Spicy foods can be found in most regions of the world. While cultures may differ, many nations share a love for hot sauces and hot foods and have adapted hot spices and chilies, like habanero or jalapeno peppers, into their national menus. Around the world one fact remains the same:Read More…
Category: Peppers
Peppers in the Kitchen
Chili peppers can be used fresh or preserved. This page discusses using fresh peppers and includes a homemade salsa recipe. Read about pickling and drying peppers and uses for preserved peppers. Stuffed Peppers Whether they’re sweet bells, mini pimentos, or spicy serranos, stuffed peppers make delicious appetizers or even mainRead More…
Drying Peppers
Like all fruits and vegetables, peppers have a relatively short shelf life. Luckily, drying peppers couldn’t be easier. The whole objective is to get rid of all the moisture in the pepper. There’s no right way to do it, but here are some of the more common methods. Air-Drying PeppersRead More…
Growing Pepper plants
Although most chili peppers are indigenous to South America, they are used and grown around the world. Hot peppers are used in abundance in Mexican, South American, Indonesian, African and Oriental cooking, while the milder peppers are common in European and North American recipes. And, peppers have been cultivated forRead More…
Pepper Plant Flower Booster
I went a little crazy yesterday. I went out to the garden to get some pictures for today’s post, and while I did get a (unfocused) photo for today, I got so completely distracted by all the weeds! I mentioned last week that our garden was being overtaken by weeds.Read More…
Building a Pepper Dryer
Usually when I play with wood, it doesn’t involve vegetables. Moreover, most times I finish in less than a month. Making this solar pepper dryer, though, was a notable exception to both. Part conversation piece, part raisin maker, the box dryer is a cheap way to dry vegetation without suckingRead More…
Confessions and Complaints of a Hot Sauce Addict
There are four items in the known universe that actually taste better to a hot sauce addict without adding hot sauce. They are: 1. Breath mints 2. Breakfast cereal 3. Water 4. Toothpaste At first, one might consider hot sauce itself as a contender for this list. On the contrary.Read More…
The Datil Pepper Florida Heat!
The Datil pepper is grown almost exclusively in the Northern Florida city of St. Augustine. St. Augustine is considered to be the oldest city in the United States, founded in 1565. The state of Florida was claimed for Spain in 1516 by Ponce de Leon in what is now theRead More…