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Candied Jalapeños

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,627
    GrateEggspectations said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Legume said:
    Wife found some Jalapeno plants that were bred intentionally to be hotter than normal, kind of the opposite of the Texas A&M variety that was bred to be milder. We have a few plants in the ground, hopefully we'll have a good crop, they would be good for this.
    Nice!  Grocery store jalapeños are so mild I’ve started using serranos if I want a little heat.  And I prefer Caribe for poppers.
    Or you could just put a drop or two of Da Bomb in your batch. 🔥
    Haha!  I found this sauce that I really like. .

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,779
    Perusing this thread (again), and realized that you are one meticulous slicer @GrateEggspectations .

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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,517
    caliking said:
    Perusing this thread (again), and realized that you are one meticulous slicer @GrateEggspectations .
    Thank you. Appreciate you noticing. 😊 I always strive for consistency. This recipe called for 1/4” slices. Truth be told, I thought that seemed a little thick once I began but nonetheless aimed for that with each piece. As I’ve said before, I am in awe of those with true knife skills. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,333
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Legume said:
    Wife found some Jalapeno plants that were bred intentionally to be hotter than normal, kind of the opposite of the Texas A&M variety that was bred to be milder. We have a few plants in the ground, hopefully we'll have a good crop, they would be good for this.
    Nice!  Grocery store jalapeños are so mild I’ve started using serranos if I want a little heat.  And I prefer Caribe for poppers.
    I've been doing the same for over a year or so.  According to Rick Bayless, every fifteenth or so jala is unusually hot (my experience too), and there's no way to tell until you've cut into them.  So, I've been using serranos also; if I want the "grassy" flavor of jalapeños I just grab some lawn clippings.   =)
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,317
    Botch said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Legume said:
    Wife found some Jalapeno plants that were bred intentionally to be hotter than normal, kind of the opposite of the Texas A&M variety that was bred to be milder. We have a few plants in the ground, hopefully we'll have a good crop, they would be good for this.
    Nice!  Grocery store jalapeños are so mild I’ve started using serranos if I want a little heat.  And I prefer Caribe for poppers.
    I've been doing the same for over a year or so.  According to Rick Bayless, every fifteenth or so jala is unusually hot (my experience too), and there's no way to tell until you've cut into them.  So, I've been using serranos also; if I want the "grassy" flavor of jalapeños I just grab some lawn clippings.   =)
    Look for raised cross hatching on the sides of jalapeños if you want a hotter one. If you can get some that were allowed to turn red on the vine they taste a bit fruity. 
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,317
    Enlarge look at the marks on the lowest left pepper. Guaranteed to be a non grassy hot one. This was a picking from a few years back.
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  • PoppasGrill
    PoppasGrill Posts: 370
    Wife and I were planning to can a batch of pepper relish with jalapeño and Tabasco peppers in with the onion and green/red/yellow peppers from the greenhouse. 
    The Chickens got into the greenhouse and destroyed most of the pepper plants by digging for bugs and stomping around. Only managed to save 3 plants out of 15 jalapeño, 2 Tabasco, 1 habanero, and 2 green pepper.
    if she still wants to make relish we will have to buy most ingredients.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,317
    Might work for pepper protection also.
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