Talk:Scotch bonnet (pepper)

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[edit] Redirect

So if this is the same species as the habanero, is there a reason why Scotch bonnet isn't simply a redirect? --I. Neschek 20:00, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

It's a different "breed", sorta. Plus, they're often sold as different peppers.

[edit] Different peppers

The Habanero is elongated, smooth and pointed, some are heart shaped. They have a sweet fruity flavour where the scotch bonnet is tart; if you can get past the heat to the taste, that is.

There are many many links to pictures of habaneros claiming to be scotch bonnets all over the net, and very often even the pepper sellers at the fruit exchange wouldn't know the difference if it smacked them in the head.

These links show actual scotch bonnet pictures: http://visualpalate.typepad.com/visual_palate/2005/06/up_close_hot.html

http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/ppi/gpc/

They have a decidedly caplike appearance to them.

This is actually a habanero:

http://www.primafroe.dk/product.asp?intProdID=468

I've should have some scotch bonnet peppers coming in over the next couple of weeks, and I'll upload some pics when I get them.Tina Brooks 03:59, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

The image is *not* showing a scotch bonnet chili!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.134.225.179 (talk • contribs)

It looks like one to me. Richard W.M. Jones 09:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] OK, let's sort out this image once and for all

In this edit, BLAST 420 replaced my image (right) of a (supposed) Scotch bonnet with some really ugly ones of some fingers, er tiny flattened chillis. According to above, this is an image of a Scotch Bonnet, while on Habanero chile shows a Habanero, which looks a lot different. Richard W.M. Jones 09:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Where to find them or what sauces have them

I would really like to know of a sauce that includes Scotch bonnet as I really do like the taste of them better. Is there a proper way to put that in the article?

Very different ( i think better) then the cousin...

SweetGodiva 00:12, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Hot pepper sauce. Secretlondon 16:16, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Warning Reworded

I reworded the warning. It was culturally biased and badly worded. Not everyone reading WP is an Anglo with no tolerance for hot foods. Jamaicans regularly consume whole raw scotch bonnets. I'm an Anglo with high tolerance for spicy food and I've eaten a whole scotch bonnet seeds, and all. Mind you it sure was hot and my Jamaican wife warned me ;) Robert Brockway 06:15, 10 January 2007 (UTC)