The Garden Harvest Starts

[ECO]

I got all of my plants started a month late this year but I've been picking tomatoes for the past few weeks. Today my kids came in with this collection of tomatoes and peppers.

Note: I have no clue how big chili peppers are suppose to be when they are picked, the one in the picture is red....is it big enough?

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[Wahoo]

When I saw that subject heading, I was licking my lips with anticipation of some pics of a bumper crop of primo ganja! And instead I get pics of tomatoes and peppers!

That's cold, Eco!

[Wahoo]

You can make amends by chopping those bad boyz up, with a little onion and cilantro, to make a nice salsa and putting a tub full of beer on ice, then inviting me over for refreshments. I'll bring the tortilla chips.

[Rose21]

I'm not sure what size a Chilli pepper should be, the tomatos looks good nice picture.

[ECO]

You can make amends by chopping those bad boyz up, with a little onion and cilantro, to make a nice salsa and putting a tub full of beer on ice, then inviting me over for refreshments. I'll bring the tortilla chips.

That sounds like a good idea......I spend way too much on fresh organic salsa at the store when I could make my own. I might make a batch for the ride to Maine on Friday.

[ECO]

I'm not sure what size a Chilli pepper should be, the tomatos looks good nice picture.

Thanks, those little tomatoes are yummy, I love to pick them while I'm doing yard work for something to snack on. I'll try a little piece of the chili pepper to see how it tastes.....I would assume the taste will just be HOT.

[Wahoo]

Now that I've calmed down a little, I'll grant you that those are some muy excellente tomatoes and peppers. Is that little guy a chili pepper? Looks almost like a Thai pepper. Jalapenos pack about the same amount of heat as Scotch Bonnet peppers (used in jerk cooking in Jamaica), which is why I usually use jalapenos when I make spicy beef patties from scratch, 'cause I can't find Scotch Bonnets anywheres around here. I've experimented, too, with Thai and habanero peppers, but they's 10 times hotter than jalapenos. I think I did use Thai peppers the last time I made a batch of patties, but 4 or 5 of those little peppers was all that was needed...and those patties were pretty fiery!

[Rose21]

I'm not sure what size a Chilli pepper should be, the tomatos looks good nice picture.

Thanks, those little tomatoes are yummy, I love to pick them while I'm doing yard work for something to snack on. I'll try a little piece of the chili pepper to see how it tastes.....I would assume the taste will just be HOT.

Be careful with the peppers heard they are very hot!...never tried them tho. I always used the Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Peppers.

[ECO]

Lol, two of my plants are missing labels, one is a habanero and the other is a scotch bonnet.....I think they look about the same mature so some sucker will have to taste test them to figure on which is which.

Wahoo, yes the little tiny one is the chili pepper. If you have on of those fancy beer stores around you pick up a bottle of the beer that has a chili pepper in it. When you drink it it will taste like beer, once you stop your mouth will catch on fire. The only cure for the fire is drinking more of the beer.....I gave up after one bottle of that stuff.

[ECO]

I just tried eating some chili peppers that I picked today........they are not food! Raw they burn like hell and when I cooked them it was like someone released mustard gas.

[Wahoo]

Maybe what you planted are ghost peppers (Indian Jolokia peppers). On Saturday when I went to the barber shop they had the TV tuned to the Travel Channel's Man v. Food show. Our host Adam Richman was at Chunky's in San Antonio where they serve something called the Ghost Burger--a burger topped with jalapeno peppers, huabanero peppers, and ghost peppers. To put everything into perspective, jalapeno peppers have about the same amount of heat as the Scotch Bonnet peppers used in Jamaica jerk cooking, huabanero peppers are waaay hotter, but ghost peppers are reputed to be the hottest peppers in the world, something like 10 times hotter than huabanero peppers. That burger looked really tasty, and I was wishing I was munching on one myself...till the beads of sweat broke out on Richman's forehead and he was having difficulty breathing.

[ECO]

SO..........I went to bed last night at 1030pm and tossing and turned for hours in discomfort. I think my days of eating chili peppers are behind me.

[ECO]

Thanks for asking, my ass is fine today. I think those darn peppers burnt everything in their path before they made it to the exit. The mustard gas gave me issues breathing last night and I kept on getting up to drink water. To make matters worse I was watching that "Super Size Me" movie last night and was in more discomfort than the guy who was dying from Mc Donald's food.

[Wahoo]

Eco, you can plead the fifth and refuse to answer this question, but it's sort of on topic, so I thought I'd ask: Have you ever been pepper sprayed?

[ECO]

Eco, you can plead the fifth and refuse to answer this question, but it's sort of on topic, so I thought I'd ask: Have you ever been pepper sprayed?

By others= no.

By myself= yes a few times. A long time ago I use to carry it for work and sprayed myself a few times by mistake. If my memory is correct the stream CS/CN bounced off something and got me on my face and the misting CS/CN blew back all over my face from an overhead heat duct. In both cases my eyes watered, my throat burned like hell and my nose drained all over the place. I've also got contact exposures from it being on other people but they don't burn so much.

[ECO]

That's me! Out of the blue my aunt who I have not spoken to in years sent me a bunch of pictures today, I'm going to scan them instead of taking pictures of them with my phone.

[Wahoo]

Eco, you can plead the fifth and refuse to answer this question, but it's sort of on topic, so I thought I'd ask: Have you ever been pepper sprayed?

By others= no.

By myself= yes a few times. A long time ago I use to carry it for work and sprayed myself a few times by mistake. If my memory is correct the stream CS/CN bounced off something and got me on my face and the misting CS/CN blew back all over my face from an overhead heat duct. In both cases my eyes watered, my throat burned like hell and my nose drained all over the place. I've also got contact exposures from it being on other people but they don't burn so much.

Hey Sailor...

Eco, I can't believe you actually pepper sprayed yourself! Good thing weren't carrying a handgun, you might've shot yourself in the foot!

[ECO]

awwww. .. you were cute as a kid.
What happened?

I grew older and became even more cute When you sit down and think about it, there is not a man on this earth who has me beat when it comes to being cute.....hmmm I confuse that word with cocky

[ECO]

Hey Sailor...

Eco, I can't believe you actually pepper sprayed yourself! Good thing weren't carrying a handgun, you might've shot yourself in the foot!

Lol I use to carry a Smith & Wesson revolver and later a Glock 9mm and never once shot myself......if you don't include the time I was shooting wad cutters at a rubbermaid cutting board and 3-6 of them bounced back and hit me in the chest. Thank god wad cutters (target ammo) don't have much of a powder load!

[ECO]

I just picked a bunch of those little tasty red tomatoes............yummy!

It looks my my large tomatoes are all going to ripen at the same time in the next week, last year I planned it better and staggered when they were ready to pick.