Re: [CH] A question about freezing peppers before drying them
Rael64 (z42dkm@yahoo.com)
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:13:47 -0700 (PDT)
I second that method. Freezing first wirks great.
Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......
Rael64
--- On Sun, 8/15/10, JohnT <love2troll@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: JohnT <love2troll@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CH] A question about freezing peppers before drying them
> To: "Tom Greaves" <tomg@airmail.net>
> Cc: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 2:06 PM
> Freezing first is the way to
> go. It ruptures the cell walls and the
> dehydrating will go faster. Because of the high
> humidity here in
> Misery I have to dehydrate at 120°, but would prefer to go
> even lower.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Tom Greaves <tomg@airmail.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > With all the 100 degree days in Dallas, I'm getting no
> pepper set. Thousands of blossoms, but nothing
> setting...except for the Tabasco's. My one plant has
> hundreds of peppers in all stages of growth. They get ripe
> and then fall off. So this morning, I harvested about 100
> ripe ones and put them in the dehydrator. They took up
> about half of one of the 5 trays in the dehydrator. Not
> very cost effective.
> >
> > So, I was wondering if I could harvest every few days
> and then freeze them and then when I get a big enough batch,
> go ahead and defrost and dehydrate. Has anyoine had
> experience with this?
> >
> > When I saw the video about the making of Tabasco
> sauce, I couldn't forget the comment about the pepper
> pickers carrying a color card showing the color of a ripe
> Tabasco. The flavor of a perfectly ripe Tabasco must be
> better than any other stage. That is what I want for My
> "Perfume Pepper Powder" that I hope to make this fall. I
> have most of the peppers in big pots, so I expect to be
> harvesting well into the winter.
> >
> > Tom Greaves
> >
>