What kind of hot pepper is this?

[Rathji]

Lady at work brought them in. Said her gardening 'assistant' planted them in her greenhouse, so she doesnt know what they are, but a small sliver was extremely hot.

Want to know what I am getting into here.

[Jacks]

Looks kinda like a green cayenne pepper or a chili pepper.

[troutman]

Cayenne?

http://www.chetbacon.com/peppers/Hotpeppers.html

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0401.htm

http://www.g6csy.net/chile/var-a.html

[VladtheImpaler]

Thai green chili?

[redforever]

Off hand I would say it might be a variety of Thai bird's eye hot chili pepper, at the green stage. It seems quite long though, so might be that variety that is used in East Indian recipes.

[Rathji]

I dont know why I didnt think of googling it.

From your links Trout, it is almost certainly a Green Cayenne. I wonder what I can do with half a pound of the stuff...I guess that is for Mrs Rathji to find out and for my rectum to regret.

edit: It looks like some of them are a bit reddish brown as well.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Rathji

I dont know why I didnt think of googling it.

From your links Trout, it is almost certainly a Green Cayenne. I wonder what I can do with half a pound of the stuff...I guess that is for Mrs Rathji to find out and for my rectum to regret.

Salsa? Chili?

If too much to use now, dice them up and freeze them for a later use. They don't need to be blanched or anything. Just dice them up, put in a ziploc baggie, and freeze as is if using within 3 months. If you want them for longer storage, do the baggie thing and then wrap securely in foil and freeze.

[Rathji]

We were planning on some fresh salsa, but this is a bit more than we anticipated. If they can freeze well, then that will work as well.

[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by Rathji

I wonder what I can do with half a pound of the stuff....

last summer I had two shopping bags full of jalapeno peppers from one plant. Froze some, dehydrated some and pickled some.

Freezing, obviously, is the easiest. They thawed well, retaining the flavour and heat, without being too mushy

Dehydrating was time consuming, but not a lot of effort. Did it in my convection oven at 190 F. I left some whole, while slicing and/or seeding others before dehydrating. The whole ones took longer to dry (overnight) than the sliced ones, but retained the heat better. The sliced ones dried in 2 or 3 hours, but lost some heat and flavour.

Pickling is a lot of work, but can give you a great tasting end product, depending on what pickling recipe you use. The one I used had a nice balance of sweet, tartness and heat. Terrific on sandwiches, burgers or Italian beef

[octothorp]

edit: I second Canada02's advice. Pickled chilies are a lot of work but really awesome.

[Stay Golden]

look like Green cayennes which are a summer grown pepper.

[Rathji]

Some quick googling has lead me to http://www.chilipeppermadness.com/re...i-peppers.html which might actually be pretty awesome.

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by octothorp

edit: I second Canada02's advice. Pickled chilies are a lot of work but really awesome.

Fresno Peppers are small but holy grab some water.

[Jacks]

I grew a bunch of chili's a few years ago. I googled some hot sauce recipes and just winged it. I remember boiling the peppers in vinegar, adding a bunch of other things like garlic and spices. It was the best hot sauce ever, wish I wrote down how I made it. Give it a try.

[MRCboicgy]

My guess is french tickler

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by MRCboicgy

My guess is french tickler

Maybe, but it's no Peter Pepper:

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Maybe, but it's no Peter Pepper:

That's Peter Peck3r

[sclitheroe]

You can buy seeds for those here: http://www.pepperjoe.com/shoppingcart/html/pepper.html

"Limit 2 per customer due to huge demand" ... really??

[MRCboicgy]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Maybe, but it's no Peter Pepper:

Not the biggest, are they.

[Northendzone]

i had a bite of one of those peppers once - I wound up going on a strange journey through the desert where I met my animal spirit guide that looked a lot like the Phoenix Coyote.......