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?

[machineplay.livejournal.com]

Also, you could infuse them in vinegar or something and use it as a pesticide spray.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

I have some chilli tequila. The chilli has been in it at least eight years and is now white.

[machineplay.livejournal.com]

Ooh. That's a great idea. Wonder how it would be in Cane Spirits. My partner is very big on cane spirits and just bought himself the cutest little chili 'tree'. I have a huge bowl of hot peppers looking for a home.

[lastaii.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention that -I've got some on the go. I think the habanero's were a mistake tho ]:)

[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....

[the_axel]

We tried 'em when they were purple - they weren't hot then.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

interesting. the ones my GD ate most certainly *were*, so perhaps it was a different type of pepper.

one that draws its nutriment from both the soil, and hell itself.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Sweet bell peppers go through the same colour transition. (Although their "purple" is more like black.) So I wouldn't be surprised if it's fairly common to peppers.

[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.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

We used those peppers, ground up and mixed with water, as a deterrent.

That sounds like an awesome idea. We have lawn beetle at the moment. I wonder if it would work just as well? Hey, it can't hurt for cockroaches either.

Time to figure out how to dry me some chillies.

[girfan.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it works on slugs...

[empressjad.livejournal.com]

I would think that, at the very least, they'd be damned uncomfortable...

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

You may have found a cure for my basil plants!

[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

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

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Please to not be shitting on toast!

[the-fury.livejournal.com]

'specially after eating the peppers.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Oh Gods, I hadn't even thought of that part. Tomorrow is going to suck.

[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)

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I never really got past the flames to find out. :-p

I once ate homemade pickles that were spiced with just a few peppers in the vinegar. I might try that to see how it turns out.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Husband made some of those, using Thai peppers. Let's just say that they weren't cool as cucumbers. In fact, they were downright "HOLY FUCK!!!!"

[individuation.livejournal.com]

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

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I love jalapeno - I eat 'em straight.

These ones - not so much.