Try what I do when you got an abundance of peppers. I pack jars with peppers. Then I fill with about 1/3 red wine vinegar to 2/3 white vinegar. Now pour the vinegar into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Then pour over the peppers and seal. I let them sit on the shelf for about 1 month. Then into the blender with a little salt and lots of garlic. Blend well and you have killer hot sauce that has a much higher pepper to vinegar content than store bought sauces. I have people begging me for more sauce after I make some. Try it. -----Original Message----- From: Shantihhh@aol.com [mailto:Shantihhh@aol.com] Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 5:46 PM To: DePepperMan@yahoogroups.com Subject: [CH] Pickled Peppers Last Fall I had an abundance of Thai Dragon Chiles and I decided to try something different. I placed sliced lemons around the side of a canning jar. Then I placed garlic cloves and bay Leaves around as well. Packed the jar with the Thai Dragons and sprinkled more garlic and pickling spice, filled the jars with white vinegar and placed in the spare refrigerator where I keep ingredients for various ethnic cuisines. Well, just opened them as I needed some Thai Chiles and it was too dark to go picking in the garden. Oh these are awesome!!!! Wonderful flavor, yes still hot but the lemon, garlic, etc., have permeated those chiles. Oh Yum. I will do that again this year! Mary-Anne, List Owner USDA Zone 9b, Sunset Zone 14/15 TomatoMania-subscribe@YahooGroups.com <A HREF=" mailto:TomatoMania-subscribe@YahooGroups.com "> </A>where we are talking Chiles & Tomato growing "Who plants the seed beneath the sod, and waits to see, believes in God."