Are these peppers with these markings OLD? Or past their prime to can? (first time doing peppers – just picked up a peck from local farmer today)
by Firstborn1415
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They’re corked. This happens when they grow quickly and some people encourage it.
No, this is called corking, and is common with jalapeños, they’re fine to use.
Narrow-Height9477
As an aside: Some people think corked jalapeño’s and redder jalapeños are spicier.
But, really no way to know for sure until you’re in it.
danbriant
Might be the zapotec jalapeno, which does this.
NotAlwaysGifs
As others have said, it’s called corking. It’s basically scar tissue. It’s the exact same phenomenon as tomato skins splitting when they get over watered. Peppers just have a tougher skin that is less prone to splitting completely open.
Perfectly safe for eating raw, cooked, or canned.
crazyasian68
This is when I like to start picking jalapenos. It looks good to me.
bayoubunny88
Basically, stretch marks lol. Good eats!
BtheChemist
usually happens when they get a lot of water. Did it rain a lot recently before you harvested them?
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They’re corked. This happens when they grow quickly and some people encourage it.
[https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/jalapeno-skin-cracking.htm](https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pepper/jalapeno-skin-cracking.htm)
No, this is called corking, and is common with jalapeños, they’re fine to use.
As an aside: Some people think corked jalapeño’s and redder jalapeños are spicier.
But, really no way to know for sure until you’re in it.
Might be the zapotec jalapeno, which does this.
As others have said, it’s called corking. It’s basically scar tissue. It’s the exact same phenomenon as tomato skins splitting when they get over watered. Peppers just have a tougher skin that is less prone to splitting completely open.
Perfectly safe for eating raw, cooked, or canned.
This is when I like to start picking jalapenos. It looks good to me.
Basically, stretch marks lol. Good eats!
usually happens when they get a lot of water. Did it rain a lot recently before you harvested them?