Tim, Last summer a friend brought in a big crop of especially hot Habs. He finely diced them & added (at least) vinegar. He have me a quart!. I keep the jar in the frig, I still have some left and they are still goooood after all this time. I'm sure someone will volunteer the right amount of vinegar, etc. to use. => A suggestion: Love it in my omelet with some chedder/jack/whatever cheese.! For me, 'bout 1/4 to1/2 tsp gets a good start in the AM. Andy. The Adair's wrote: > Through a fortunate series of events I find myself with about 5 > pounds of fresh habs. I am a jerkaholic so I won't have any trouble > using some of them right away but I have way too many to use before > they might go bad. > > I have a dehydrator and a smoker. I was planning to dry some whole > for later use in jerk paste. I've never smoked peppers before but > all the references on the list about smoked hab powder have me > wanting to try my hand at it. Should they be smoked whole or should > I slice them in half (more surface exposed to the smoke?). Anyone > have any suggestions? > > I'd also appreciate any other suggestions for preserving peppers that > anyone might have. > > Thanks, > Tim Adair