Well this was my first attempt at powder making. I borrowed a dehydrator and picked up a coffee grinder from a garage sale as I wanted to keep my start up costs low in case this was a one time only deal.
Anyways the weather has been overcast for 3 weeks and this was the first sunny day out that was in the double digits.
If I do this again I am definitely investing in a respirator. There were so many wind gusts that picked up the fine dust of my cheapie coffee grinder that it leaked out into the open air. When the wind picked up the dust it was brutal on the eyes. I needed to keep a wet washcloth on hand as my tears were burning and then burning the skin where they ran down. And yeah this was the best day in 3 weeks of rain or snow so I had to do it.
The paprika powder is nice. It has a mild warming sensation to it. Has a peculiar smell though.
The scorpions were awful to process. Not much smell and surprisingly not much taste. That was to be expected as I did not achieve good ripening with the early snow. Lots and lots of heat. I can't wait to try this in hamburger helper. Too bad my whole batch was less than half a bottle. Dehydrating sure shrinks the harvest. Anyways I just want to thank the pepper community for making me try new things and think about the flavours I want in my food. Thank you!
Anyways the weather has been overcast for 3 weeks and this was the first sunny day out that was in the double digits.
If I do this again I am definitely investing in a respirator. There were so many wind gusts that picked up the fine dust of my cheapie coffee grinder that it leaked out into the open air. When the wind picked up the dust it was brutal on the eyes. I needed to keep a wet washcloth on hand as my tears were burning and then burning the skin where they ran down. And yeah this was the best day in 3 weeks of rain or snow so I had to do it.
The paprika powder is nice. It has a mild warming sensation to it. Has a peculiar smell though.
The scorpions were awful to process. Not much smell and surprisingly not much taste. That was to be expected as I did not achieve good ripening with the early snow. Lots and lots of heat. I can't wait to try this in hamburger helper. Too bad my whole batch was less than half a bottle. Dehydrating sure shrinks the harvest. Anyways I just want to thank the pepper community for making me try new things and think about the flavours I want in my food. Thank you!
