> Hi friends,
>
> I was tending my garden last night and was marveling over the plants
> that
> had little chiles on them. I saw that my Long Red Cayennes (which
> are not
> long or red at this point) had several plants that had a number of
> peppers
> on them, around 2-2.5 inches long. Remembering that if you want the
> plant
> to produce more peppers, you pick off the first few so that not all
> the
> effort goes into them. Soz I pick one. I look at it and see that it
> is
> rather small and what to do. NEVER waste a pepper my head sez. And I
>
> figured that there would be little if any heat so......I took a BIG
> chomp.
> HOLY SCHMUCKENDROPS! That little baby was hot my friends! I was
> soooo
> happy. My husband was quite surprised at how much heat they packed as
>
> well. I have always loved the flavor of fresh cayennes. I had some
> on my
> homemade pizza today, what a delite after having to use my dried ones
> from
> last year or hot sauce.
>
> So, the moral of the story........still waters run deep, you can't
> tell a
> book by it's cover, you only have one chance to make a first
> impression,
> treasure every chile you grow!
>
> BTW, I threw in a half doz of Garden Salsa peppers. They produced
> early
> and the peppers get fairly long but no heat. My anahiem did the
> same.......maybe all the heat went to the cayennes. Cann't wait til
> the
> Jalapenos, serranos, and habs come on.
>
> Linda Reynolds
> "having great weather in upstate NY Judy......80's during the day and
> this
> week it's been in the 50's at night.........but the taxes will kill
> ya"!
CHers,
I had a similar experience in my neighbor's garden yesterday...We share
his compost pile, and compost, and while dumping a wheelbarrow of
clippings I spied a red super chile, which I promptly ate in one bite.
Hiccups ensued and general elevation of body temperature, followed by a
Bud Light and a smile...What a delightful day it was...My pepper patch
is a little behind his in production, but the up-side is
tremendous...The 10 Red Savinas and 10 hab plants are loaded. As are the
18 other varieties.
Mike Gratton