I bought several varieties of peppers for the garden this year, and of course when it came time to harvest them, I didn’t remember which ones I planted where. This isn’t usually a problem because although peppers are similar, at maturity they are different enough to be able to identify. However, I think I bought mild AND hot banana peppers which was just silly of me. You know what this means, don’t you? Yes, we had to taste the pepper in order to know which one was ready for harvesting first. I was the guinea pig. And yes, these are hot!
Graham and I threw one on the barbeque to roast it and mellow out its flavours, chopped it up and ate it on some nachos we had for dinner that night.
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Those look like lovely peppers. Same thing happened to me this year, but they all taste sweet, so maybe I didn’t even plant any hot ones.
They are pretty, aren't they? I'd like to pickle them!
We have three very spicy peppers, which we’ve never grown before, ripening in our plot. Something tells me they’re going to be fiery. I’m saving them for my son, who has been fed bland camp food as a counsellor for the past two months. Hopefully, the flames shooting out his ears won’t be too uncomfortable.
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What kind are they, Helen? All chilis?
Sounds great!
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It's too bad the weather wasn't hotter here this year, or I might have had a better yield. It was really cool for tomatoes and peppers in Ontario this summer!
I just got some of these pickled from a friend these babies are HOT!
When buying hot banana peppers I smell them. When ready it has a unique aroma which it passes on to the food.