Without quoting everyone I will make a few comments if you car to read.
Goulash is another word for herders stew or some such thing and one of its main ingredients is paprika powders and peppers.
In the USA they have taken the word goulash and turned it into meaning a conglomeration.
They have also turned the recipe so far around it is now what some people call macaroni ketchup and hamburger meat.
It is correct there is no real recipe for it as there wouldn't be for any other stew.
I was sitting at a table with a guy from a farm, a real meat and potatoes kind of guy.
Goulash came up.
He said it sounded disgusting and wouldn't eat it.
I asked him if he would eat something called herders stew and he said that sounded good.
I told him it was the same thing in another language.
Really, 'he said, I had no idea.
Now to the cumin.
I can get whole seeds for almost nothing at a middle eastern market in Austin.
Something like pound for what it costs at the store for one ounce.
I then grind them up put them in mason jars and put them in the freezer.
Drying peppers hung up and tied is called a Ristra.
To dry peppers you need to have the humidity at around 50% or less and it be that way for several days.
If you house is air conditioned even though it is cool and out of the light you may get away with it if you have a fan blowing on them.
One thing you can do is slit the thicker peppers on the ends.
I also dont hang peppers in the sun as this fades the bright red colors.
Worth