Saving onions and peppers until tomatoes are ready

[lesa]

I would bet money that with all that variety, some of your peppers will be ready when those ripen... I was picking peppers right up to frost last year. Those plants just never gave up.

 

[Dave2000]

Agreed, this is just the start of your pepper harvest. Put them to another use or freeze for use in cooking later, then when the tomatoes are ripe you'll have more peppers ready to be picked... probably a LOT more then than now, considering the plant will be larger too. You might also consider leaving some of the jalapenos on the plant to ripen, then make chipotles.

 

[so lucky]

Agreed, this is just the start of your pepper harvest. Put them to another use or freeze for use in cooking later, then when the tomatoes are ripe you'll have more peppers ready to be picked... probably a LOT more then than now, considering the plant will be larger too. You might also consider leaving some of the jalapenos on the plant to ripen, then make chipotles.

Dave2000, tell us about making chipotles from jalapeno peppers. Is a chipotle pepper just a ripe jalapeno?

 

[desertlady]

jhook1997 You are gonna make tons of salsa in no time !! Yum!!!

 

[jhook1997]

Agreed, this is just the start of your pepper harvest. Put them to another use or freeze for use in cooking later, then when the tomatoes are ripe you'll have more peppers ready to be picked... probably a LOT more then than now, considering the plant will be larger too. You might also consider leaving some of the jalapenos on the plant to ripen, then make chipotles.

Dave2000, tell us about making chipotles from jalapeno peppers. Is a chipotle pepper just a ripe jalapeno?

Dave2000 Yes, please tell us.

 

[Dave2000]

Agreed, this is just the start of your pepper harvest. Put them to another use or freeze for use in cooking later, then when the tomatoes are ripe you'll have more peppers ready to be picked... probably a LOT more then than now, considering the plant will be larger too. You might also consider leaving some of the jalapenos on the plant to ripen, then make chipotles.

Dave2000, tell us about making chipotles from jalapeno peppers. Is a chipotle pepper just a ripe jalapeno?

You leave the peppers on the plant as long as reasonably possible, but at least till they are fully red-ripe. They will start to dry out some, the more the better to decrease smoking time but pick before they start to rot.

Remove stems, wash them, and put them on the top rack of a smoker or in a pit, grill, etc with restricted airflow and your favorite soaked wood in it burning very slow, very small flames so the moderately hot smoke dries out the peppers rather than cooking them. In other words the fire and the peppers are at opposite ends of the grill, you don't want the heat from the fire under them. Add a little more wood as needed, it takes a couple days or you can shorten the smoking time by finishing them up in a warm oven or food dehydrator. Make sure the smoker or grill/etc is relatively clean so there's no unexpected flavors added.

If you want them milder in heat level, split them open and remove the placenta and seeds before smoking. They will be crunchy when they are finished, and can be stored at room temperature in an air tight container for about a year.

 

[momofdrew]

onions will keep best if you cure them before storing them...