Hey Dave....dry them! I have some three year old ones dried(habs)and every once in awhile I throw one of them into sumpin, like posole, or a stew when we were eating meat. I still throw one into a veggie stew, or tonight I will crumble one up over snapper....yum! Cheers, Doug in BC Firehouse16 wrote: > OK, > > Before everyone starts laughing at me, this is the first time I've grown my > own peppers. Usually I just get Jim's ground peppers or buy them in the > store. Here's where you can laugh, I have ONE each, serrano, jalapeno and > habenero plant(god knows what kind, but it's hot!). > > Well since I planted late the peppers are taking off like rabbits in heat. > So my thoughts are; > 1. How do I dry them properly to make my own ground peppers? > 2. How can I just preserve the pepper as is? > 3. What the hell else can I do with them beside immediately eating them? > > Thanks! > > Dave > RCOFD - Station 16 > Visit my food and wine links page at: > http://www.rush-signals.com/wine/wine.html > >