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Where do you get your peppers?

We use only fresh peppers. As for dried I guess it would depend on what type you are looking for.
I'm sure there has to be a vendor out around LALA land. That has dried chiles.

Mick
Kato's
 
DEFCON Creator said:
Oh, I know where you're getting them. They have been genetically enhanced by the everpresent Homunculus :P

man, that little dude does EVERYTHING....i gotta get me one of those...

As for the question at hand, i usually get them at the farmer's markets here(and i'm spending a fortune in the process)

I've started drying some in the oven the way Chuk told me to, and it's working like a charm(just takes a long ass time)
 
ask the guys at your favorite restaurant who the produce vendor is. chances are in LA that it's US Food. you'll have to have a business adress for them to deliver.

El Guapo is a spice vendor in LA that does a lot of dried peppers. Their competition is Mondando or something like that.
El Guapo is 6200 e slauson ave. in LA.

And just this week I found Penzey spices. It's a spice storefront franchise. wierd but I picked up some stuff I have paid too much for otherwise and I paid too much for salt, but I love fancy salts. http://www.penzeys.com/

I'm still buying them from the bulk dried pepper bins of my local mexican grocery.
 
Awesome Dude

DEFCON Creator said:
Expensive. In bulk, International Food Source has dried orange Habs for about $8-9 per pound. Considering dried ones are 1/10th the weight of fresh, that's roughly 10 lbs for $8-9.

That is great.. Man I was paying double this here on long island...at a supply house... Thanks for the info..
 
Ok...

But...What if I'm looking for ripe serranos, not green ones? I don't think I can grow enough myself. By the time the green serrano peppers get ripe, they're 1/2 dried out.

...call me a newbie.
 
DEFCON Creator said:
Expensive. In bulk, International Food Source has dried orange Habs for about $8-9 per pound. Considering dried ones are 1/10th the weight of fresh, that's roughly 10 lbs for $8-9.

Yeah but dont you have to be member there and spend like a $500 minimum or something?
 
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