Pepper Season

[Achto 32,170]

I enjoy growing different kinds of peppers. With the variety of colors, it's kinda like growing colorful flowers that are actually useful. I usually start them from seed in the early part of March.   This year I grew mostly sweet peppers. One of my most colorful varieties this year is Chocolate Cherry Candy Stripe Peppers. The flavor of these is very close to green peppers, maybe just a tad bit more bitter. The colors are awesome though.

 

Next ones are called Patio Snacking Peppers. With their yellow, orange, & red colors they have a great appearance. Most of the peppers on these plants point upwards when they grow. We have been picking these off the plant and eating them as they are or maybe dipping them in some ranch dressing first. Soon I will be making Cowboy Candy with these, a sweet & spicy treat.

 

Next up is my Cherry Pepper plants. I may have went over board when I planted these, the plants have been producing like crazy. Most of the peppers on these plants hang down when they grow.

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I have been pickling some of these already. I add dill, garlic, & jalapeno. The finished product is awesome as a snack, even better in a Bloody Mary. 

 

I did say that I planted mostly sweet peppers, the next pepper is not sweet but it pairs well with sweet. 

 

My Habanero's look exceptionally angry this year. These will be used to make Habanero sauce ( Awesome on wings). Habanero Jelly (Sweet with some spice, great on anything that you would put jelly on. Also great on grilled pork). I always keep some Habanero's in the freezer to add to sweet meals like Coconut Curry Shrimp. 

 

Now I'm hungry!!  Happy harvest everyone.

 

Edited Monday at 11:29 PM by Achto

[SylvanLakeWH 31,903]

I'm hungry now... 

[Bar Nuthin 2,891]

Pumpkin patch is in overdrive this year.

 

 

Sunflowers, not so much. Wabbits worked them over pretty good.

 

  

[EthanL 68]

Grew looking peppers! Here are some of mine for you to enjoy. This year I mainly focused on growing sweet peppers that we can freeze and eat throughout the year. My favorite sweet variety is Jimmy Nardellos. I also grew a few jalepenos for pickling. 

[JoeM 10,116]

My favorite is Marconi, usually stuff and bake them. 50/50 beef and pork, rice, egg and cooked in tomato soup  I'm about the only one here that will eat peppers so we will have porcupine meatballs and stuffed peppers.

[Bill D 3,036]

4 hours ago, JoeM said:

My favorite is Marconi, usually stuff and bake them. 50/50 beef and pork, rice, egg and cooked in tomato soup  I'm about the only one here that will eat peppers so we will have porcupine meatballs and stuffed peppers.

Porcupine??  Didn't know you could eat those.

[702854boy 1,056]

1 hour ago, Bill D said:

Porcupine??  Didn't know you could eat those.

Just be careful about the quills 

[squonk 47,574]

I love sweet peppers but my wife doesn't. So we don't grow many. Got a good crop of Zucchini and tomatoes though and plenty of cukes.

 

[EthanL 68]

9 hours ago, 702854boy said:

Just be careful about the quills 

They are delicious when slow cooked and BBQed. I make a trip to upstate PA every year to harvest one.