Good year for peppers

[lovinglife]

Looks like I will have a bumper crop of banana, cayenne, bell and jalapeno peppers this year. Looking for preserving ideas...anyone?

 

[Becky]

Chargrilled bell peppers preserved in oil are lovely! I also love pickled jalapenos, especially with cheese. Yum! Have you preserved any produce before?

 

[lovinglife]

I have done a lot of canning, but always on the lookout for good new recipes. Would like to try the bell peppers you mentioned, a little more info please?

 

[Becky]

They sell them at a local farm shop, but I've never made them myself I'm afraid! Sometimes they are in olive oil with garlic and herbs - delicious with some mozzarella and pesto on a slice of toasted ciabatta. Just did a quick google and here's a recipe:

http://www.spain-in-iowa.com/2010/11/roasted-red-peppers-preserved-in-extra/

 

[lovinglife]

Oh! Looks good! I think I will give this a try this summer!

 

[sissy]

I wish I could grow peppers in the summer but only in the fall and cannot find frying pepper plants

 

[lovinglife]

I wish I could give you some! I already have a bunch pickled, and I seriously need to pick again, with way more on this go around!!

 

[sissy]

I wish to as I thought moving south would give me more time to plant and grow things because it is a longer season ,boy was I wrong .My veggie garden in NJ was always full and I had plenty to give to all my neighbors

 

[lovinglife]

ARGH!! Good year for peppers?!?!? I am OVERRUN with banana peppers!! Have another 2 gallons on my counter......

 

[sissy]

gosh wish i could get them here all you get is hot peppers and i love love fried peppers .My friend just sent me a box from NJ and they are all gone already and gosh yummy .

 

[lovinglife]

wish you would come get them.....

 

[jubbly]

Looks like I will have a bumper crop of banana, cayenne, bell and jalapeno peppers this year. Looking for preserving ideas...anyone?

You are lucky. My loco chilli peppers, first ones I have tried to grow, have failed spectacularly. That could be the weather.

I don't mean to hijack your thread but I would be interested if anyone could advise on whether I can keep these plants going over the winter in the hope they will produce peppers next year?

 

[lovinglife]

My experience with peppers is they are not cold hardy at all. Mine really like the heat which is why I think they did so well for me this year, we were HOT. I have no idea what your climate is like.

 

[Jessi]

I always freeze mine. I just go ahead and wash them all up, clean out the middles/de-seed them, and then prepare them how I think I'll use them later. I'll slice some of them and then leave some whole. Later, they thaw out pretty easy and work great in casseroles, fajitas, etc.

 

[iluvmario]

I find that pepper plants are really easy to grow. They produce really well so I would like some preserving ideas as well. I like the pickled jalapenos idea.