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what to do with cayanne peppers?

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jls9595
jls9595 Posts: 1,533
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bought what I thought was a green pepper plant but turned out to be a cayenne pepper plant. what are some good recipes/ways to prepare food using these?
In Manchester, TN
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
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    I sometimes dry them and then crush.  Also like to split in half or little rings and place in closed jar with apple cider vinegar. let set for a week or so.  Not necessary to refrigerate.  To this mixture I will add some garlic, some sugar and fish sauce and make a Thai condiment. 
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  • SteveWPBFL
    SteveWPBFL Posts: 1,327
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    Fresh cayennes are great to dice or mince up and put on pizza, sandwich, chili, or into a sauce to give it aome pepper flavor and heat.
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  • jaydub58
    jaydub58 Posts: 2,167
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    Dry them out on a needle and thread, hanging in the kitchen window.  They are a thin-walled pepper, so they dry very easily without rotting.  When dry toss them in a glass jar and keep them on a shelf, they last a long time.
    I just take a few, and grind them up in a coffee grinder (not my wife's!)  and sprinkle them on food like pizza, eggs, taters, etc,
    When making a pot of chili, I break up 2 or 3 depending on who else will be eating it, and toss them into the pot.
    Great condiment!
    John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    Cut, rub the seeds and membrane out, dice......and go pee or pleasure yourself. >:)
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • yzzi
    yzzi Posts: 1,843
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    henapple said:

    Cut, rub the seeds and membrane out, dice......and go pee or pleasure yourself. >:)

    A "Peppers... How I do it" thread would probably beat out Travis' brisket thread view count pretty quickly.
    Dunedin, FL
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  • jls9595
    jls9595 Posts: 1,533
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    henapple said:
    Cut, rub the seeds and membrane out, dice......and go pee or pleasure yourself. >:)
    um...no   don't want to even think about what that would feel like
    In Manchester, TN
    Vol For Life!
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  • Aviator
    Aviator Posts: 1,757
    edited August 2014
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    Send em my way. :D

    You are then welcome to come over and eat whatever I make with it.

    ______________________________________________ 

    Large and Small BGE, Blackstone 36 and a baby black Kub.

    Chattanooga, TN.

     

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    @Aviator‌ ...you're alive?
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Ragtop99
    Ragtop99 Posts: 1,570
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    I dry them and make crush red peppers.  I keep about 3/4 of the seeds when I do.  I just put them in a coffee bean grinder and then in into a spice jar. 

    Be sure to do a good job when cleaning out the grinder when it's done.
    Cooking on an XL and Medium in Bethesda, MD.
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