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Hot Hot Hot Cherwood Nursery has Pick Your Own Chilli’s

Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Tracey in News

Scotch Bonnets, Habaneros, Anaheim and the world’s hottest chilli’s Dorset Naga and Bhut Jolokia (which has to be eaten wearing gloves and goggles) are certainly enough to get most people hot under the collar.

There are 40 different chilli plant varieties being grown under glass at a bedfordshire nursery where visitors can in a months time pick their own mouth-watering varieties until the season ends in December.

Also available at the UK’s only Chilli Pepper farm are their gourmet fiery chilli sauces including Inferno Hot Sauce and Pure Heat Chilli Sauce being sold in Waitrose stores and through their online shop.

If you like the hot stuff, then why not check out their chilli’s and hot sauces at farmers markets and events around the country.

Hot Chilli Facts

• The Scale of Chilli hotness is called the Scoville Scale. 0 – 1000 is sweet bell peppers and 200,000 to 300,000 includes Habanero Peppers.
• The Hottest Chilli Bhut jolokia is 1,001,304 scoville units and Dorset Naga is 923,000 units!
• Chillis are hot because of the Capsaicin oil found in the ribs and seeds of a chilli.
• When Chilli’s burn the tongue, a substance is released from our nerve cells, then our body produces endorphines which act on our brain cells. This creates a ‘buzz’ effect.
• Milk, yogurt or fats are the best things to eat if your mouth is too hot after eating chilli’s because they cool and separate the burning sensation on the tongue from the capsaicin.
• Chilli Peppers are part of the same plant family as tomatoes, potatoes and aubergine.
• Peppers contain high amounts of Vitamin A and C and they are very easy to grow.

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