Well the peppers are growing like crazy and I’ve harvested enough to keep myself and all those around me up to their eyeballs in fiery foods. Two weeks ago I had so many that I took a note from Steve and his famous holiday pepper tradition and took a stab at making pepper vinegar bottles.
Quick Garden Update: The cayennes have been the most prolific pepper producer so far, but followed closely by the White Habanero. The Island Fire plant and Bhut Jolokias are now over 6 feet tall!
I’ll save the details on what to do here for Steve (read it in detail here) but the biggest tip of all is to make sure you’ve got everything you’ll need out and ready. You don’t want to be opening drawers or handling other items with pepper juice all over your hands. And wear gloves!
These first three turned out so well that I was able to finally convince the Ex that my pepper garden had a purpose – she now wants to give these out as Christmas gifts. After this batch, I made a special batch just for myself – all Red Savinas and White Habaneros. That bottle now sits on the corner of my desk in my office – as a warning for those that get to close. 😉
11 responses to “Pepper Vinegar – Attempt #1”
Funny how fast they grow up. I remember when they were barely little buds.
All that tequila drinking paid off. Now I know why you guys made me drink so much!
Dam Nick how much tequila are you guys drinking…… Looks great thanks for the tip can wait to do some of mine..I guess i better get busy
drinkin….
Beautiful!!
Since you’re going to be growing chiles anyway, it also makes Christmas a lot less expensive 😉 I tried for years to get my wife to take up a hobby like knitting or crocheting so that we’d have stuff to hand out for presents without melting the credit cards. No luck. Now they all get hotsauce 🙂
Mighty fine lookin’ batch of chiles too!
Those look awesome!
Welcome back, Nick! You have paid me the supreme compliment, however I’m suffering from pepper envy after seeing those beauties! Looks like a great batch.
I have been meaning to comment about something that happens to me when I look at pictures of familiar sauces or a process like the one pictured above; I get a mild endorphin rush and break out in a sweat on the bridge of my nose, even if I haven’t eaten hot sauce or handled peppers for days. I wonder if anyone else experiences this sort of Pavlovian response?
Cheers! SM
Very nice! I am on your Xmas gift list, right? Another thing to do with too many peppers (are there really ever too many?) is to dry them in the oven and grind them into pepper powders. Last year I dried many pounds of chocolate habs, red cherry peppers and others. I ground a few chocolate habs for some chili during the winter and almost chocked to death on the dust. So make sure you do your grinding outdoors while wearing goggles and a respirator. Sounds kinky!
Beautiful peppers guys! Six foot plants huh? They say everything is bigger on Texas……you do have our address for shipping the gifts right? 😉
Welcome Back !!!!
Wow, good looking project there Nick !!
Hey Nick,
Nice peppers buddy! That is great how you bottled them.
Looks good Nick…glad to have you back. Are you sure thats vinegar or are you really soaking them in Patron?