Many of you have seen Jamie’s video on youtube and the hot and fiery repercussions for eating just a piece of the Bhut Jolokia pepper. This morning on the Fox 5 Morning news with Arthel Neville Jamie ate an ENTIRE BHUT JOLOKIA! The video doesn’t get to show what happened an hour later, but let’s say it was many times worst than the original Man vs Pepper youtube video and it was an insanely painful experience. Click to view the video and once again thanks to everyone for your continued support!
The Hottest Pepper Blog
September 28, 2009
September 27, 2009
TV Appearance on Fox 5 San Diego
I will be eating a fresh Bhut Jolokia on Fox 5 San Diego Monday morning September 28 at about 7AM. Please tune in for a laugh…
September 21, 2009
Join Me for HOTTER THAN HELL NIGHT!
HOTTER THAN HELL NIGHT
In keeping with “Restaurant Week”, This FRIDAY September 25th, 2009, join me (Jamie Kocher) for “HOTTER THAN HELL NIGHT” as Chef Justin Baily cooks up a delectable array of spicy dishes featuring the world’s hottest pepper, The Bhut Jolokia.
September 17, 2009
Busy, Busy, Busy
Aloha Everyone,
I hope all is well and everyone is having fun. I am writing to apologize for not replying to some of my emails and for not writing a new blog for a few weeks. I am buried with work on the Mainland. We are doing a remodel of our warehouse, and my business partner Steve is on vacation with his wife in Hawaii, so I a very busy right now. At the end of the day which is usually at about 8PM I am dirty, tired, and all I want is to eat and go to bed. Shame on me! I hope that Father Time is not knocking on my door.
Steve will be back in a week and then I am off to D.C. for a 3 day meeting followed by another in Atlanta. After that I will be back home in Hawaii and will be back on a more sane schedule which will allow for more input into this website. We have 4 websites so there is always a lot of work to do. If you would like to check them out–bambooandtikis.com, visualedgesb.com, and backyardxscapes.com. Thanks for listening and keep gardening!
Jamie
September 6, 2009
World Record? Scoville Testing Results
Many of you have asked me how we are doing with our attempt to break the world record for the hottest pepper. Well, it’s a bit harder than I thought it would be. Right now we have about 400 plants going with 12 different test groups. We are trying different organic fertilizer mixes, different amounts of water application, hoping for hot humid days, and crossing our fingers. There isn’t a lot of information out there regarding a plan for increasing the heat in peppers as I have put several hours into researching this. I have basically come up with a lot of different opinions but nothing set in stone. If anyone out there has the sure fire way to do it, please email me. The results so far are that we have tested 3 different groups with our peppers are coming back at around 900,000 SHU tested via HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography).
For the record, I see a lot of let’s say sub par Bhut Jolokia products on other websites. I think a lot of people have jumped on the band wagon and into the business of selling crap. The Bhut Jolokia peppers are very difficult to grow, which makes the ability to get fresh peppers in the USA difficult. So many of the sites are only selling flakes or powders imported from commercial farms in NE India. If any of you have these products and are not satisfied with the heat, you can have it tested for about $46.00. I have been told that the SHU value of these products are in the 500,000 – 600,000 range. Far, far below the world record but way above an easily available Habanero so they “seem” hot. Maybe this is why you see people on the videos eating the “Bhuts” and not having such a difficult time. I am contemplating selling the “real deal” in the near future. Right now all of our peppers go to restaurants and to commercial salsa makers. I will keep you updated.
Cheers,
Jamie
My Fall Garden
Aloha from the beautiful North Shore of Oahu,
I am excited because over the last 2 weeks I have planted two new gardens at my house! The summer here in Hawaii is hot, a bit humid when the trade winds don’t blow, and there are many things that are impossible to grow in this heat. Believe me, I have tried to grow fall and winter crops in the shade of my tomatoes, peppers, etc. in the summer but it just doesn’t work very well. So, now that we have turned the corner on the summer heat, and the long, hot days , I have planted for the Fall. Into the garden with broccoli, cauliflower, many types of lettuce, bok choy, kale, chard, carrots, asian cabbage, spinach, radishes, eggplant, cilantro, green onions and more. Since we can grow tomatoes most of the year, I also have about 15 plants going with 5 different varieties. By the way, I grown only heirloom varieties. I will publish more on the disappearance of our heirlooms and the appearance of more and more GMO’s in the near future. I just love watching the new, fragile life popping up through the rich, brown soil. If any of you have read my blog on building an asparagus bed then you would know that I planted my bed a few weeks ago. The asparagus is up with more than 95% germination and is about 4″ tall now.
I usually have two compost piles going so there is nice, rich, beautiful compost available every week or so, but I have nixed one and the next one will be going away in a week or two. Say what??? Don’t worry, I have gone hi tech and have purchased two new items for the garden–a compost tumbler, and an electric leaf shredder. We will see how they work, but they sound great. The tumbler promises black, rich compost in 14 days and the leaf shredder says I will be able to reduce leaf volume by 91%! So, now I will have a lot more room in the garden to grow, and I will be able to compost in a more efficient way or so I hope. I will keep you updated. I still do however have two 30 gallon trash cans going that make compost using an anaerobic method as well. I cannot emphsize enough to all of you how composting is not only the best thing you can do for your garden, but a great thing you can do for the planet. It completes the circle where there is no waste, just harmony.
Big news! I have been researching solar energy and am making plans to get panels on my roof in the near future. I am already using solar panels for my water heater, but now would like to add panels and use them for electricity and to heat my spa. I am also looking into a few wind generated turbines for the same purpose as well. The goal is to get off of the grid and only use it as a back up. The next thing I will be doing will be to build a cistern to catch the rainwater from the gutters on my roof. I am reseaching the different type of filters now. If anyone out there has done this, and the solar thing, please get back to me with your thoughts.
Mahalo, and thanks for reading.
Jamie