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 > > >