restaurants make it Creole style, which has tomatoes. I prefer Cajun style, without tomatoes. So, where did I finally get a good plate of jambalaya? In Austin, Texas of all places. The flavor was spot on and the heat was just hot enough that I looked forward to each spoonful.

[rto]

Kay makes datil pepper jelly and ketchup, that stuff is good. I grow the peppers here and usually have a good crop until this year. The deer got into my plants and wrecked all of them so we may not get any peppers this year. I was also growing some aji amarillo peppers for the first time until disaster struck.

Kay has a chile pequin pepper plant, she uses those tiny peppers in the jalapeno slices that she cans and other things that need to be hot.

[4thIDvet]

We were doing an install on a guy from Trinidads home and we did some extra for him. Real nice guy he gave us 'Scotch Bonnets' like a small bag of them. He said do NOT touch your man tool or your eyes if you handle them. Holy sheeet we took a bite and 3 of us were screaming like frigging girls. We were looking for a canal, mud puddle praying for rain WATER. Milk Shakes at Mickey Ds. saved our lives. 😀
Trinidad Scorpion 3,000,000 Scoville? Sanders your frigging nuts. 🙄

[4thIDvet]

Kay makes datil pepper jelly and ketchup, that stuff is good. I grow the peppers here and usually have a good crop until this year. The deer got into my plants and wrecked all of them so we may not get any peppers this year. I was also growing some aji amarillo peppers for the first time until disaster struck.

Kay has a chile pequin pepper plant, she uses those tiny peppers in the jalapeno slices that she cans and other things that need to be hot.

RTO you ever go in the little shop on the tourist street in St. Augustine sells hot sauces? Nice guy he sells peppers from all over the world.

[rto]

RTO you ever go in the little shop on the tourist street in St. Augustine sells hot sauces? Nice guy he sells peppers from all over the world.

Yes, St George street has a lot of shops selling hot sauces & hot stuff. I've almost stopped going to St Augustine because of the parking situation, it could cost $20-35 to park before you even get out of your car. If caught illegal parking it is an instant $100 fine. We used to go once or twice a month for lunch or dinner.

[Cujet]

I've always had a thing for very spicy food. But as I've aged, my stomach rejects it with severe indigestion. Still tastes wonderful, I just can't do it anymore.