contest Growdown Throwdown 2017 Aji Lemon Drop!

[Malarky]

So... is lemon drop suitable for making powder?

Dale (TGCM) gifted me with some pecan smoked LD powder and it is great!

 

[tctenten]

These went into a gallon jar for a cold, no salt mash. I'll let them get funky and sweat for a month or few, then salt them and vinegar them, and age the jar for a few years. The next harvest will be powder, the next will be shipped out to folks asking for peppers, and then some jams, more sauce, more powder, keep it going!

This is the process you were telling me about? Any chance of pics?

 

[Malarky]

This is the process you were telling me about? Any chance of pics?

 
I've been trying to figure out how this works too from guru's blog...but i've never figured it out.

 

[tctenten]

 
I've been trying to figure out how this works too from guru's blog...but i've never figured it out.

One of....if not the best sauce I have ever had.

 

[Pepper-Guru]

The secret is time. You can cheat a little by getting the mash right, it imparts that wonderfully aged flavor pretty quickly. But I still even age that. The more you put jars away, the easier it gets. I'll post pics of the process soon! Promise.

 

[dennish]

Another picking, 138g added to my running total makes 603g so far.

 

[PaulG]

Hey, Dennis, is there a reason you are picking green pods?  
Do you have a special use for them?  603 grams!  Wow. Looks
like you and Rich will have as much as everyone else combined!

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

^^ I asked the same, I could go pick that many green ones right now no issue, 600+ grams of green and I am sure Rich could harvest pounds of green

 

[Pepper-Guru]

 

 
 
Aji Lemon Drop
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Needles to say, we've been filling up gallon jars for some sweaty, no salt, cold, dark mash...
We will let the peppers do their thing, in a dark, cool, location with the lids barely on, just loose enough for gas to escape. 
 
Once the peppers are drowning in their own sweet sweet funk, we top off with the vinegar of our choosing, salt to taste and then age for years...
 
Later on down the road, when we crack them open again, that essentially becomes our base for other sauce ideas OR we prefer to blend and eat as is. Thats it. Thats my sauce. Simplicity is DIVINITY. 
 
 
Aji Lemon Drop getting ready for mash
 

 

 

[Devv]

 
And they say "everything's big in Texas". Not July peppers
 
Take off 5 grams for the plate.

 

[dennish]

I'm picking green to maximise my yield... Limited time, space, resources here in the hostile UK growing climate in a small corner of my greenhouse!

 

[ThatBlondGuy101]

Holy s***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
You guys are pulling hoards!!!!!!
 
And Guru.....
 
well,.....
 
 
 
wow. What more can I say? And, thanks for posting your process - I think I might give it a go when I have a few years to spare
 
I really need to get up on your glog!
 
 
 
Everyone's looking great, keep up the good work!

 

[Malarky]

Alrighty I'm IN finally. My plant i think got sick and then the wind has really taken a toll on it. It had some sizable pods on it so I'm letting them ripen and then I'm going to chop it and repot it this week. 
 
They are delicious. I'll am definitely growing these next year. Probably a couple plants.

 

[Walchit]

Careful guru, I got my wife pregnant while her ankle was broken(she couldn't run away!). And Paul g I really like those balance scales, you know your weights are exact! Same with guru and the triple beams, he thinks he's Master P!

 

[MarcV]

Careful guru, I got my wife pregnant while her ankle was broken(she couldn't run away!). 

 
   

 

[PaulG]

 And Paul g I really like those balance scales, you know your weights are exact! 

At any rate, close enough for government work!
 

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

Baby harvest but wanted to free up some energy for the hundreds of flowers and green pods.
 

 

[Scuba_Steve]

I have been out of town for almost a month.  Came home to a ton of storm damage.  My competition plants had a large limb on top of them all.  Really the plants dont appear to care, they are just bent over and compacted down.  I will get some cages to support them back upright.
 
This is the plant I have chosen.

 
Here is my first weigh in

 

[Scuba_Steve]

 
And they say "everything's big in Texas". Not July peppers
 
Take off 5 grams for the plate.

 

For future reference, put the plate on the scale, then press the zero/tare button.  Then load the plate up.

 

[Devv]

I tried that, bhut the illuminated numbers went dim before I could put all the pods on and ready the camera. Perhaps my assistant (LB) can help me in the future
 
However, I did think the notched plate was cool....LOL