EDIT 8/16-- OK, after all this kvetching, i finally got imgur figured out, and i think i even picked the best size for the images, etc. Feels kinda awkward, all these waiting for a few low-quality shots, but I'd be dumbfounded if anyone expected much out of my photos, at this point..... I hope you like'm! I definitely liked eating them, plus i gave 3 of'm away. -Rob
So... I've been reading up on some Scotch Bonnets lately; I guess I'm getting a little bit obsessed. Getting a SFRB with some PDreadies and Red Foodaramas just stoked the obsession more, but we'd already been planning a trip up to the Trenton's Farmer's Market today anyway. I rolled up there with the Missus and a couple of friends today, and I figured I'd share the results.
We've probably all seen some Bonnets online identified as "TFM;" some folks say this stands for "true form," but most claim it stands for "Trenton Farmer's Market," b/c a grower found some nice pods there and collected seeds to try and set the strain. I can't say for sure which is the case, but i gotta say that "TFM" is a dumbazz'd abbreviation for "true form." Either way, when we got there, I quickly found some Bonnets, most of which were of a pretty nice, proper Tam O'Shanter shape. Oddly enough, they had more green pods than yellow, and a few of the ripest pods had a bit of an orange tinge to'm.
I grabbed a half pound for $3; I tried to get a box with a lot of yellow in it, but there's plenty of green ones, too.
From there, we bought some other shit (pastries, some banging perogies, I found some ordinary but nice-looking red Habs, 1/2lb for $2, so I grabbed those too), made a stop for some tomato pie nearby, and then headed up to Princeton. Overwhelmed by these Scotch Bonnets, I dropped about $80 on reggae records at the PRex. Just some irie feelings, I suppose. Anyway, here's some slightly more detailed pics:
Here's one of the bigger pods. At 21g, it's not really big. This one is pretty true to form, with a nice yellow color.
Here's a pic of the same pod, next to a smaller PDreadie I got from THP member Hybrid Mode 01 yesterday. Just figured I'd offer that up for comparison.
Here's a few of the other ones. Most of them have the proper Bonnet shape, the color looks right on the ripe ones... I'm ABOUT to bite into one, but I've been kinda ODing on these peppers I got in the mail yesterday, LOL, so I might wait til tomorrow. I can't say for sure if these are coming from the same source as the SBs labeled as "TFM" on the internet came from, but they do seem to be bona fide Bonnets, rather than the mislabeled Habs I've grown more accustomed to. Next time I head up there, I'll be sure to ask how long they've been vending at the Market, etc.
My question to y'all: will these green pods turn yellow if I leave'm in close proximity (in a paper bag, maybe?) with the ripe pods? I know that green Jalapenos will never turn red, if you pick'm when they're green. The young lady at the farmer's market said they'd turn yellow.... but she may have been full of shit. Any thoughts/experiences as far as SBs that were picked before they were ripe?
Well, thanks for tuning in. I hope that every douche from Jersey doesn't create this exact same thread when they first join; I was just thinking it might be cool to go to the TFM source, snap some pictures, and take some samples....
-Rob
So... I've been reading up on some Scotch Bonnets lately; I guess I'm getting a little bit obsessed. Getting a SFRB with some PDreadies and Red Foodaramas just stoked the obsession more, but we'd already been planning a trip up to the Trenton's Farmer's Market today anyway. I rolled up there with the Missus and a couple of friends today, and I figured I'd share the results.
We've probably all seen some Bonnets online identified as "TFM;" some folks say this stands for "true form," but most claim it stands for "Trenton Farmer's Market," b/c a grower found some nice pods there and collected seeds to try and set the strain. I can't say for sure which is the case, but i gotta say that "TFM" is a dumbazz'd abbreviation for "true form." Either way, when we got there, I quickly found some Bonnets, most of which were of a pretty nice, proper Tam O'Shanter shape. Oddly enough, they had more green pods than yellow, and a few of the ripest pods had a bit of an orange tinge to'm.
I grabbed a half pound for $3; I tried to get a box with a lot of yellow in it, but there's plenty of green ones, too.
From there, we bought some other shit (pastries, some banging perogies, I found some ordinary but nice-looking red Habs, 1/2lb for $2, so I grabbed those too), made a stop for some tomato pie nearby, and then headed up to Princeton. Overwhelmed by these Scotch Bonnets, I dropped about $80 on reggae records at the PRex. Just some irie feelings, I suppose. Anyway, here's some slightly more detailed pics:
Here's one of the bigger pods. At 21g, it's not really big. This one is pretty true to form, with a nice yellow color.
Here's a pic of the same pod, next to a smaller PDreadie I got from THP member Hybrid Mode 01 yesterday. Just figured I'd offer that up for comparison.
Here's a few of the other ones. Most of them have the proper Bonnet shape, the color looks right on the ripe ones... I'm ABOUT to bite into one, but I've been kinda ODing on these peppers I got in the mail yesterday, LOL, so I might wait til tomorrow. I can't say for sure if these are coming from the same source as the SBs labeled as "TFM" on the internet came from, but they do seem to be bona fide Bonnets, rather than the mislabeled Habs I've grown more accustomed to. Next time I head up there, I'll be sure to ask how long they've been vending at the Market, etc.
My question to y'all: will these green pods turn yellow if I leave'm in close proximity (in a paper bag, maybe?) with the ripe pods? I know that green Jalapenos will never turn red, if you pick'm when they're green. The young lady at the farmer's market said they'd turn yellow.... but she may have been full of shit. Any thoughts/experiences as far as SBs that were picked before they were ripe?
Well, thanks for tuning in. I hope that every douche from Jersey doesn't create this exact same thread when they first join; I was just thinking it might be cool to go to the TFM source, snap some pictures, and take some samples....
-Rob
