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First year growing peppers, what now?


Obligatory what now post but I would love to hear suggestions for what to make/do with these peppers

by TheAngryCheeto

42 Comments

  1. skilletliquor

    Ferment them and make a really awesome sauce

  3. crystal_eyez01

    We dehydrate them (if you have a dehydrator) and make them into chili paste.

  6. Joshstradaymus

    Find a way to make lotion of them… give them to your enemies

  11. MirrorMaster88

    Lovely. I’ve tried several times to get some going from seeds I’ve ordered, but have never had any luck. Flowers, but no peppers. The “what now?” question from my wife made me stop because I don’t know what I would do if they worked. 😂 So looking for suggestions here if I ever try again.

  12. freshpeppersauce

    Time to learn how to make hot sauce and pepper powders

  15. JT_Dewitt

    Ferment some for sauces. Pickle or jam/jelly some of them. Dehydrate and grind the rest for a wonderful winter!!

  16. Flyingdemon666

    Grow more next season. Pick a few pods from each species, seed them, dry them, and plant them the first day you can in your zone.

  19. manymanytacos

    I had a haul like that one year. Habs, japs, ghost, scorpions and Serranos. Way too many to eat, so I decided to dehydrate them in the oven on the lowest setting. After many hours, they were finished and I went to turn the oven off. It’s an old, shitty oven with an analog dial. Instead of bringing it to 12 o’clock to turn it off, I rotated it ever so slightly to the right, which is broil HIGH. Didn’t catch the mistake until there was black smoke pouring out of the exhaust vent. House was uninhabitable for a solid 8 hours with the windows open and fans on. Girlfriend and cat were super pissed. I was sad I lost an entire two baking sheets worth of peppers…

  20. nobullshitebrewing

    I bag those up and bring them to the local restaurant and they give me free beers

  21. knuckleunclesam

    Ferment! or do a quick cook hot sauce. oh! and make some spicy pepper jam!

  22. CivilFront6549

    wash and dry your 100 favorites then freeze them whole (in tupperware so they don’t get damaged) – they’ll stay good for 1-3 years in my experience. then you can pull one
    out to
    cook with whenever you want.

  23. Neat_Yogurtcloset526

    Ferment them and turn them into chilli mash for some awesome hot sauces, dehydrate/smoke them, and grind them into powders

  29. JeanVicquemare

    Ferment and make hot sauce. Or dehydrate and powder them

  30. CounterSYNK

    Dehydrate all of them and blend them into a smoothie

  32. AllareOne1113

    They’re so beautiful! Ferment, pickle, and absolutely make some indian chutney with them, use in creamy sandwich spread, incorporate as cheese dip, give them to neighbors/farmer’s markets!

  33. isbjorntheicebear

    Remove white seed membranes and make pepper jam out of the bright colored pepper flesh. If you like spicy omit first step

  35. AmaroisKing

    Congratulations, that’s a great harvest, ferment for hot sauce, cook into chilis, chop up for salsa, pickle for beer drinking

  37. eldonte

    What are the reds up front and to the right? My first year and I’ve got two plants with them. They have a good amount of heat.

  40. Straight_Spring9815

    Well sir you could DM me and I’ll buy an assortment of each

  41. Sanj5109

    U know what they say…when life gives you peppers, make pepperade

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