Plums and Chilis

Plums and Chilies


Plums this year have been so sweet that the sugar just drips off your chin when eating them. We have so many varieties of plums on the farm here in Kirup Valley that we lose track of which ones are ready to harvest and what variety. I should have posted a sign where they are but that got lost in the dream of getting everything done at one time. Even the Prunes which we are picking at the moment are sweet.

Chilies on the other hand are HOT!!!!!!!!!!! We grow them very hot here. For some unknown reason we grow them hot here. It must be the poor soils that we are dealing with that makes them grow hot. The other day I saw while picking green Jalapenos that there was a eat nice bright red colored one waiting with my name on it. Well later that day for lunch I said "Oh yeah" I will eat that one. and when I took that first bite one is able to gauge the heat from that bite. It was not too hot so I bravely took the next step and OUCH the flame just hit me so hard that I got the "Heat Hiccups" You know that awful feeling of heat Scoville Units jumping around in the back of your throat. For those of you who eat with heat you know what I mean.

Well I ended up throwing the other half of that Jalapeno away. Was way toooooo hot for me. Mind you I love some heat but this one caught the compost bin on it's way out.

Earlier in the week a good friend was over to get some chillies and stayed for lunch and during lunch he had 5 chilies of a new variety we are trialing this Summer. Cheyanne is orange and thin skinned. Hot as can be, but not as hot a a Habanero. Anyhow that one that I ate gave me heartburn for two days. Here is what it looks like.












Some might think it is not dangerous by being orange in color. It is hot. I had a green one today and I did not change my mind one bit.

Now on to the rest of the chili crop. Yellow Jalapenos are doing well and came first on the scene. Than the green ones and Soon the yellow Thai chili will come good. The red Thai chili we planted is coming up well too.
Perth has a Chili Festival in Fremantle every year and last year I went to see the sights and taste the heat there. I handed out a few business cards and got a call for a chili cook who want to buy some off me.

We have a new variety called BRIMSTONE it is very similar to size and shape of the orange Cheyenne but Bright Red in color. We are selling this to Harvey Cheese this year. Robert there is going to make a very hot chili cheese from them. Select buyers will get a chance at using this chili. We own the seed and this seed is not available for sale.

Sweet Corn is going to be available in limited amounts this year. Over a ton of Banana Squash has been sold locally and through Elvis our man in the markets. Not much else is news. We keep on picking and packing and working night and day to get things done around here. The onion crop is curing for those wondering and yes we will try to get more pictures posted.

I wonder what a Prune and Chili jam would taste like?