This is the first year I didn’t grow any hot peppers - my brother too. He used to grow the hottest ones he could find, I grow habaneros, which are pretty hot.
They grow well here and last year, I couldn’t give them away. My family finds them far too hot for consumption - my brother said the same about his. He canned a few for my son - who is afraid to open the jar, he put it on a shelf to admire the beautiful color of the peppers.
I may try to grow habaneros again next year - I just need to find someone that loves them that I can give them to.
I wonder what they would be like if you cleaned them out completely, no seeds or membranes. I have to do that to my giant jalapenos which I mostly eat stuffed. If you cleaned habaneros they might make a good pepper jelly.
He canned a few for my son - who is afraid to open the jar, ...
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I’ll have to tell you my most “infamous” hot pepper story ... it’s a doozy.
There were plenty of green jalapenos one year and I hated to waste them, so I found a recipe for candied jalapenos aka “Cowboy Candy” (CC). It was SO easy! Just slice the jalapenos (leaving seeds/membrane of course), cook them in a brine, fill the jars with jalapeno slices and brine, then can in a hot water bath. I was thrilled - easy peasy! What a great way to use up an overabundance of jalapenos!
There are several relatives who LOVE hot ‘anything’ - jalapenos fall into that category. My brother got a jar of CC. He actually texted me to tell me he was eating them at that very moment and they were DELICIOUS! My SIL got in touch with me later to tell me my brother ended up on the couch with such severe chest pains (heartburn) they both thought it was possible he was having a heart attack. He had broken out in a sweat and was moaning & groaning for at least 30 minutes. She ended up giving him all sorts of stuff (including some of her own meds - she has bad heartburn) & if that had not worked, they would have gone to the ER! She said he was in agony. The meds finally helped - ER trip averted. When I talked to him later, he had eaten half a jar in one sitting ...not a good idea!
Then there was my niece’s hubby. I gave them a jar, too. He took my brother aside a couple of months later, when my brother/SIL were visiting, and asked him to please tell me “NO MORE CC”!! Evidently, he made a similar mistake ... they were so good, he ate too many. He told my brother (and I’m quoting here, so his description, not mine) “I felt like I was shooting FIRE out my butt! I think they gave me hemorrhoids!!”
I tried not to laugh ... I really didn’t mean to cause anyone any pain, but that description just gets me going every time.
Here’s the recipe so you can see it looks fairly benign, but you are warned as to what the repercussions could be:
http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/canning/candied-jalapenos-cowboy-candy/