All 3 of my plants appear true to form. Editing to add I will check to see where my seed was from. I know I had a big order from Semilas last year but I can't remember if that was the source or not.
Got my peppers today, an amazing selection. I am supposed to wait for family and the official pepper tasting but I had to eat one of the Bahamian Goats and CGN 21500. And one each of the tiny little yellow and red ones, and then one other that was starting to turn soft and wouldn't make it to...
The ginger pear preserves on the Ball Canning website:
http://www.freshpreserving.com/recipes/ginger-pear-preserves
My sister's recipe for Spiced Pear Butter:
http://tummytreasure.com/archive/?p=244
I do not use the cardamom at all, and I tend to go light on the cloves.
Mine look pretty similar to yours. They have that peach/purplish cast to them but are the traditional shape. I will try and snap some pictures next week.
I frequently get ones that big on my plants. Kind of hard to see but in the upper left you can see some cherry bomb peppers on my plants. In my opinion the perfect use for Cherry Bomb peppers is in homemade sriracha. It makes the best flavored sauce. I will throw a few ripe serranos in to...
Much more common in tomatoes than peppers, but all the flowering plants in the solanaceae family do it to some extent (peppers, tomatillos, tomatoes, eggplant, etc). When referring to tomatoes it is usually called a megablossom.
I have 8 or so I could send you if you want (only have a dozen left). I harvested these from the Zoo Arboretum here in Minneapolis (I think Joe Delaney was the provider of the seeds to the Arboretum) last year. It would be fun to trade for either the Jigsaw or Sugar Rush. Iif you are...