Exams are over and a new semester of studies has begun.
I am going to be up to my armpits in work!
:-(
Politics of 'Big Society' and 'New Localism' asides (when I first heard of them I though they were games for my PS3, to be honest, and I thought 'gee! Is Big Society a cool cartoony game like Sim City?' but like Consuela from Family Guy, the answer as 'Eh nooooo...' It is all some cheeky and dangerously problematic new wave of 'let's re-define the role of planners' from the Planning Pickle, who is sadly also not a character of a PS3 game), this means I will be dedicating even less time to the chillies...
:-(
The seedlings are doing quite well, and what's even better, another of the Trinidad Scorpion x Giant White Habanero seedlings has also sprouted, along with the last of the Ring of Fire Cayennes!
:-)
Even one of the Strawberry Guavas looks to be germinating (and this time it's the real deal, not my foolishness).
I had to throw away two bags of dried chillies on Thursday because mould got into them!
:-(
Meaty chillies are difficult to dry. And even the slightest bit of moisture means mould. Away went about two dozen pods.
Even more disheartening, I used one of the Thai Dragons I grew last summer in a pot of Caribbean curry Almapaprika and I made on Thursday to spice it up...no heat! I ate a bit of the dried pod to make sure it wasn't a fluke.
No heat... good flavour, mind you. But there just wasn't any bite to it. It was a bit of a let down.
On a separate bit of news, those of you in the UK take note: selected Home Bargains are selling the 100ml Tabasco Chipotle sauce bottles for just 39p!
:-D
If you're wondering why I'm happy, it's because the 250ml bottles sell in world food stores and expensive delis for £5.00!
:-O
So if your nearby Home Bargains has them, I recommend you get the case they put out on the floor.
