a couple of my Favorite Peppers!

[digitS']

The very first of either:

The smaller Garden Salsa because they are such a sure thing in my garden!

The larger Giant Marconi on the right because they are such a delicious Italian sweet pepper!

Do you have "sure thing" and/or "simply delicious" peppers in your garden?

Steve

 

[NwMtGardener]

I'm trying a few varieties of peppers this year...the Ancho plant has been amazing, they're not hot, and its been cranking out the peppers, just from one little plant we've had lots of grilled, cream cheese stuffed peppers. YUMMY! I have some jalapenos that are smaller, but they're fruiting now too...and i have a plant i'm very scared of. My thai dragon has survived multiple bombardments from aphids, and is now LOADED with peppers. I'm terrified of what my husband is going to make with them... Maybe i should give them all away before he gets to cook with them. Yipes!!

 

[digitS']

I've grown Thai Dragons before, Heather. They are hot.

I go back to the Thai Hots. Maybe it is their small size but they can be subdued in with other ingredients a little better. For me, they are like several other "foods." I'm happy that they are in there but unlikely to actually eat one, except by accident. Perhaps, they don't count as a part of my diet unless they are actually and deliberately eaten .

Jalapenos have a flavor I'm especially fond of! They are no quite there for me yet, however.

Peppers seem to like it here but are challenged to make a good-sized plant. I am sure that there are none out there that are 30" tall. It must just be the basalt in the soil that makes them feel that they are back in central Mexico . . .

Steve

 

[hangin'witthepeeps]

I like the ancho peppers also. I make chili rellenos (roasted, stuffed with cheese, battered in egg and fried). It's a lot of work, but it makes my husband so happy when I make it. I like to tell him a week in advance and have him looking forward to it. He's like a little kid.

http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/techniques/ht/chilerelleno.htm

I will plant more next year and more of the banana peppers, which I find I like a lot in my salsa. It provides the sweet pepper taste without all the heat. Now don't get me wrong, I do like a little heat (so little its really not worth it), but I love the pepper taste. I like to taste my food, not sweat all over it.

 

[Greenthumb18]

Nice peppers Steve!
I myself am trying for the first time, Cubanelle peppers their great fried or used for salads and such. I also have Jimmy Nardello peppers which are also used for frying, Bell peppers and a yellow variety of Bell.

 

[digitS']

This thread could almost be called, "show your sweet pepper appreciation!"

I've got those Garden Salsa in there (which aren't very hot) and Heather mentioned Thai Dragon . . . and apprehension.

Appreciate those wonderful sweet peppers! Supposed to be good for us, too! And, how much good can you get from something you can only eat a 1/4 teaspoon of? I can eat half a plateful of sweet peppers!

Gt, I think you are going to like the Cubanelle & Jimmy Nardello peppers, altho' I don't have any experience with the latter. Cubanelle may be a little thinned walled for you. I am sure that it depends on the strain and environment. If they aren't just what you want go back for another of those Caribbean-named peppers!

Altho' they have Caribbean names, I have read that they are descended from Italian sweet peppers - maybe starting about the time Jimmy Nardello brought his pepper to the US from his home in Italy.

Steve

 

[Greenthumb18]

This thread could almost be called, "show your sweet pepper appreciation!"

Gt, I think you are going to like the Cubanelle & Jimmy Nardello peppers, altho' I don't have any experience with the latter. Cubanelle may be a little thinned walled for you. I am sure that it depends on the strain and environment. If they aren't just what you want go back for another of those Caribbean-named peppers!

Altho' they have Caribbean names, I have read that they are descended from Italian sweet peppers - maybe starting about the time Jimmy Nardello brought his pepper to the US from his home in Italy.

Steve

Steve,

I've actually tried Jimmy Nardello last year and liked it so much since its so productive I decided to grow it again this season. Yeah I'll try those Cubanelle peppers and see how well they are.

 

[thistlebloom]

I have Jimmy Nardello too! Unfortunately they are still in the seed packet I was so excited about growing it, but somehow I flunked Seed Starting 101, or maybe it was Seed Pack Reading 101, I don't know, I forget....
So there they are for next year...
I do have Healthy, and Wenks Yellow hots, and Hungarian Yellow Wax tho' so I'm not a total pepper flop!

 

[monroele]

These look delicious.
One of my favorite recipe are jalapenos peppers filled with goat cheese and sun-dried tomatoes.

 

[vfem]

I like me some thai chilies and cayenne....

Yet, in all these years I've never grown 1 single jalapeno pepper? Yet I buy them!? What's wrong with me?! lol