I did a vacuum-sealed bag fermentation with just peppers and 3% salt. Now that the bags have been fermenting away (I hope) for a while, I've noticed that they're not inflating as much as the ones in YouTube videos about this method. Also, I can smell the peppers a little when I hold the bags...
I called into our local NPR station when they were asking listeners what they're looking for but having trouble finding. It turned into this neat little program.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/reset-lost-and-found-where-can-i-find-fresh-hot-peppers-in-chicago/8dad35b4-5c05-4ed1-9f8d-a781eabd0d71
I've been fermenting some peppers. I'm using vacuum bags and 3% the pepper's weight in salt. I keep these bags in our basement.
I woke up in the middle of the night last night and happened to notice that the temperature down there had dipped to about 60. I'm wondering if that's why these bags...
I got this plant on a lark at a local park greenhouse's fundraiser. It was labeled as a "fish pepper" plant. After looking at other fish pepper plants online, I'm not sure that's what it is. It doesn't and hasn't ever had the distinctive big flowers or striped peppers. I don't have a picture of...
I have some moruga scorpions and some reapers growing and they should be ready to pick in the next few weeks. I wanted to do a very minimal-effort/maximum-heat preservation. I was thinking of blending just peppers, vinegar and salt and then putting that into some sanitized jars in the fridge...
Hi folks -- I like to grow super hot peppers and am hamfistedly attempting to learn to make some insanely hot minimalist hot sauce them. I was on Reddit trying to learn the correct ratios on vinegar and salt to peppers to preserve my little harvest when I discovered this forum. I'm looking...