Q: Dear Dave,I have just bought a CookShack Smokette oven. I absolutely love chipotles, but, living in England, they are not easy to find and are expensive. Can you recommend a process for making chipotles in this oven? I can get a form of jalapeño here, albeit grown in Africa!Regards, Brian A: Hello Brian:The easiest and quickest method for making chipotles …
Jalapeño Peppers to Chipotle Powder–How Long?
Q: Dear Dave,How long do I have to smoke my jalapeño peppers before they are ready to be chipotle powder?Thanks for your time, Krista Peters A: Hello Krista:Smoke them, or smoke them and dehydrate them until they are brittle enough to snap rather than bend.–Dave
Heat Scale Consistency in Commercial Products
Q: Hi Dave, How do commercial salsa (big names in particular) and hot-sauce producers ensure that their products’ heat levels maintain some degree of consistency? This arises from having purchased a major salsa from a supermarket in the "medium" degree, as to not burn out my coworkers. Some saw the jar and said, "No thanks, too hot" and some said …
Purple Areas on Pods
Q: Dear Dave,I started growing peppers in my backyard this summer, and although I’ve made a few mistakes (such as planting seeds as late as April), I’ve been successful in growing a few jalapeños. However, there are many dark purple areas on the pods’ surfaces. Those areas started to appear in August, if I recall correctly, and I can’t say …
Accidental Cross-Pollination
Q: Hi Dave!Love your site! We brought back a package of Pimiento de Padrón pepper seeds from Spain, planted them and had great success. We saved seeds from the best pods, planted them the next year, and the resulting peppers look nothing like the originals. The plant itself looks the same, but the peppers are long and skinny and curved, …