:yes: :wait: :D : :wait: :yes:

I love pay it forward. Sometimes what good comes of it is soooooooo unexpected.

Heehee.... I have 40 plants loaded down with green ones. I'm just praying to the garden God's that they turn red due to our unusually cold summer.

[quote=Blueaussi;143413]...but what does it taste like? I wanna know! Is it different from other baccatuum's?


Baccatuums are my favorite speices of pepper.[/quote]

In truth, I cannot say! :surprised:

We only have them available in a pickled form, so we're really tasting the pickling ingredients as much as the pepper, but it's very mild / sweet and great on sandwiches, in salads, etc.

Hope this helps a little...

Drop me a pm with your addy, Blue, and you can grow some for yourself...:cute:

Huntsman........... Does that photo of my peppadew look like one to you?

Never seen one grow, tomatoaddict, but I have no reason to doubt you.

Bear in mind that we don't have a pepper/chilli culture in South Africa, and very few peppers are even named in the stores. It's more a question of 'red' or 'green' peppers if they're given any name at all.

We are basically ignorant and accept everything at face value, which is what I am trying to change, at least for myself.

I purchased seeds from a local wholesaler to the trade and started a few from seed several weeks ago, but I'll keep pinching buds until the plants are firmly established.

One caveat -

I've read that the fresh pod is not terribly pleasant on the palate, and that it takes the pickling mixture that the producers have kept secret, to complete the cycle to something well worth eating. Certainly, fresh pods - unpickled - are not available in the stores!

tomatoaddict, you're in a better position to comment on taste if your pods are nearing readiness...perhaps you can be the guinea pig? ;)

Well it looks like the real deal folks. As soon as I charge my battery camera I'll post pics.

How exciting! I can't wait to see, and then hear about taste too.

Looks like it's going well, mate!

I've send in a few bonus seeds to Heather's tomato swap, so if any of you have signed up and would like some, let her know...;-)

I still want to know what it tastes like before I commit the effort of getting the seed and the space to grow it out. I have a baccatuum this year, Queen Laurie, that is a good producer and has hot, hot peppers; but the taste is a disappointment. It has very little taste at all, which is a first for me and baccatuums. They're my favorite pepper species, generally I love the flavors.

And, see, I've heard that it's the vinegar and brine that makes Peppadew so good, so I'm very, very interested in your opinion of the flavor.

It definately had some heat although not bad. Mild. It had a very thick flesh and I found it a bit sweet. I loved it. Very pronounced pepper taste as well. I made a pepper cream sauce out of it for pasta. The heat really cooked out of them and the pasta wasn't hot at all. [IMG]http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o200/Rasogirl/2009/DSC01550.jpg[/IMG]

I ate my first one today. I realized when I went to water a few were ripe and starting to wrinkle, oops! Well it was very good despite being over ripe. I thought it had a lot flavor. I don't think you would be disappointed Blue. I was eating it and thought it wasn't very hot as I was taking the seeds out of it. I popped in the whole top part where the seeds were and it got hot! I ate a few chips and it went away thank goodness.
Hopefully I can keep the plant alive over the winter. It took a long time to grow and produce. I got about 15 peppers. So if I can get off to a good start next year that would be great.
Remy

Anyone get the Peppadew seeds I sent in to the 'Swap'?

[quote=huntsman;148119]Anyone get the Peppadew seeds I sent in to the 'Swap'?[/quote]
I requested some, I'll probably find out in the next few daze./puke

I received some of your Peppadew seeds. I joined the swap from GardenWeb.

Cool!

Let me know if you have good results. I'm battling with mine...