Got a little overzealous this year. I need to make some hot sauce or something…
I tend to overcommit early and get lazy on the backend.
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35 Comments
StanfordSquare
I think you need a new wife.
She can’t handle how spicy you are.
(Okay, I’ll stop trying to be punny)
bkedsmkr
This is when you start dehydrating them and make powders
origanalsameasiwas
I can take some
ObsessiveAboutCats
Time for another freezer, and/or time for a serious canning spree (the folks at r/canning can help with this if you are new to it; the wiki is *very* thorough).
Preppy Kitchen has a recipe for Cajun Chicken pasta that uses a good amount of peppers and is really good. I threw it together in 30 minutes on my lunch break (I diced the chicken and peppers last night).
expectobro
bobweeadababyitsaboy
She’ll get over it, never forget tho, when peppers produce, peppers PRODUCE! 😅
Edit: I learned this when I was like 12. My parents always had about an acre of garden for corn, beans, you name it. I’ve been a spice freak since single digits and wanted to make a pepper garden. I cleared and tilled a spot (like 10’x10′) and planted a bunch of different kinds of hot peppers. I don’t even remember what we did with all of them, but I remember the dilemma of “what the hell are we going to do with all these peppers?!”. 🤣 That lesson will never leave my memory. 😅
This_Resource_396
How do you prepare them prior to freezing? Also compared to dehydrating, benefits? Or just preference?
mypussydoesbackflips
I’d buy a box
ThanksS0muchY0
That’s why I have a deep freezer and 24 shelf dehydrator. I also now live in the garage with them.
dude my outside chest freezer, bought specifically for garden freezing, is maxing out… imindanger.gif
conejito-de-polvo
Just curious, you didn’t have any issues with the black buckets on cement being too hot for the plants? Is that where they were all season?
Holiday_Carrot436
Like others have mentioned, dehydrate them and then crush into pepper flakes or completely blend into a powder. I only had 2 cayenne plants this year and ended up with probably 150 peppers. Now I have enough flakes and powder for 5 years
night-theatre
Is she pissed enough to sell them for you?
trogdorpuma
A pretty easy way to process them is with a salt brine ferment, you just need non iodine salt. An airlock helps for breast results, you can get them to fit on main jars or can buy a kit that comes with a jar for not too expensive.
The_OtherGuy_99
Just picked up a chest freezer on FB marketplace for $80.
Worth it!
artificialterf
Powder and hot sauce seem to be the main choices for habaneros. Does anyone pickle them? If yes, please share a good pickle recipe?
See how pissed she is when you sneak a piece into her next meal.
Crazy_Ad_91
I’d start dehydrating & making powders, like others have said. Maybe save the seeds off your best plants and give them out as gifts. Good problem to have too much than too little I suppose. Not sure how local food banks and kitchens might feel about pepper donations but could always ask?
dclaw
Awesome crop! I’d be more than happy to take some off your hands. Cheers!
_undercover_brotha
This is the path I am also on. Wife is not amused. I am happy as a pig in shit.
natethenuclearknight
boof em
JellyfishEasy590
That’s amazing 👏 ! I got less than 5 on my plants 🪴
C4mb0__
Who cares about your wife sais PEPPERS FOR EVER PEPPERS FOR LIFE
mastocles
I once had a decent batch to make two litres of chilli jams and gave a lot away them away at Christmas. However come the Christmas after everyone gave me novelty mediocre chilli sauce sets from the UK equivalent of Walmart (B&M). Endless stockpile the year after that. So whatever you do, don’t give any away to folk who are rubbish at present giving or else…
MonstrousJohnson
More. You need more
W-h3x
My freezer isn’t full… You can use mine.
Jerrik_Greystar
Dehydrate and use a spice grinder, then you can store for years.
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I think you need a new wife.
She can’t handle how spicy you are.
(Okay, I’ll stop trying to be punny)
This is when you start dehydrating them and make powders
I can take some
Time for another freezer, and/or time for a serious canning spree (the folks at r/canning can help with this if you are new to it; the wiki is *very* thorough).
Preppy Kitchen has a recipe for Cajun Chicken pasta that uses a good amount of peppers and is really good. I threw it together in 30 minutes on my lunch break (I diced the chicken and peppers last night).
She’ll get over it, never forget tho, when peppers produce, peppers PRODUCE! 😅
Edit: I learned this when I was like 12. My parents always had about an acre of garden for corn, beans, you name it. I’ve been a spice freak since single digits and wanted to make a pepper garden. I cleared and tilled a spot (like 10’x10′) and planted a bunch of different kinds of hot peppers. I don’t even remember what we did with all of them, but I remember the dilemma of “what the hell are we going to do with all these peppers?!”. 🤣 That lesson will never leave my memory. 😅
How do you prepare them prior to freezing? Also compared to dehydrating, benefits? Or just preference?
I’d buy a box
That’s why I have a deep freezer and 24 shelf dehydrator. I also now live in the garage with them.
Atta boi, keep it up
Giveaway to neighbors/ coworkers or sell on [r/PepperMarket](https://www.reddit.com/r/PepperMarket/s/xWkMOdxVei)
dude my outside chest freezer, bought specifically for garden freezing, is maxing out… imindanger.gif
Just curious, you didn’t have any issues with the black buckets on cement being too hot for the plants? Is that where they were all season?
Like others have mentioned, dehydrate them and then crush into pepper flakes or completely blend into a powder. I only had 2 cayenne plants this year and ended up with probably 150 peppers. Now I have enough flakes and powder for 5 years
Is she pissed enough to sell them for you?
A pretty easy way to process them is with a salt brine ferment, you just need non iodine salt. An airlock helps for breast results, you can get them to fit on main jars or can buy a kit that comes with a jar for not too expensive.
Just picked up a chest freezer on FB marketplace for $80.
Worth it!
Powder and hot sauce seem to be the main choices for habaneros. Does anyone pickle them? If yes, please share a good pickle recipe?
Why not try making something fun from around the world, like [this ajika](https://nofrillskitchen.com/adjika-recipe/) seasoning from Georgia?
Ferment them, make delicious less hot sauce
i wanna be your wife
See how pissed she is when you sneak a piece into her next meal.
I’d start dehydrating & making powders, like others have said. Maybe save the seeds off your best plants and give them out as gifts. Good problem to have too much than too little I suppose. Not sure how local food banks and kitchens might feel about pepper donations but could always ask?
Awesome crop! I’d be more than happy to take some off your hands. Cheers!
This is the path I am also on. Wife is not amused. I am happy as a pig in shit.
boof em
That’s amazing 👏 ! I got less than 5 on my plants 🪴
Who cares about your wife sais PEPPERS FOR EVER PEPPERS FOR LIFE
I once had a decent batch to make two litres of chilli jams and gave a lot away them away at Christmas. However come the Christmas after everyone gave me novelty mediocre chilli sauce sets from the UK equivalent of Walmart (B&M). Endless stockpile the year after that. So whatever you do, don’t give any away to folk who are rubbish at present giving or else…
More. You need more
My freezer isn’t full… You can use mine.
Dehydrate and use a spice grinder, then you can store for years.
Send some my way!
Time to sell and or gift
Trade the wife for another freezer