Growing peppers (for cooking and pairing) - Page 2

**WortMonger** · 12-21-2009, 10:48 PM

Man, I just made sauce out of my 3 pounds of hab's. Damn good stuff. I grew in a "Earth Box" and barely had to water them at all. I can't believe they produce so many peppers. I have had so many compliments on my sauce, my first time out, that I plan on doing this every year now. That is some awesome looking sauce ya got there scottthorn!

scottthorn · 12-22-2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by WortMonger

I have had so many compliments on my sauce, my first time out, that I plan on doing this every year now. That is some awesome looking sauce ya got there scottthorn!

Thanks! Those pics are from my first time making sauce and I'll definitely be doing it again (and again!). I forgot to mention that during the simmering phase I had two fans blowing on high and still had to stir at arm's length because the fumes are so potent!

I lived in Albuquerque for 2.5 years back in the 90s and got totally hooked on roasted green chiles. We've never grown the Barker's Hot or the Joe E. Parker before and I'm psyched to see how they turn out in our climate. I might even consider brewing a chile beer....

**cheezydemon3** · 12-24-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by fineexampl

mmmmmmm fellow chileheads found....

Card carrying beer snobs and pepper lovers.....imagine the possibilities!

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Originally Posted by scottthorn

This year we're cutting back on the number of tomatoes in the garden to make room for more peppers! Here are the seeds we'll be starting in a few weeks:
Regular jalapenos
Biker Billy jalapenos
Poblano
Barker hot New Mexican chile
Joe E. Parker New Mexican chile
Yellow mushroom pepper
Fatalii
Aji limon

The last one is aka "Hot Lemon Drop" pepper. We grew these last year and they make a KILLER sauce!

I love the color of the liquid! Put it in a sanitized flip-top pint bottle and let it sit for a month. Since we opened it we funneled it into a couple woozy bottles that live in the fridge. It's got a wonderful taste and the heat sneaks up on you! Everyone who has tried it has loved it. I think the best use so far was on pulled pork sandwiches. Mmmmmmmmm....

Nice pics!!!! Thanks for sharing.

I got all of my seeds from nmsu also.

Aji Limon
Red carribbean
bhut jolokia
3 kinds of jalapeno
centennial
Big Jim
Garnet Paprika
Sweet paprika

7 pot and big sun SB are from last year.