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Roxa Powder?

D3monic

D3monic

Anyone ever make a powder from the roxa family? I got a bunch of Fidalga roxa i'm about to deseed and debating on freezing or dehydrating and making a powder. Just wondering if anyone has made a powder and if it was any good. Be neat if it kept the purple color. 
 
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grantmichaels said:
The cellular destruction probably favors stick blending, I guess ... I haven't made any sauce to date ...I made a bunch of powder, none of which was even 75% as good as JHP's ...
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The thing that I find a little crazy, I make powders and flake and give it away because I buy JHP's. Same with sauces, I probably gave away 3 cases of sauce, yet I buy sauces that get recommended here.

Clearly my products are not in the same class as what I am buying, but most people ask me for more. I am going to be trying a bunch of different things this year, and freezing the peppers allows me to do it on my schedule.
 
grantmichaels said:
are people grinding to order?
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I grind to make enough for about an 8oz batch - about enough for 12-15 of those sample packs I've sent you.  Don't really like doing larger quantities unless I'm making 4oz jars with air seals.
 
edit:  I know JHP dries whole and grinds to order.  
 
edit 2:  I've strung pods on fishing line and dried them in the spare bedroom in the window (south east sun) with the ceiling fan on low.  Very tough though - some got molds.  Air drying in the midwest is basically impossible.
 
SmokenFire said:
 
I grind to make enough for about an 8oz batch - about enough for 12-15 of those sample packs I've sent you.  Don't really like doing larger quantities unless I'm making 4oz jars with air seals.
 
edit:  I know JHP dries whole and grinds to order.  
 
edit 2:  I've strung pods on fishing line and dried them in the spare bedroom in the window (south east sun) with the ceiling fan on low.  Very tough though - some got molds.  Air drying in the midwest is basically impossible.
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I do it with all thin walled peppers like thai's, etc. I would love to be able to dry some pubescens the natural way this year- still looking at ideas
 
D3monic said:
mine is pretty slow, I dry outside most the time and it's pretty humid. Takes about 12 hours. 
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I have a couple nescos - round multiple tray ones.  I dry at the lowest setting (95 degrees) for 4-5 days for most pods.  Jerky takes considerably less time. 
 
SmokenFire said:
 
I have a couple nescos - round multiple tray ones.  I dry at the lowest setting (95 degrees) for 4-5 days for most pods.  Jerky takes considerably less time. 
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I have a nesco as well though I don't think it has a temp setting, it's just turn on and walk away. I got it sitting on the back porch and turned on at 4:30 am. Hopefully it doesn't rain while i'm at work till 6pm. 
 
FreeportBum said:
I do it with all thin walled peppers like thai's, etc. I would love to be able to dry some pubescens the natural way this year- still looking at ideas
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I dry all my thai's on a flyscreen inside, the gas heating kicking in every now and then isn't cycling directly on the peppers like a dehydrator, plus it produces dry air. My cayennes seem to go fine on there too.  Tried a couple of superhots on there and 1 in three went funky before drying out, so only use the dehydrator for these now. 
 
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