[CH] Make-shift poppers and Cayenne Olives.....

Linda Reynolds (lr21@cornell.edu)
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:31:31 -0500

Hey fellow pepper heads!

It has been awhile since I have posted but read daily.  Has been a crazy
time here at the University....sheesh, work gets in my way!

Just thought I would tell ya about a few things that I have done that may
be a bit "unconvential" (like me I suppose).  I wanted to make the hab
olives that were talked about again a little while back but didn't have any
ripe and my husband doesn't really like them so....I have some ripe, long,
red cayennes on the window sill.  I had several bottles of opened green
olives so I just replaced the pimento with slices of cayenne....the red
made them look natural.  The heat was nice and later on, I put some minced
ripe hab into the juice and that add extra zip.  Recommended!

Also, I had Jalepenos and really wanted poppers.  I didn't have bacon to do
the wrapped ones that I have done in the past (and are one of my fav
recipes).  So....I did the breaded ones using crushed potato chips!  I par
boiled the deseeded chiles, drained, then stuffed with cream cheese and
cheddar, then wet them a bit, shook in flour, dip in egg, roll in chips,
then bake.  They turned out great and didn't have all the breading falling
off like when I deep fry.  Really good.

And with all the talk about habs....to answer someones question about
ripening off the vine, I have had great luck with picking good sized, green
habs and putting them in a wire basket on a window sill with other peppers
and they have turned orange in a matter of days.  Also, anyone with a lot
of habs I highly recommend making one of the Jamacian Jerk paste recipes
posted last year.  I printed all of them and kind of meshed them all
together.  It turned out great and I still have a bit left.  I just made it
in the blender and refridgerator to marry the flavors for a few weeks then
put in bottles that were recycled from the pastes that I had bought before
making my own.  That stuff will take your fillings out!

Linda in Upstate
Still harvesting lots of cherry tomatoes and lots of peppers on the plants
ripening.