galore: anybody that eats supers just plain raw( no sauce making, no cooking with, no nothing) as a common practice has something seriously wrong with him/her, imho.

I make it a point to try each variety I grow at least once raw with nothing, but that's just to see what I'm dealing with as far as flavor profile and heat level. I also have cheese, yogurt, milk, and ice cream close by.

Great looking pepper btw.

Kevin

Kevin,

Thanks for the compliment on the pepper. I'll try to get a shot of the whole plant tomorrow. Its a pretty nice looking bush.

As far as eating a whole raw super, I don't see that happening. No whole marugas for me. I do plan on trying a small piece of everything and going from there. Sauce and powder for the rest.

Ummm. I eat chocolate bhuts raw as a snack...

Kinda figured there was something wrong with me but thanks for confirming it ;-) lol.

Also I do eat at least one raw of every thing I grow. And my first ripe reaper is going down saturday.

Nice pepper. Let me know how the flavor it.

My guess is scgreenthumb likes a bit of S&M in the bedroom also :)

Kevin

Noooooo.... no one is tieing me up lol

I'm the same way I'll try at least one of each I'm growing but the rest will be parts of sauces dips etc. looks nice though.

Some Like it Hot.

My tolerance limit for eating whole pepper (or in salsa) is like serrano, Manzano, with SHU of about 20k. Jalapeno comes real easy. I cook with Habanero sauce and fresh pods. That is the highest I have climbed . It has been the same for years. With all that I have no rival among the family and friends.

There are some darker corners of Kipling wherein he refers to the use of hot peppers in Indian sadism.

But let's not go there.

:-D ennis

I did read in one of Dewitt's books that they are used for torture and punishment in some cultures. Here is a shot of whats to come on that plant. I'm pretty happy with the production on that one.

I got a couple of pods from peppers_galore. This is an excellent pepper! Great taste. Decent, manageable heat. Apparently quite early and prolific.

I will be growing this one for sure.

Dennis

BTW, is there any definitive word on the species?

Mako-akoksrade, Pepper ( Capsicum Chinese) From Eastern region of Ghana-5.

Pepperlovers sometimes has seeds but their out.

Here is a link that might be useful: mako-akoksrade

For those who got seeds from me, here is another shot. Sorry about the mess. I was not prepared for the work to keep up with the numbers of plants that I had.

The plant is about 3.5 to 4 ft tall. The final color of the pods were an orang-ish yellow. I'm thinking I got about a gallon to 1.5 gallons of pods per plant. I started getting ripe pods about a month after the plants were put into the ground and they produced steady until the freeze.

I'm looking forward to growing this one- thanks to peppers_galore being kind enough to send me seed from it :)

Cant wait for mine to germinate