Sandy Olson wrote: > When I find peppers that are of a variety I want and don't usually run > across, but they are a bit wrinkled due to age, I just dry them the rest of > the way. As long as they don't have any soft or rotten spots, they dry up > fine and, if they are bargain priced, so much the better. Of course habs > are out of my heat range. I do the same here - often asking to see the produce manager and offering to take all the culls for 25% of marked price. If there are soft/discoloured spots I can trim them is short order. And the house smells so delightful whilst the chilies are drying. Sign in local produce section (Schnuk's) Hot Peppers $1.99/lb. No differentiation from Anaheims to Habaneros ... allee samee, to quote one of my Chinese friends. -- ENJOY!!! Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen Home of Hardin Cider & Yaaaaa Hoooo Ahhhhh Hot Sauce!!!