What did you do in the garden today?

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

We’re getting a haze from it. Normally it would give me a hard time but the new steroids my doctor put me on for my asthma is working pretty good. I’m hoping the rain overnight will wash some of it out of the area.

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

I would have to agree @Sueby. They’re just a bit hotter than a jalapeño. Perhaps equal to an Anaheim which to me is quite hot enough.

Does anybody else think that the heat level on jalapenos varies dramatically from pepper to pepper? Seems like one will be so mild, and the next one will light me up---and I love spicy stuff. I don't really think.of Anaheims as being as spicy as most japs.

 

[WthrLady]

The smoke from the wild fires out west is killing me today. Inhaler, sore throat, etc. Can't imagine being in the middle of it.

Right there with you. No inhaler though, but my ears, sinus, head and throat, ya.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Does anybody else think that the heat level on jalapenos varies dramatically from pepper to pepper? Seems like one will be so mild, and the next one will light me up---and I love spicy stuff. I don't really think.of Anaheims as being as spicy as most japs.

I’m going with the heat of the locally available Anaheim vs jalapeño. I grow my own jalapeños but in the past when purchasing them in local grocery stores the green Anaheim peppers were always more spicy then the green jalapeños. Since growing them myself I have learned there are different varieties with different heat levels.

 

[Sueby]

The only pepper I like is a pickled jalapeno. Other than that I hate all peppers - especially bells! Hate the flavor. I do like the heat from them though, I love to lick my hands after cutting habaneros. I purposely don't wear gloves - even with the hottest peppers. I'm weird.

 

[Elyrian1]

I have the cukes draining as we speak!

You haven't met DH! He'll eat any pepper you give him, a habanero is nothing to him & I can't even touch it to my tongue. He's working on a bottle of Mad Dog 357 which is 1 million scoville. Good tip on the peachy color=sweet. I'm going to try & find these peppers for next season.

Same! Finally beat my DH though. I gave him chocolate habeneros from the store and he suffered horribly.

Feeling a bit better today, just going to water in a bit and call it good though.

 

[Iluveggers]

I have to wear gloves when I cut hot peppers because I wear contacts. Made that mistake only once. Couldn’t take them out without soaking my fingers and cleaning them for about an hour, & still burned my eyes.
I really like shishito peppers. They fry up nicely, are very mildly spicy, & don’t need to be seeded which saves tons of time! Also planted banana & bell, and one jalapeño plant for salsas.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I’m not into the super spicy. I like my jalapeños and poblanos that I grow. I also like the bell peppers I grow. They’re easy to freeze and I use them in various dishes from Tex Mex to Indian. I do heat but I’ve learned to be kinder to my stomach.

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

I'm growing some Mexibells this year. They are supposed to be a slightly spicy bell pepper 100-500 Scoville units. I have several on the plant, but they are small. Haven't tried any yet.

 

[gtaus]

The smoke from the wild fires out west is killing me today. Inhaler, sore throat, etc. Can't imagine being in the middle of it.

We’re getting a haze from it. Normally it would give me a hard time but the new steroids my doctor put me on for my asthma is working pretty good. I’m hoping the rain overnight will wash some of it out of the area.

It was like a London fog where I live today. I started smelling smoke in the air last night and at first I thought someone was having a campfire by the lake. But the smoke/fog was so thick that we had to drive with our headlights on today - here in northern Minnesota, far from the fires out west. Anyway, I damaged my lungs in the military so today I have been coughing from the irritants in the air. Not too bad, but I have become hyper sensitive to smells and really need clean, pure, air or I start coughing.

The only pepper I like is a pickled jalapeno. Other than that I hate all peppers - especially bells! Hate the flavor. I do like the heat from them though, I love to lick my hands after cutting habaneros. I purposely don't wear gloves - even with the hottest peppers. I'm weird.

Lick your hands, rub your eyes....

I have to wear gloves when I cut hot peppers because I wear contacts. Made that mistake only once. Couldn’t take them out without soaking my fingers and cleaning them for about an hour, & still burned my eyes.

Yep, that's what I thought was coming. I wear my gloves maybe more than I need to, but you never know when you might grab ahold of something you will regret.