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Habanero Substitute, Cherry Peppers?

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pearlheartgtr

I'm not sure if this would be the right place to ask this. I am running out of my hot sauce and waited too long to make a new batch and the local stores aren't carrying habaneros right now. The only peppers I could find were jalapenos, serrano, thai chili, some sort of long hot pepper, and cherry peppers.
 
Could I substitute the habs with the cherry peppers?
 
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Welcome! A fellow LI pepper head.
 
You won't get the same heat. Thai might be the hottest of those. Not sure where you are but my local shoprite always has habaneros.
 
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Thanks. I had grabbed some of the cherries and a couple of serranos to make up for the heat factor. But I will stop over at a Whole Foods on my way to work this weekend. I am in Holbrook. I think the nearest Shop Rite is in Medford. I'll have to check.
 
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I found myself in the same predicament. I searched everywhere and finally found some have way decent Habs at Walmart of all places. Almost embarrassed to admit it here.      
They came in 4oz packages for $4...  I don't know if that price is high or not...
 
Good luck
 
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PrimeTime said:
 
I can't promise you they are nice habaneros but they have them.
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Thanks for letting me know there's a source for habs in the winter. I picked up some and just finished bottling a batch of sauce. I'll be heading back there again over the weekend to get some more.
 
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slingshot13 said:
I found myself in the same predicament. I searched everywhere and finally found some have way decent Habs at Walmart of all places. Almost embarrassed to admit it here.      
They came in 4oz packages for $4...  I don't know if that price is high or not...
 
Good luck
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That sounds pricey to me. I can get them for $3.99 lb at my local grocery store.
 
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In season, at the Meat Farms gorcoery store, they're $3.99/lb. Out of season at Shop Rite, they're $4.99 here on Long Island. BUT I had noticed, there are two Meat Farms by me, one a couple of miles away and a new one that just opened up down the road from me. The first one, always had their habs loose and $3.99/lb. At the same time, the new one, only had them pre packaged and $3.99 for about a dozen of them. Meanwhile, if I bought a dozen at the other place, it only costed me about a dollar or so.
 
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