![]() ![]() After all the scotch bonnet got its name because it looked like a tam o’ shanter hat. One farmer found a variety growing with a tail and named it Scorpion as that’s what it looked like. Later another farmer found an even hotter and named it 5 pot and later still a hotter named 7 pot. So a 3 pot could be retrieved and used again. If it doesn’t burst then its mostly flavour with a little heat. So to get this, cooks in Trinidad pop a whole pepper into a stew or soup to add flavour. So farmers noticed over time natural hybrids and began to name them, so in Trinidad there was a kind of blistery looking pepper and boy it was hot so they called it 3 pot as it could be used three times “in the pot”. Hot peppers are grown all over the Caribbean the most popular being scotch bonnet which we use in our Ooft! Aged Hot Sauce. In fact as I often tell people on farmers markets if you go into KFC or Pizza Hut in Trinidad they offer you three sauces, ketchup, mustard and hot sauce all in sachets. In the Caribbean hot sauce or pepper sauce is used daily on almost all meals. How did we get here? Well starting with Tabasco people have loved hot sauce for over 100 years. Doctors seem to think the pepper constricted the blood to his brain. Then sprinkle into salsas, soups, stews, green chile, or anything you want to spice up.Extreme hot sauce are we going too far? In a report on the BBC in April a man ate a Carolina Reaper pepper and ended up in hospital with a massive migraine. Use a funnel to put into a spice jar and store out of light in a dry place. Step 4: Store and use your Carolina Reaper Powder year-round!.Optional: If desired, you can add salt, onion powder, garlic powder or other spices to "water" down the heat and extend the powder for longer use. ![]() We usually get a combination of powder and flakes when we use our food processor, which all works for us! You can grind it to a fine powder, or you can also leave it less grinded to use as pepper flakes. We recommend doing it outdoors, and to put a damp towel over the coffee grinder or processor to keep the dust at a minimum, it's crazy stuff! You can even wear a mask! Keep the dust from getting into your eyes and nose. You can use a coffee grinder, a mortar and pestle, or even a food processor.
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