A thread for hot pepper-a-holics...

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Gorgeous shots, Janan! Love your "Black Pearl"!!!


Thanks for posting.




These guys are very hot indeed...





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[Jananas Bananas]

I'm saving seeds for you and anyone else that might want some. For such tiny peppers they have a lot of seeds inside. My husband put some of the dried peppers on his pizza and he thought they were pretty mild - the seeds had a bit more bite to them according to him.

~JaNan

[PennyG]

Gorgeous peppers, Sherry and Janan

[bikoro child]

What kind of peppers couls it be?

kewl.ch - Bilder - Penis Chilli?

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Too funny, Ivan!


I have seeds for that one also..didn't you give me them Penny...for us perverted pepper growers?!


Here's some fruits I recently harvested...





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[PennyG]

Hmmmm, i have no idea Sherry, we have sent so many seeds back and forth to eachother

[Jananas Bananas]

Here's a couple of new pepper plants I picked up this week on the sale table - they were 75 cents each!





Obviously I am playing on the computer tonight! HA! HA!

~JaNan

[soundofthemusic1]

Originally Posted by Jananas Bananas

Here's a couple of new pepper plants I picked up this week on the sale table - they were 75 cents each!





Obviously I am playing on the computer tonight! HA! HA!

~JaNan

Great buys, JaNan. Looks like you also have seeds that can be harvested for next year.

Rae

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Yes yes, don't forget to collect the seeds!



Also too, when you remove the old drying & shrivelling fruits, new ones will continue to develop. My pepper plants are still producing, indoors...






As you can see, I've got some fruits to remove too!



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[bananimal]

Can anybody guess what variety of peppers these are? Two different capiscum chinensis.

Seven plants are producing over a dozen ripe ones each a week right now with more to come. Bushes are 2 to 4 ft high and still growing.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Nope...


but they look darn good...and damn hot!


Thanks for sharing with us hot-pepper-a-holics! What are they, anyway?



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[PennyG]

The plate on the left looks like, Nepalese bell peppers?? They have a little kick to them.

[bananimal]

Here's some hints---------

Neither one is hot, not even a little.

They are used extensively in cooking throughout the Carribean countries. They are a principle ingredient in Sofito in Puerto Rico and Venezuela for example.

These peppers were one of the new world foods that became part of Latin cooking. The European colonists got them from the Taino and Arawak indians.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Not sure. Alright, just tell us already...


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[bananimal]

Both are commonly referred to as an Aji Dulce, or sweet pepper.

The commercial growers sell them as "Cachucha" peppers here in South Fla.

Generally, the one on the left is used in Puerto Rico and the one on the right in Venezuela. They are used mostly in stews, pot roasts, beans and fritters like Bacalaitos Fritos (salt cod fritters).

The taste imparted in a sofrito by the Cachucha pepper, together with Culantro leaves, is what Carribean cooking is all about. Especially in Puerto Rico.

Dan

[The Hollyberry Lady]

After reading your post a 2nd time bananimal, I checked my supplies and discovered that someone sent me seeds for the Aji type but I never did sow them. Think I will next year...

Thanks for sharing your pics and information.


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[PennyG]

Thanks, Dan......i think i might have seeds for that one too.

[sandy0225]

naga jolokias picked yesterday from a 2 year old plant. going to make some HOT tabasco type sauce

[Caloosamusa]

Those really look good Sandy! Congratulations!!

[The Hollyberry Lady]

They sure do, Sandy! Thanks for posting your beautiful shot here.


I have seeds for Naga as well.


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