Recent content by pitviper

I typically rinse them out in a bowl and use q-tips for the folds.  Anything that has foreign matter on it I use a dab of dish soap.  I don't use any pesticides.

Awesome, thanks guys!  I think I’ll dry another batch or 2 knowing that those little specs are harmless.  Been a bizarre growing season for me in CT – I’m not used to having fruit this late into October, and there are literally hundreds of green ghost pods on the plants still.

Thanks for the welcomes!   Pepper within a pepper, huh, that never crossed my mind!  Makes sense now – I tried eating one and it wasn’t hot at all (but the membrane it was attached to was of course).   The brown spots don’t bother me – they’re on the best part of the pepper so I’ve been eating...

Hi All!  First time post, but I've been lurking for quite some time!  I typically grow a variety of peppers to dry and use throughout the year – lots of Bhuts, Habs, and Cayenne/Thai Dragons.    I noticed some really tiny brown spots on the membrane around the seed on some of the habs (few...