Identify this chilli

[Lysander]

The red one here:

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=264653295

Anyone know what it is?

 

[Lysander]

Normal medium chilli,

Can you be slightly more exact with the name?

 

[Lysander]

Maybe jalapeno but hard to tell sometimes with supermarket generic stuff

Nah, it was hotter and not as juicy as a jalapeno. Possibly a cayenne.

 

[Lysander]

Its a standard red chili you can get in any supermarket, theres thousands of varieties and 100s that are so similar.

I would guess though http://www.charleysveggies.com/peppers/anaheim-pepper/

without contacting the supermarket it will be virtually impossible getting the exact variety, unless some one works in the business, I bet they all use the same. Non list the actual variety.

Thanks, I expected something higher up the scale, but it was surprisingly hot for what it was. Ah well, just as well I had some milk in the fridge!

 

[Lysander]

Ha-Ha don't eat a scotch bonnet then.

I've had them in soup that some friends from the Caribbean made. It was enjoyable... just. Don't think I'll be eating a whole one any time soon though.

 

[Lysander]

this chilli looks just like what i had a few weeks ago from a asian market, its a Cayenne pepper and they look just like Red Chile Peppers.

This is what I'm going with. I'm no stranger to hot food by any means and this was too strong to be right down the bottom of Scoville. I'm going with Cayenne too.

 

[Lysander]

This is tesco they cannot sell anything higher than a scotch bonnet and in their stir fry foods they only put Cayenne peppers, plus went down tesco today and had a look and it is a Cayenne pepper it's in the ingredients on the back.

Ah, so my suspicions were correct [did you go down specifically to check?].

 

[Lysander]

Why can't they sell anything higher (I assume you mean on the scoville scale?) than a scotch bonnet?

Would probably get sued by some stupid entitled chav because they're too hot.