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unklar

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

Thank you my friend.
It was a pleasure for the eye and the palate. 

Every time, you show something like I get a "wish I was there" feeling!
To sit and chat, and share a meal, been a long time desire.

It's the feeling that counts, but still something missing.

I would have this wish too. It's so nice to dream. 
Unfortunately, reality always catches up with me, because the shortage and the price of kerosene alone tell me that the "golden times" are long gone. Poor Germany! 

Look at this picture from satirists because the "mainstream" shows the weather report every evening in dark red colors at 25°C and above. 

PackRat

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

First of the grapes coming in -

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PackRat

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

Keeping an eye on me from across the street while I clean up some downed branches from the recent storm.

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

put food out.

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Miss Grace Jones

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^ A bad idea, of course. Wild animals like raccoons, foxes and bears can quickly adapt to free food, it's not good.

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^ A bad idea, of course. Wild animals like raccoons, foxes and bears can quickly adapt to free food, it's not good.

Of course you are right

Don't do it PackRat, I was dumb dumb.

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ratcheer

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

Clematis - we love those. We have them in that color, deep indigo, blush pink, and white, all mixed together.

Sector11

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

@PackRat too.

Clematis - we love those. We have them in that color, deep indigo, blush pink, and white, all mixed together.

here's me, man of the concrete jungle:

Light purple flower, pretty I like it.

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greenjeans

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

Sorry I didn't make a thumbnail when I uploaded this pic, so will just post the link, this is my first year growing Carolina Reapers and I got a bunch of green ones going now, takes about 6 weeks now before they turn red and ripen fully: https://i.ibb.co/xWkyYZk/IMG-0307-640x480.jpg

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johnraff

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

Carolina Reapers are one of the hottest chillis in the world, right?
How do you use them in real life?

Habaneros, I grew in the past - apart from being very hot, they have a nice apricot-like aroma. How about the reapers?

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

Carolina Reapers are one of the hottest chillis in the world, right?
How do you use them in real life?

Ousted by Pepper X in 2024, developed by the same guy (he beat his Guinness record).

Ethically?

Despite its extreme heat, the Carolina Reaper has a surprisingly complex flavor profile that makes it valuable in the kitchen when used judiciously. The initial taste is sweet and fruity, with notes of cherry and chocolate that provide depth beyond mere heat. This flavor complexity is why many artisan hot sauce makers prefer the Carolina Reaper as their base pepper.

The most common culinary application is in hot sauce production. A single Carolina Reaper can heat an entire batch of sauce, making it an incredibly efficient ingredient. Many recipes call for combining the Reaper with sweeter peppers, vinegar, garlic, and fruit to create sauces that balance extreme heat with nuanced flavor. Popular combinations include Reaper with mango, Reaper with pineapple and habanero, and Reaper with roasted garlic and smoked paprika.

Dried Carolina Reapers can be ground into an ultra-hot chili powder that adds intense heat to rubs, marinades, and seasoning blends. Use sparingly, as even a tiny amount can dramatically increase the spiciness of a dish. The powder works well in beef jerky seasoning, chili con carne, and barbecue rubs. Some adventurous cooks add small amounts to chocolate desserts, creating a sweet-heat combination that showcases the pepper’s natural fruity undertones.

https://plantnative.org/carolina-reaper … -guide.htm

Unethically? Find out who in the office is stealing your food. Rub a pepper on the door handle of an enemy's car to leave some oil there. Randomly do the same to public-restroom toilets to be truly psychopathic. I'm sure these are all prosecutable crimes, if you're caught.

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

Capsicum chinense has many hot varieties with nice floral or fruity aroma. I grew a small type for some years, keeping the seeds each year, until I had to move and no longer had the indoor hothouse needed to get them germinated in the spring. The original came from Okinawa but it must have been a hybrid because the following generations were quite different from the parent - better too IMO. Few seeds, beautiful fresh floral aroma and heat level just right. But as the article you linked said, they needed some coddling at the start of the season.

Can eating a Carolina Reaper cause permanent damage?

While eating a Carolina Reaper will cause intense pain, sweating, and gastrointestinal distress, it does not cause permanent damage in healthy individuals.

So that's OK I guess...

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Miss Grace Jones

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

So that's OK I guess...

No! Keep away from the toilets!

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greenjeans

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

Carolina Reapers are one of the hottest chillis in the world, right?
How do you use them in real life?

Habaneros, I grew in the past - apart from being very hot, they have a nice apricot-like aroma. How about the reapers?

This is my first time to grow them, so i'm going to be extra careful! But typically I use the hotter peppers in homemade salsa along with other ingredients I grow, also various Tex-Mex dishes, chili, and sometimes sausage and jerky. Great in soups/stews too, or to spice up a roast.

I also have some habaneros this year, just starting to turn to bright orange in the last day or two. I usually grow 4-5 kinds of peppers, including some hybrids I created myself, my favorite of those being a jalapeno-black pearl pepper, makes a gorgeous plant with variegated green/purple leaves and the peppers the same way, makes for a hotter jalapeno size pepper wih tons of flavor.

The reapers are going to be the super-hot varietal in my 7-pepper salsa this year.

Just harvested a lot of jalapenos this last week and have several jars of them pickling in the fridge right now with a tiny bit of garlic, some fresh dill we grew this year, and a few slices of a rogue habanero that grew early and ripened on the plant well before the others started to turn, ought to give the jalapenos a little more heat and some nice flavor.

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johnraff

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Re: Cheery Pic of the Day

Capsicum chinense has many hot varieties with nice floral or fruity aroma. I grew a small type for some years, keeping the seeds each year, until I had to move and no longer had the indoor hothouse needed to get them germinated in the spring. The original came from Okinawa but it must have been a hybrid because the following generations were quite different from the parent - better too IMO. Few seeds, beautiful fresh floral aroma and heat level just right.

I really miss these peppers because you can't buy them anywhere. Perfect to drop a couple in a soup like Thai tom yam kung. Like @greenjeans your halapeño-black hybrid, they might not exist anywhere else...

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