Saturday, April 30, 2016

Pepper Starts

I found a good variety of pepper plants, locally grown, at Southern States, Pittsboro (Country Farm and Home). Here's what I bought to put in the garden:

Hot Peppers
  • El Jefe JalapeƱo - can be quite hot!
  • Tiburon Poblano - mainstay of southwestern and Latino cuisine; "poblano" is the fresh form, "ancho" is the name for this pepper, dried
  • Hot Banana - medium  hot; pickle, fry, roast, stuff
Sweet Peppers
  • Lunchbox Snack Peppers - mini sized, remarkably sweet. Saute or eat in salads or out of hand
  • Gypsy - light green to red at full maturity; thin skinned, ideal for frying, stuffing, roasting ... or eaten raw
  • Round of Hungary - deeply lobed, squat peppers; deep red; ideal for stuffing or using as a scoop for hummus and dips
  • Carmen - "horn of the bull" type, pick when deep red, great for roasting and salads
  • Escamillo - similar to Carmen, but yellow


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