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Post by daylilydude on Jul 24, 2011 19:32:41 GMT -5
I made chili tonight for dinner, and went out to pick some fresh peppers and found 2 that I missed on the last pickin run, and they had turned red! Now I just had to taste these and the wife and I really like them, they were a little sweeter than the green ones and gave the chili a little different taste that even the kids loved! So maybe next year I'll let a few plants get really ripe and pickle some of the red ones too!
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 25, 2011 17:01:38 GMT -5
Why not let some ripen this year, Dude? You should get at least another crop of jalapeños this year, and I do this with those every year with the last crop, so I can pickle some red and green...mostly red. They do have a really good flavor.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 27, 2011 20:28:46 GMT -5
Red are way better! That is what chipotles are after all (after smoking and saucing).
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Post by adobo on Jul 28, 2011 20:02:18 GMT -5
i prefer the reds over the greens too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2011 9:14:25 GMT -5
I like the flavor of red jalapenos. They look so pretty on the plants!
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Post by w8in4dave on Jul 29, 2011 9:27:36 GMT -5
Something I will have to try
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2011 22:46:56 GMT -5
Sugar goes up when they change colors, I think more flavor too!
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Post by grapenut on Aug 28, 2011 23:28:00 GMT -5
Sugar goes up when they change colors, I think more flavor too! That's for sure! I like em RED!
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Post by nolika on Aug 29, 2011 6:29:07 GMT -5
How hot are they? I can take mild heat but not too much. I'm wondering because I have three Jalapeno plants that are filled with fruits, both green and red and I can't bring myself to taste one...
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Post by daylilydude on Aug 29, 2011 20:53:59 GMT -5
How hot are they? I can take mild heat but not too much. I'm wondering because I have three Jalapeno plants that are filled with fruits, both green and red and I can't bring myself to taste one... In mine, the heat didn't change, just had a sweeter flavor.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2011 5:48:15 GMT -5
Dito with what daylilydude said. Mine are just as spicy, but develop a nice sweet taste. The only problem I have found is red ones don't keep as long as the green ones, so use them up quick.
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Post by peppereater on Sept 8, 2011 12:32:48 GMT -5
Oh yeah, red jalapenos are great. If you think about it, the green ones aren't actually ripe...I like the sweeter, more complex flavor, but I would say there's just a tiny bit less heat, could just be that the sweetness makes it seem so.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2011 22:01:27 GMT -5
My husband says they are hotter when they are red.. I don't like jalapeno's so I won't taste them .. I'm a hot banana pepper girl..LOL.. but at the end of the year I hang them in my kitchen window and make than chop them up fine with green ones and put some garlic and onion along with lemon.. lime or vinegar they look nice when I give them away at Christmas.. and people who like jalapeno's seem to really like them..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2012 12:01:17 GMT -5
How forgiving of a plant would jalapenos be for a 1st time gardener?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 5, 2012 19:40:58 GMT -5
Peppers are fairly easy plants to grow...unless you have pepper maggots, like I have, and live near a creek or other body of water, which is where they come from around here. Where are you located?
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Post by adobo on Jan 9, 2012 20:48:38 GMT -5
Peppers are fairly easy plants to grow...unless you have pepper maggots, like I have, and live near a creek or other body of water, which is where they come from around here. Where are you located? +1 on hating pepper maggots. they love my chinenses more than my annums.
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Post by daylilydude on Jun 22, 2014 14:08:52 GMT -5
pepperhead212, littleminnie, adobo,@dogwoman, w8in4dave,@hawaiial, grapenut, nolika,@larskyler, peppereater,@independentvoter,@greendean7, I have 3 jalapeno plants this year and they are a lil peaked looking but gonna give them a small dose of Epsom salt and yes ima gonna shot them with miracle grow too...
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jun 22, 2014 16:06:15 GMT -5
Miracle Gro?! Have you no shame?
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Post by w8in4dave on Jun 24, 2014 21:21:30 GMT -5
I cannot w8 till I get some peppers to get my Salsa going! Woot! Woot!
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Post by daylilydude on Jun 25, 2014 5:08:20 GMT -5
Miracle Gro?! Have you no shame?
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jun 25, 2014 10:21:15 GMT -5
Maybe it's a varietal difference, but the mild jalepenos I grow are a lot hotter if I let them get ripe. I try very hard to get them before they even start to turn - just as soon as I see any checking on the skin I pick them.
If I pick before the checking starts, they have no heat whatsoever. But I want a little heat, so I wait for the checking.
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