And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Finally, the peppers are starting to redden up
Very late this year. I'm not sure if it just wasn't hot enough, or perhaps I waited too long to put them in.
Whatever, at least there'll be a few to warm up the winter.
Great scenes, CW. And the peppers are essential to keeping warm in the winter. They also dry well and you can store them almost forever if you can keep them in the right conditions.
One year I somehow managed a huge crop of big red Circle of Fire peppers, and Mrs. CW wound them into a wreath and we put it on the front door. A couple of months later, they were perfectly dried. It's too late in the year for that now, but I'll still see about using those little red demons in some good food.
We take the seeds out, and pulverize them in a food processor into powder and use them for chili, spaghetti, and a host of other foods. Great seasoning if used proportionally.
The father of one of my friends passed away and he gave me 3 large pots with chili pepper plants. They were distressed as all hell, and I spent months trying to get them to bear fruit. Since I live in the High Desert of Southern California, the heat is unbearable. I had to move them out of the direct sunlight because the soil would be bone dry in a half-hour.
Now they were not getting enough sunlight. Since it has cooled off, I moved them out into the open. One of them is now sporting a ton of buds and 5 ripe peppers were ready within 2 days of the move. One of the plants is Jalepeno, another Ghost Pepper and the third is those little red hot bastards I cannot identify.
I bought 48 5 ounce woozie bottles and a vacuum sealer for the dried and chrushed leftovers. I still remember the canning techniques my mother used back in the sixties so I'll be up to my ears in peppers and saues within a month!
Great scenes, CW. And the peppers are essential to keeping warm in the winter. They also dry well and you can store them almost forever if you can keep them in the right conditions.
ReplyDeleteOne year I somehow managed a huge crop of big red Circle of Fire peppers, and Mrs. CW wound them into a wreath and we put it on the front door. A couple of months later, they were perfectly dried. It's too late in the year for that now, but I'll still see about using those little red demons in some good food.
DeleteWe take the seeds out, and pulverize them in a food processor into powder and use them for chili, spaghetti, and a host of other foods. Great seasoning if used proportionally.
DeleteThe father of one of my friends passed away and he gave me 3 large
ReplyDeletepots with chili pepper plants. They were distressed as all hell,
and I spent months trying to get them to bear fruit. Since I live
in the High Desert of Southern California, the heat is unbearable.
I had to move them out of the direct sunlight because the soil would
be bone dry in a half-hour.
Now they were not getting enough sunlight. Since it has cooled off,
I moved them out into the open. One of them is now sporting a ton of
buds and 5 ripe peppers were ready within 2 days of the move. One
of the plants is Jalepeno, another Ghost Pepper and the third is
those little red hot bastards I cannot identify.
I bought 48 5 ounce woozie bottles and a vacuum sealer for the
dried and chrushed leftovers. I still remember the canning techniques
my mother used back in the sixties so I'll be up to my ears in peppers
and saues within a month!