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David likes the "medium" salsa, but will eat any kind he can get his hands on. He mixes it with ranch dressing and I have told him he doesn't even deserve good salsa. Yesterday, he informed me that the three grandkids are also eating the salsa that way now (with chips). I suppose with that in mind though that I will have to make a whole batch for snacking. With the girls away at school though, there is some doubt he will leave any for them. He has no shame when it comes to devouring every last bit of salsa. The last batch of salsa that I made, I gave his sister from Seattle 6 jars, a half case. I gave David a full case and told him that was his, but leave the rest of it alone. The last 4 jars were supposedly mine. He must have forgotten the agreement, because when he finished his 12 jars, he found the ones I thought I had hidden well. He ate them too. I'm going to label every jar now so he might keep his hands off.
 
Been almost a week since anyone posted here. I started working on another batch of salsa today. It's a hot one. I put in 20 habaneros and so far 4 cups of chopped serrano peppers. I'll taste it tomorrow after giving the peppers a chance to meld into the rest of the salsa and see if I need to add more heat. Tastes pretty good the way it is though.
 


CG ~ I have never heard of this---Culantro. Can we buy it at teh grocery store? When you plant it, do you start from seed of little plants? Randy, I was telling my husband about your salsa projects and jams. He asked if MF has HER favorites to make in the kitchen. Are these hot---serrano peppers--- ? :)
 
The seeds from cilantro are called coriander, I believe. Fiona likes to chop up a little and put it in salads. The serrano peppers are considered a hot pepper. They are on about the same scale as the jalapeno. Both are about 6,000 on the Scoville chart. That's a rating of peppers with the highest numbers being the hottest peppers. My jalapenos this year are pretty mild though. I was thinking that maybe it was because of my soil or watering pattern, but I picked one of the serrano peppers and took a big bite and chewed it up and swallowed it. It didn't start out too hot, but it kept getting hotter in my mouth. It wasn't bad enough to make me run for the milk and bread though. After a few minutes the heat subsided. But it did change my mind on making the salsa. On the batch I finished today, I used serranos instead of jalapenos. But I also used some habaneros. The habaneros are the third hottest pepper on record. The hottest one is called "Ghost Pepper" (naga j.). I can't remember the rest of the word the 'j' stands for. It is close to 1,000,000 on the Scoville chart. Habaneros are about 250,000 to 300,000 on the chart. I seeded 20 habaneros and chopped them up and also put in four cups of chopped (unseeded) serrano peppers. I thought about adding some more of each one, but when I had a snack of chips and salsa when I came home from the nursing home, I decided more heat would probably make the salsa uncomfortable to eat, for me at least.

MF rises to the occasion when Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around. When we go to a potluck or something though, I usually provide our dish. She likes that arrangement.
 
Dinner was SUCH a disappointment last night. We decided to splurge and get Chinese from our usual place. Well, it's under new management and this was a total waste of money~soggy vegetables, both pieces of beef tasted the same as the shrimp with lobster sauce. Must cook today ~ :)
 
20 habaneros, I am glad you are eating that cuz I am such a crybaby that that heat would KILL me.
 
I have one salsa that is even hotter than that one, Kya. It is habanero salsa and the ratio of habs to tomatoes is 1 part habs to 1 part tomatoes. A little bit goes a long way. That is not a salsa to have with chips. A tad with scrambled eggs though is quite tasty.
 
I planted some habanero seeds back last March in the greenhouse, but none of them germinated. I'll have to buy new seeds this coming season. I'm thinking of planting fewer tomato plants next year and more pepper plants. I almost gave away too many of my peppers before I finished my own salsa requirements. I had one more plant out there in the garden though that provided the rest of the sweet peppers (Anaheim) that I needed. I tasted bell peppers, Anaheim and Pablano yesterday and if I had my eyes closed, I don't think I could have told them apart by taste.
 


I get them at the local farm store. I was by there yesterday as I wanted to talk to them about getting a disc/harrow. They are in the process of changing suppliers for the farm equipment though and the disc/harrow I had settled on was not in stock and they would not be ordering from that supplier again. The disc/harrow from the new supplier though was about $400 higher in cost than the first one. I thought that was a bit much and after using an implement like that, I would still have to go over the ground with my walk-behind tiller. I bit my tongue and made a deal with them for a tiller attachment to fit my tractor. It was the last one they had in stock made by the original supplier with that price ($1500). The new supplier cost would be $2000. Be eating beans and corn bread for awhile.
 
Yesterday at the Plant swap I went to one of the gardeners I met offered to give me some Scotch Bonnet peppers seeds. She says they are hotter than the habernero. I think I will try to grow a few next year. Has anyone grown them before?
 
Bet Randy has......randy....wake up over there :) Dor, did you take anything to the swap? Is it only seeds or plants also? How many go? ~ Curb
 
I took only plants Curbie. I picked seeds to take then put them back at the last minute. I met a gardener that liked seeds like I do so we are going to meet and trade seeds.

I got lots of Plants I don't have. I traded for Jew of Opar, yellow Plumeria, pencil cactus, Red Passion flower, Hummingbird bush(I think), Pride of Barbados seeds, 2 Night Blooming Cereus, some ground covers, Jasmine, walking iris, Louisiana iris, butterfly irsis, jade, Mexican hat, 2 bromeliads and lots more. I have to get them planted today.
 
HOLY COW! YOU came home with a whole new yard, Dor! I know no technical names for anything but I love jasmine. What is this--2 Night Blooming Cereus. We have moonflowers?????? And what is this: Jew of Opar. Enjoy your planting ~ hope you have good weather for it ~ C.
 
Yes it is Cyndy. It was only two hours and I got there early so I sat in on an Organic Gardening class. I got some great tips. They have them are Cornelious Nursery every Saturday so I will be attending more often.

I bought 2 large hanging pots of healthy Boganvilleas. There were 1/2 price so I got two for the price of one.
 


Thank you for offering the seeds from the Night blooming Cereus. I went on line to the websites you put up and I don't think it would survive our winters ~ zone 7. Plant it in a pot and bring it inside????? I couldn't access the Jewel site. Thank you for all of your information! :) ~ C.
 
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