Amazing Ornamentals
Marco Budinis reports from Parma, Italy. It was field day at Azienda Agraria Sperimentale (Agricultural Experiment Station), and ornamental chile breeder Mario Dadomo was showing off the largest collection of ornamental chiles, or peperoncini, as he calls them, ever assembled. At left is a beautiful chile heart. Here is the field: And a nice basket of ornamentals:
Sweet Heat Wins Again!
Congratulations to Bon Bon Bakery and Chocolate of San Diego, Grand Prize (Tasting Division) Winner of the 2009 Scovie Awards Competition with their incredibly tasty Chile Verde Ganache with Sweet Corn! The Sweet Heat category has won the Grand Prize more than half the time in the 12 year history of the Scovie Awards. I was a table monitor and …
How to Dry Habaneros
Hi Dave, What’s the best way to dry habaneros so they don’t turn black? In a dehydrator they turned beige and mushy and on a ristra they would get these black lines or turn black. We’re here in the South Valley, this is our first year of growing them and had a great crop but are now losing them. Thanks …
Harald and the Great Pumpkin
Harald, our European editor, reports: "I’m hugging a 396.4 kg (873 lb.) pumpkin, grown in Gluecksburg, northern Germany. It was voted most beautiful this year, and 8th place for weight. That’s a lot of pumpkin soup, and a hell of a carving job for Halloween, which has become increasingly popular over here the past couple of years."