First Round of Bhut Jolokia Peppers

First Round of Bhut Jolokia Chilies

I’ve always been a big fan of hot foods and hot chilies have always been a staple in our garden. This past year, however, I was educated by the inter-webs that I had always assumed incorrectly that Habanero chilies were the hottest on the planet. In fact, the Bhut Jolokia is by leaps and bounds the king of heat. The Habanero chili is about 300k scoville while the Bhut Jolokia is nearly 1 million scoville. Yeah, while I haven’t tried one yet, I’m expecting the worst!

I grew these plants from little seedlings and I’m super excited that I’ve started seeing the first round of chilies already! Apparently I’m either talented as a gardener or super lucky, these guys don’t typically do well in my zone and are supposed to take forever to produce the first chilies.

I’m actually gonna try to whip up some homemade sauce with these guys as they are suppose to have a mango-like flavor under all that heat which should make for some great sauce.

Update: Well, heck fire. While I was researching a bit on the Internet for information regarding the Bhut Jolokia, I found out that there is already a new king…guess I”ll have to hunt the world over to find some Trinidad Scorpion Butch T chilies for next year..