I have a string of Jalepena peppers hanging and drying (its taking forever) so I thought hummm. I took one and seeded it leaving only the skin and stem split it in half and placed it on a paper towel and popped it in the microwave, set it for 3 minutes and hit GO. ( was about 75 - 80% dry.
Watching through the door it like it boiled the first 2 seconds and got all weird looking. I saw like a little glow like a burning electrical filient at the base of the stem. At 29 seconds into the microwave process it burst into flames and the napkin caught fire. I shut it off and grapped the burning napkin and flaming pepper and threw it in the sink and turned on the water and put it out. That sucker had almost burnt in its entirety in just a moment.
Has this ever happened to anyone else. My wife almost s--t while throwing me out of the kitchen. I'll tell ya there's quite learning curve to this pepper growing.
I put it on the plate and gave it a 5 second shot twice and its pretty dried but tastes a little strange.
Watching through the door it like it boiled the first 2 seconds and got all weird looking. I saw like a little glow like a burning electrical filient at the base of the stem. At 29 seconds into the microwave process it burst into flames and the napkin caught fire. I shut it off and grapped the burning napkin and flaming pepper and threw it in the sink and turned on the water and put it out. That sucker had almost burnt in its entirety in just a moment.
Has this ever happened to anyone else. My wife almost s--t while throwing me out of the kitchen. I'll tell ya there's quite learning curve to this pepper growing.
I put it on the plate and gave it a 5 second shot twice and its pretty dried but tastes a little strange.
that ain't pepper GROWING my friend! Sounds like you did the growing part right, but it's the processing that has the curve. 
. That was a good post. If you can take over the oven for a few days drying at the lowest setting will work
