Is there anything hotter than green/red chillies?

After reading a lot of posts around the web, that almost all seem to say that peppers get "smoother" as they ripen, I interpreted that as meaning that the heat wouldn't increase. My interpretation was faulty! The red, ripened pepper was many, many times hotter than the green. read more

Chilis have different types. "Green/red" are colors. Usually they're named by types such as jalapeno, habanero, bird's eye, ghost peppers, etc. read more

Just taste the chillies.Depends what you like. I always multiply by about 3 in any recipe anyway anyway as I lurve chillies. (We used to have them in the garden when growing up in the Pacific. read more

« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2008, 20: 47 » I find the large cayenne peppers are not hot anyway, the heat is in the smaller peppers, and yes I have had some hot green ones also. read more