I just picked some dried whole peppers off a ristra. They are pequins, I think, medium length,thin, red. I used white vinegar but I think you could experiment. The banana peppers get hotter, the longer they sit. Michelle Chet Bacon wrote: > Michelle, > What do you mean by dried red pepper..? > tnx.. waiting to try it out.. also any special vinegar? > tnx > Chet > > Michelle DeWitt wrote: > > > > Here's one of my favorites. It was given to me by a friend who passed > > away a few years ago. > > After heating up the kitchen for two days making traditional canned > > salsa, it's a nice change. > > .....an easy cold recipe to use up all those sweet banana peppers: > > > > Jewell's Crisp Peppers > > > > Clean peppers, cut into sections. > > Stuff jars with peppers. > > Fill with 1/2 vinegar and 1/2 water. > > Add 2 cloves garlic whole > > 4 dried red peppers > > 1 Tbsp. salt > > 1 Tbsp. sugar > > > > Set on counter at room temp for 2 days, upside down. > > Put in refrigerator for 3 days. > > Eat! > > > > Michelle in KC > > --