Re: hot pepper question

When last we left our heros, on Thu, 21 Aug 2003 06:30:23 GMT, Bobbett scribbled:

I bought what I *thought* was a cayenne pepper plant from a nursery >earlier this season. I'm in zone 6 (NJ). The plant *finally* produced >some peppers, but they're still green and getting bigger every day! >Right now they're almost 9" long. I doubt very much these are (red) >cayenne peppers. Since they're probably not going to change from green >to red, how will I know when they're ripe to pick?

All peppers ripen beyond green, most to red or yellow. You can eat them green, I suppose; but Civilized People Eat Ripe Peppers. Of course, these are cayennes we're talkin' about, and it's not as if they have much flavor.

As to the kind, there are bunches and bunches of varieties of cayenne peppers. I can think of several off the top of my head - Dragon's Claw, Elephant Trunk, Salsa...something - that can get that long.

Pam

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