peter piper picked a peck of purple peppers

[the_siobhan]

I finally found the receipt from when I bought the plant - it's a Chinese Five Colour Pepper. The peppers that were once purple and woody have progressed to green, then yellow, orange and finally red.

I tried one of the red ones. My head instantly BURST INTO FLAMES. A pot of yogurt later and the feeling is just starting to come back to my nose. There's a painful red patch on my hand from where I spilled some of the juice.

Whoaa, mama.

That would explain why the squirrels haven't gone anywhere near them. I should plant a ring of them around the house, it would probably keep the mice out.

[ETA] Christ, I absent-mindedly put the back of my hand in my mouth to relieve the sting. Now my lips are on fire again. Shit on toast.

Comments

[machineplay.livejournal.com]

Hot pepper vodka anyone?

[divine.livejournal.com]

Please don't hurt me for what i'm about to tell you..

... but I'm laughing. Like, really REALLY laughing. I visualised your head bursting into flames and it was like watching Looney Tunes in my head.

Good stuff.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

my grandfather would eat those straight off the vine.


while they were purple.



and people think the shit *i* eat is spicy....

[empressjad.livejournal.com]

Last year, the Japanese Beetles were terrible here. We used those peppers, ground up and mixed with water, as a deterrent. It worked better than anything else ever had.
They're also really good infused into olive and vinegar, as someone suggested...just use veeeery sparingly.

[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

Pepper tree in garden!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool as....

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Please to not be shitting on toast!

[victorianrose23.livejournal.com]

Ouch Ouch Ouch! Oh man - that hurts just reading about it.

[elusis.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I can't help laughing when I read this. :)

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

HOly fuck! I've grown some hot peppers, but never ones that made the skin red, although I've heard of it happening. Even though they look beautiful, I think I'll pass on this one.

Do they have any distinct flavor other than hotter than Satan's farts?

(BTW, I love that icon)

[individuation.livejournal.com]

daaaaaaamn!
We're growing Serrano, Jalapeno, and Cayenne.... and most of THOSE are too hot for me :)