Dixie Chicks

[Amberjem]

But think of the pride when you've recrafted everything and can say "We did this!"

You'll appreciate your place more investing a little sweat equity into it.....but, yeah, right now going through it it's a "What did we get into?" PITA.

 

[vehve]

I considered doing the zip lock bag thing, but decided that it's less stress for the seeds to be planted directly in soil. I don't mind getting rid of the extras, even if no more seedlings emerge, we will have 12 pots of chilis with these. I'm guessing half of them will give up still (at least), but that's a lot better than last year. I started the same amount last year, and ended up with one pepper plant, and it tasted bad. It was some small paprika variety, no heat to it at all and no sweetness either. It looked pretty though.

Sam, have you had any issues with the Ti Dragonchili? Out of 12 seeds, only 2 seedlings so far, and it's been about two weeks since we planted them. The two other varieties have about a 75% germination rate.

The yeast and blowing into the bag are interesting ideas. I wonder if a bottle with some flour, yeast and water mixed and an airlock would be a good CO2 boost in the mini greenhouse.

 

[Outpost JWB]

Morning all. Busy day, but not working today. YEAH! It's 5:30am here now. Gotta get little girl up so she can get ready for school & get breakfast cooking. Bacon, Eggs, & Toast.

I got some pepper seeds yesterday at work. The kinds I got are California Wonder, Cascabella, Cubanelle and Jalapeno Early. I also have hot pepper seeds of unknown species. It grows tiny red peppers on bushy little plants and the peppers grow pointing upside down. Very pretty plants. The peppers are hot and when I bought the original plant from Meijer's its description just said "chili pepper". That is what I use them for too. Either fresh or dried. Since I bought the original plant 6 years ago, I have been saving seed from it's plants every year since. I also have pimento pepper seed from my neighbor. I love making fresh pimento cheese spread. People request it all the time here. I don't like the store bought stuff at all.

Well, I'll catch up to you all later. Gotta get moving! If you get a chance today, visit the thread for one of our wonderful members Donrae. It's on BYC-called My Leukemia's back. She can use all the support she can get. Makes me realize how very lucky I am. Have a good day.

 

[Mahen100]

Morning, JWB, all.

How do you prepare the fresh pimento peppers for your homemade pimento cheese? Do you roast them? Scrape them?

 

[Amberjem]

 

[Amberjem]

 

[Outpost JWB]

Morning, JWB, all.

How do you prepare the fresh pimento peppers for your homemade pimento cheese? Do you roast them? Scrape them?

I use them uncooked. I remove seeds & stem, chop finely add the ingredients. Cheddar cheese, mayo & I can't remember what else! I'm off to dig out my recipe.

 

[Outpost JWB]

Wow on the dress debate. The dress in the pic is clearly brown and blue. No white, No gold, No black. That girl needs to take a chill pill. I think she raised my blood pressure.

 

[vehve]

She wasn't listening to reason at all. I can understand people having different perceptions of it, but to me it's clearly blue and black. The bad lighting makes the blue appear a bit dirty though, and the black is over-exposed and shifts to brown. He was trying to explain the color blending to her, but she wouldn't listen to it at all. But that is really a freaky color combo, Karin still can't see how I see it as black and blue, she's convinced it's white and gold. To my understanding, the real dress is black and blue. And probably selling like crazy.

 

[vehve]

Ok, I think I've solved our molding issues with the sprouts. I'm on day 5 now with the oldest sprouts, still no mold. I make a diluted solution of vinegar and water, and water the sprouts with it, then after a few minutes, I water them with clean water to rinse most of the vinegar out. I do this twice a day. It seems to slow down the growth of the sprouts slightly, but if it keeps the mold away, I'm happy.