cayenne peppers

[jeffinsgf]

Originally Posted by tjg911

humid weather is a drying problem. i thought that putting them in the freezer was the minimal amount of effect to have some all year.

if i were to dry them how do i do it? tie a string on the stem and let it hang on a line? i have a/c in the house but don't always use it.

tom

Tom,

I have a darning needle with some heavy embroidery thread. I am threading the needle through the section where the stem attaches to the pepper. I keep it hung on a plant hook in our sunroom. Seems to be doing just fine.

[tjg911]

thanks maybe i'll try to dry some too

tom

[stormymater]

I am just now getting my first thin red cyaennes - I am watching the long, thick, wrinkled cayennes with great interest - these things are at least 9 inches long & prolific as all get out! The Trinidad perfumes are just turning yellow & the Congo Trinidads as flowering. Bulgarian carrots are still green but heavily covered with serrano-shaped fruit. My lord, the Kung Pao hybrids are 2 1/2 feet of branches absolutley covered with 5 to 6 inch long thin green peppers(these will be my stringers). Fish peppers are striped shades of green - watching them yearning for a big harvest but they seem a bit shy - the variegated plants are so pretty I may have to pot them up in the fall & bring inside. I love hot peach jam, hot pepper jelly & pickled peppers!

[tjg911]

just an update. i picked a few cayennes over the past few weeks but now i am getting many to ripen. the other day i picked 7 peppers. i added some chopped pepper no seeds or pith to a salad and while they had some heat i was surprised that i was able to eat them raw. i think eating them with food lessens the heat, when i ate a tiny piece with nothing else the heat was very high.

tom

[Blueaussi]

Capsaicin is fat soluble, so if you used salad dressing or topped with cheese, it would make you perceive the heat as less.

[tjg911]

yes, i used thousand island dressing and thought that may have cut the heat. even tho i expected it to be pretty hot, so much so that i was afraid i had ruined the salad! it was good, just a bit spicy.

i had pretty good luck with the 1 cayenne plant this year and may try another hot pepper next year. the trouble is the greenhouse carries just cherry peppers which i don't want because i think they are not hot enough, cayenne which i feared might have been too hot but seems ok and haberno and i am NOT messing with those! i raise just about everything from seed but peppers is one of the few i don't and really prefer to buy.

it's fun trying hot peppers, something i never was interested in just a couple of years ago.

tom