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nope. The basic recipe is using (making) mint jelly. I have tons of mint growing, started around the perimeter of the corn crop since mice (and all rodents) cannot stand any type of mint. Works very good, starting some around the chicken coop too. Besides giving the coop just a hint of a nice minty smell...anyway, I'd made a pepper jam before, they said it was hot, but it really wasn't. besides, I like the balance of mint and spicy sweet to the killer peppers. So the next batch I mixed a few of everything but the hottest peppers (they weren't ready to pick), it was pretty good, but I have friends (along with firefighters) whom brag that they can handle any kind of heat.
Next time the Scorpions and pumpkin peppers were ready, added some fresh cayanne, tomato peppers, what looked like a bananna pepper (but wasn't), jalapenos, tai chilis, a pablamo (more for taste) habanero and two innocent looking bell peppers, one green, one red (just so you weren't sure what you were getting when spreading the stuff). The first batch, I sent a big jar to the firefighters, and later found out that being macho, they tasted by putting the spoon in and into their mouths. Some of the peppers are very sneaky. You taste nothing for about a second and a half, then, whomp! Yet they asked for more, only hotter. So this time I added all the above along with a little more scorpion and ghost peppers. Ghost peppers are so hot that it is recommended that you use just a tiny sliver per dish. The hottest peppers I diced very tiny, they look colorful and cheerful against the cool color of the mint jelly.
Oh, a few weeks ago I pulled out one of the blackberry jams I made, put it in a pot with garlic and sauted onions, then added some of the peppers to coat chicken for the grill. Turned out really good. The left over mix (not contaminated by chicken of course) I put back into the original jar I canned with. Forgot to tell everyone in the house. Do you know you can hear children whom sneak back in the house and stop in the kitchen for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich really really well when they are trying very hard to spit out the contents of their mouth, still stand and breath at the same time?
