Tesco stocking these at two for a pound if you like it HOT.

On Phil's recommendation, I got a Morrison's

They say it should keep a few months easily, up to six. I'll probably freeze some chillies and just use them to make it in batches rather than all at once.

Been preserving some fruit from the plants.

Cayenne chilli sauce and pickled Jalapenos.

That seems like a pretty decent return on your investment mate.

Interesting debate folks.

I love evaporated milk (I take it that we are talking about 'Carnation' here) and grew up with it as an addition to puddings/desserts.

As others have said, I think, if included in the base, it could limit the versatility of the base to be used over many dishes. For this reason, I don't use coconut in my base either. In my opinion, a base sauce/gravy should be a pretty bland affair - adding texture and volume to a curry sauce, and the essential background flavours, without being overly noticeable in the finished dish. Too much sweetness in the base, I feel, limits the ability to produce an array of curries from the same base.

I think evaporated milk could have it's place in creamy (korma/CTM) type dishes - might give it a try.

I'm also curious as to whether it would work in H4ppy Naans. Many will know that I am a great advocate of the H4C naan, but admit that the original recipe is too sweet (for me), so I reduce the sugar. But as it uses milk and not yogurt, the sweetness of a proportion of evaporated milk might work.

Might give that a try too, with one of the smaller plants

Hi Pete. Been nice here for a few days too: hopefully help to mature the chillies.

I don't think anywhere in UK has the climate to grow/mature/ripen chillies outside. But you've got some good ones there

Not sure about the holes in the leaves mate, but if the fruit is fine then it's not really a problem

I don't know where you are in the world Pete, but mine have to stay in the greenhouse.

First pic looks like nice Jalapenos. Not sure about the second one - some Cayenne variety? I'm very much a beginner at this game.

What I would say though is, the bigger the pot, the more chillies.