Today is a happy day for my people!
Gardening is such a rewarding experience to begin with, but, for a #homesteading pepper fanatic like me, this was an amazing day. Not all that long ago, we finally purchased the land for our homestead down in Arkansas. While we are in the process of working on many, many things, I could not help but put in a small garden to grow a few peppers this season.
THE GHOST PEPPER
With heat that is three times hotter than a habanero, the Ghost Pepper is the former world champion as far as Scoville Heat Units go. The Bhuit jolokia is originally from India, and I have been growing them at least since 2011,
Today I finally decided to harvest some of the ones that were growing on our land. It is my belief that these are the first of many, many peppers that will be grown on the @papa-pepper homestead. Recently, the temperatures dropped a bit, and the wind picked up too, so I figured that I should harvest some before the first frost of the year.
Many of the plants are very heavy laden with ripe peppers. If the plants were allowed to grow long enough, they would each produce hundreds of peppers. When you consider how many seeds are in just one pepper, and how many peppers just one plant can grow, this is a huge return on your investment.
If you notice the plant at right-center, you can see that the wind has taken its toll on a few of the plants. Since it is the end of the growing season anyway, this is not a huge deal.
This is half of one of the plants that actually broke off in the wind. Just look at how many ripe peppers it already produced. Back in Wisconsin, many of us would actually pot the mature plants at the end of the outdoor growing season and move them inside of our homes for the winter. Then, in the following spring, we would move them back outdoors again and let them grow for another year. In warmer climates, some pepper plants can actually grow for years!
THE SEEDS AND THE USES
A good portion of these will be used for saving seeds. Thankfully, the ripe peppers can still be used when you save the seeds, so they are really "dual purpose."
Overripe peppers like these can still be good to save seeds from, although they have passed their prime for culinary use. While I always enjoying using a lot of them fresh, we usually end up with so many that I dehydrate and pickle some too. Here are two of my favorite Ghost Pepper "recipes."
If you follow the link here you will find the recipe for my own creation, Green Ghost Salsa. As @robrigo can testify to, this salsa is a real treat. It was actually a "secret recipe" of mine that I kept to myself for many years. However, I decided to bless the world and publish it on the blockchain last year for all to see.
My Ghost Pepper Pickled Eggs are another amazing spicy treat. Just like the Green Ghost Salsa recipe, I chose to share this recipe here too. You can check out the original post here. Basically, just by adding a ghost pepper to the jar when you are making the pickled eggs, the heat from the pepper will soak into the eggs and spice up the whole batch!
There are some other great things that you can do with these peppers, so I'll try to share a few more fun ideas with you all this season.
HARVESTING
The harvesting process for these super hot peppers is pretty simple.
I like to use some snips or pruning shears to cut the stems of the ripe peppers. This way, minimal damage is done to the pepper and the plant, which helps the pepper keep longer and allows the plant to continue to produce more peppers.
Eventually the ground under the plants becomes littered with the cut peppers, and they are very easy to collect at that point. it always amazed me to see how many peppers can come from just one plant. I don't think that I'll ever get over that fascination.
FUN WITH PEPPERS!
Because "sharing is caring," I chose to show how much I cared for my other steemians last year by sending them some of my peppers. Here are a few videos of some of our wonderful community members "enjoying themselves" with a few of my peppers.
@sevinwilson
@matthewtiii
@merej99
@gardenofeden
@anotherjoe
DON'T GO THERE!
I know that a few of you may be entertaining the idea of possibly trying this yourself, after all, we all like to have fun, sharing is caring, and @papa-pepper likes to send presents around to bless others. So, what's stopping you then?
Well, before you get too exited, consider this quote from the post titled '@papa-pepper sent me a Scorpion Pepper! The most painful 14 hours of my life. Here is my story.':
Warning: Do Not Try This!
If you do attempt this I have a few suggestions:
- Don’t do it.
If that is not enough to deter you, please watch this important word of advice from @matthewtiii.
Here is a summary of what he shares in the video:
DONT' EAT THIS PEPPER! MILK DOESN'T HELP.
ICE CREAM DOESN'T HELP.IT'S BURNING MY EAR CANAL.
DON'T EAT THAT PEPPER! DON'T EAT IT, I'M TELLING YOU DON'T.
DON'T EAT THAT PEPPER!
DON'T EAT IT. DON'T EAT IT.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, PAPA?
Just so you know that I'm serious about my peppers, here are a few videos of me enjoying some too.
Okay, on a more serious note, I do have some to share. That said, if you live in the US and would like a few ripe peppers, just let papa know!
Seriously. LOL!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-amazing-and-hot-harvest
Until next time…
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We put hot peppers into pickled green beans and raspberry jam. We fill them with cream cheese and stick them on the grill. I have been weeping and blowing my nose for a month. Chile will happen soon. Lord help my sweat glands. No mercy.
That sounds great!
I love hot peppers mixed with cilantro.
Do you have any Carolina Reapers?...I bought a lil bag and is amost out...it's great on soups.
I've grown those before, had a lot last year. None this year though.
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Cool. .
Hahahahaha
See how you made pepper a fun thing
I enjoy your pepper tale
More nutrient to your soil
They can be a lot of fun! Thank you!
I have peppers in high esteem
Hahahaha
Lol, thank you!
Oh man, those look bomb!!! I would love to make your homemade green chili with home grown papa-pepper peppers!! Haha. I need to send you something...need anything from the soon to be frozen tundra?
Not sure, but I got your address. I'll try to ship tomorrow.
whoa buddy..... them's some hot peppers there.....I have some friends around here that make their own wine and beer and they use the ghost pepper in it......I ain't tried it yet but I think it boils itself.....lol
I think that it must!
You have a farm where you plant pepper, thats quite something big, enjoy the harvest, its plentious.
We enjoy it. Do you garden at all?
Awesome yield Paps! Those look like they came out really healthy too with a nice redish colour.
You're gardening has that added layer of satisfaction when your crop turns out great eh..?
We've been having some odd weather up in Toronto and as a result my tomato plants have kicked back into gear and are pumping out a bunch of huge ones all of a sudden. As soon as it starts getting frosty which I thought was happening a few weeks back I'll have to harvest the green ones or they'll go to waste :(
I bet these would be good on a sandwich too!
haha, i literally just typed something similar to that to you on discord lol.
Great minds think alike ;)
My husband loves peppers, seriously that is part of the reason I started following you cause of the peppers. So if you are serious you can send some to him.
I certainly will. Get me a shipping address on discord or chat and I'll get them right over. Save the seeds and grow your own too!
We will and I will get a message sent on over to ya with that information
cayenne pepper is very spicy...
Yes it is, but these are MUCH spicier.
can it be turned back?
I do not understand the meaning of your comment.
I love the pepper art! Spiced pickled eggs sound awesome! I never think to throw heat in there. AS usual, great post Papa!
Thank you. The art was fun too!
No wonder you're Papa Pepper 🌶🌶🌶
Yes, it is not without reason. Thanks @drakos!
Not sure if suitable for this kind of pepper, but if you can, I heavily recommend trying out some Hungarian recipes!
At the very least, the paprikash is just amazing, if you ask me.
Thanks for that advice! I appreciate it @katamori!
OMG I want to pet a bumblebee too.
The pepper looks really really pickled, you are a real man and all the people who did this challenge are too, even the women
or I must call they real woman
Probably real women.
Also, have you never flown a bumble bee? You really should try it!
I will try it, and sorry for the multiple comments, I don't know what is happening with steemit
Too hot for me, lol, but glad to know I did the right thing bringing my hatch chiles inside for the winter (it's my first time growing any kind of peppers in my balcony garden)! :)
WE had very good success overwintering them indoors. Just watch out for aphid infestations.
Duly noted!
Thanks for the link back to recipes! I have been contemplating canning boiled eggs because I have SO many of them and I bet adding a pepper helps give more flavor! I'm going to try it.
I make homemade chow chow and I am going to be adding some jalepenos to my next batch instead of just bell peppers. I'm hoping it gives it that extra "kick"!
We like to pickle the eggs when we get a good excess! It keeps them a lot longer and changes up the flavor. Chow Chow with jalapenos sounds excellent!
steady, entertaining and fun.
spicy and hot.
Hot peppers may cause a lot of pain, but they bring a lot of health benefits.
I wish I had the fortitude to eat some on a regular basis. I took Cayenne pepper pills for a while, and they helped me with some inflamation I was having. But I often got sick for an hour after taking each one.
I don't think I would even attempt a ghost pepper.
They are very healthy too, you are absolutely correct!
@papa-pepper This is creativity at its best, there is nothing good than to know what you do and do it the best. @theheralds
I've learnt so much more about peppers from this post, though I don't think it'll affect my life too much hahahaha
I am continually amazed at the harvest I get from my peppers. This year I grew tabasco peppers for the first time. I had no idea they would be so laden with juice. I thought maybe it was a fluke. Nope, every single one I opened was drenched in hot goodness. It made for the easiest hot sauce I've ever made.
thisi s hot to the mouth.
wow! you proved to me that you're a Papa of all Pepper, lol
Thank you!
I have known these chillies since I was a kid .. good to see you spice up your cuisine with chillies ..
Oh yes, I could not be papa-pepper without them!
My dad would absolutely love some of these peppers. He has 12 acres in Texas and grows alot of peppers too.
I've never heard of scorpion peppers, are they really a type? He grew a few ghost peppers and mucho jalapenos, tabasco, and of course habaneros...and it's interesting to see a few of the cross bred seeds grow the next year. He has some strange combinations sometimes, always saving the hottest for the seeds...
Awesome post @papa-pepper!! great photos, keep it up!!
Yup, scorpion peppers are a real kind. Also, if you guys want, I can send some of these over. Just get me an address in private, like over at steemit.chat.
Will do! I appreciate it sir!
I shared to Facebook too so my dad will see it
Peppers for @papa-pepper makes the perfect combo.
This all looks yummy!
Esta bien el post pero no me gusta el picante lo siento
haha how on earth did you even think of flying a bumble bee? Sounds like the result of an LSD or a Scoville high. ;)
haha how on earth did you even think of flying a bumble bee? Sounds like the result of an LSD or a Scoville high. ;)
You and peppers! 😄 Nice going though! I love your thumbnail photo too by the way! It's really creative and well done. 😌
You and peppers! 😄 Nice going though! I love your thumbnail photo too by the way! It's really creative and well done. 😌
Ghost peppers hmm.. could be good for the engine system?
I love hot peppers, can I buy some from you?
No, you cannot buy any, BUT I can ship you some free of charge. Just get me a valid US shipping address on steemit.chat or discord. I might even be able to ship them tomorrow.
I love hot peppers, can I buy some from you?