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I grew this jalapeño in my new greenhouse, nice plant , productive , turned red fast, but it is way hotter than the ones I grew years ago . I used to stuff and deep fried them , but the El Jefe is too hot for me to down whole . Does anyone else have experience with this pepper? Could growing in...

We love this time of year [which in the Valley lasts  only 5 weeks !] where we have a plethora of ingredients  to make this cutting board salsa   one glass or plastic bowl    7-8 green onions  or a sweet onion medium sized , chopped  , cover with white vinegar  1/8 cup   let sit 15 mins,  While...

Normally I am the guy giving away bags of Habeneros and Thai peppers .. but this year ..Ayeeee! Following a rash of cool nights   my peppers only produced on the blossoms they went into the ground with , and never set another blossom !.. The ever reliable thai pepper plants  stayed small  and I...

It;s the time of year when the garden is producing and I look at what's left in the freezer....in this case smoked and reduced tomatoes .. I want to make a BBQ sauce using the smoked tomatoes , smoked habenero powder, cider vinegar  and our own maple syrup .. any one have thoughts on proportions...

I make  about 72 jars of this every fall for family and a few friends  [ my partner and I consume 1 jar a week ] , it's not overpoweing hot , but adding more habs will up the ante.  I have been making this for 4 years and have almost finished tweaking it . This year I used ''purple haze''...

Had to pick peepers last night with an early frost called . Worst growing year in the 30 years I have been in the ''valley''. Even the peppers under plastic are sulking .. There is always next year! Here are two photos I thought to share one of my thai peppers in front of my wood oven, and a...

I'm trying to re-create the hot sauce I had while windsurfing in Bonaire the Dutch Antilles. While not really a sauce as such it seemed to be a thin uncooked mixture of vinegar, onions and spice/scotch bonnet peppers, maybe a bit of sugar. i only ever saw it in the small non-touristy...