Dave:We have a bumper crop of chile peppers this year. But the problem is the jalapenos. I picked some 50 big juicy green jalapenos yesterday. My beautiful green fleshy examples have no heat whatsoever. There is no point in making pepper jelly with them. My question is whether they will ripen/acquire some heat after they’ve been picked from the bush?–AndreaAndrea:Environment …
Replanting Pepper Plants
Dave:We recently purchased a plant and we want to learn how to take care of it. It has small purple peppers about the size of a thumb, small light purple flowers, green/purple leaves. I believe the plant originated in South America and contains the name ’Diablo’. It is an annual here. We love the plant and want to know how …
Worms in Chile Pods
Hi Dave,I’ve found worms in my chiles and hot cherry peppers and they appear to be either European corn borers or pepper maggots based on the info I’ve just read on the web. The fruits I’ve found them in are usually apparent–rotten, etc., but I just picked a bunch and I’d hate to throw them all away (although I certainly …
Dry Spice Suppliers needed
Hi Dave,Thanks to you for answering the questions in "Ask Dave!" I am starting a brick and mortar Hot Sauce and Spice store in the next year. I have done well (I think) in hammering out suppliers for the sauce side of the business (many heartfelt thanks to you for some of the leads your site provided) I am having …
Recipe Conversion Help needed
Dave-I have a question for you. My little sauce business is picking up and right now my recipe roughly makes 4 bottles per batch. I want to increase my batches, I’ve been experimenting with the amount of ingredients that is going into my batches to get a large output. But the taste isn’t exactly the same. Do you know of …