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keith B asked in Food & DrinkCooking & Recipes · 1 decade ago

too many peppers!!!!!!?

i have a huge bumper crop of cayenne peppers left over from my garden.already tuened red. what can i do too keep from wasteing them?

dry them out,cook them?what should i do?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    dry them in your windowsill and grind them up with other spices to make a spicy seasoning blend or marinate them in white vinegar with with some thyme, sage, and rosemary (all whole, and still on the stems) for some good pepper vinegar. if you've got waaay too many, you could sell them at the local farmer's market or stop by a locally-owned restaurant and share your bounty with them.

  • 1 decade ago

    Air Drying Peppers

    Leave the peppers whole, and leave the stems attached.

    Using a long, sharp needle and strong thread or fishing line, string the peppers together. Leave enough room for the air to circulate between each pepper.

    Hang your stringed peppers in a warm, dry place, preferably in direct sunlight.

    Peppers may take a few weeks to dry completely.

    Peppers dried in the dehydrator or oven will lose some of their color and the seeds will fall, while air-dried peppers will retain both their color and their very spicy seeds. When peppers are completely dried, store them in an airtight container or zippered plastic bag in a cool, dry place. Dried peppers can be ground and used as spices, or you can soak them in water to rehydrate them, and use them in soups and sauces.

  • Dry them and then grind them up (use a coffee grinder, blender or smoothie machine) and store in air-tight container! This will last about a year!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    dry them out and grind up, can them, or make hot pepper jelly! Yum.

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  • kjh
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    dry them, prep slice and freeze them, pickle them, make pepper jelly.

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