September Red Pepper, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2009,
all photos © 2009 by QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
red pepper study
yellow, green, orange palette
god in the details
Pepper Study: Pepper Pot, Green Before Red, Pepper Leaves,
Hole In A Pepper Leaf, Red Pepper Green, 8 Faces Of A Pepper Stem,
Alone But Not Lonely, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2009,
July 2009, all photos © QuoinMonkey. All rights reserved.
-posted on red Ravine, Monday, September 14th, 2009
-related to post: haiku 2 (one-a-day)
pretty pretty words
one riotous garden grows
inside of another
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colors of peppers
red, yellow, orange and green
where’s the chocolate?
hint: to see chocolate peppers, try this link
http://www.seededearth.com/blog/madison/do-the-farmers-market-shuffle/
🙂
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Beautiful peppa, QM. I like how it’s a tomato red. Does it still have a few days left to ripen.
Bo, Jim used to grow chocolate peppers. Loved the deep brown-purple color they made. Can’t wait to see your shot.
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crunch crunch took a bite
earthy smell escapes, juicy,
vivid odor sweet
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amuirin, reccos62, and Bo: thank you so much for leaving your haiku! They are wonderful.
Bo, I checked out the chocolate peppers on your blog. I haven’t seen them before. Strange looking for a pepper! Like your lantern shot, too.
ybonesy, yes, our one little pepper has a few more days to ripen. We planted late this year. It’s turning from orange to red as we speak. I’ve been fascinated to watch the color changes on a single pepper. Fantastic.
What flavor are the chocolate peppers? I do like red peppers. But the green are too bitter or something for me. Maybe acidic is a better word.
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This looks sooooo delicious! I need one for my dinner tonight, too. Maybe I’ll come get yours! 🙂
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QM, every pepper has its purpose for taste. I walked out to check our garden yesterday (we got a late start too because our spring & summer have been consumed by rain) & lo & behold, more peppers! I planted a total of 8 pepper plants, mostly the hot varieties, which I plan to dry. I do love the different colors! However, I have never heard of the chocolate pepper. I’m also curious to what they taste like. Not long ago I was sent an email displaying Peter Peppers & let’s just say they look very similar to a part of the male anatomy & leave it at that! Have you ever heard of those? D
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Corina, stop on by! I’d gladly give up our lone pepper to a friend for dinner!
diddy, I have to say, I have not heard of the Peter Peppers. But I bet ybonesy has since they used to grow peppers.
I’m also curious as to what the chocolate peppers taste like. Maybe yb can answer that, too. I also put the question out to our blog friend, Bo.
I’m so happy you have all those peppers this year. Really fun. Will look to see how they are drying when I’m there in October. I bet they will spice up the kitchen!
Oh, that reminds me, I can’t forget to bring your Tom Thumb bags!
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QM, I use a food dehydrator for most of my herbs & veggies, however, I have hung some lemon thyme & rosemary. I’ll probably dry some of the peppers that way also.
Looking forward to seeing you next month! D
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What a beautiful pepper! Certainly worthy of a haiku or two. 🙂
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QM, I recall the chocolate pepper as having a flavor that is sweet like the red pepper, but a little smoky, kind of like a poblano chile.
Oh, and I have not heard of Peter Peppers either. Jim grew mainly ornamental and traditional chile, but he threw in some different peppers, also, and little yellow pear tomatoes.
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diddy, strings of dried peppers always look so beautiful.
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Robin, thank you. This pepper has won my heart. It’s still on the deck, trying to turn red before the Fall frost.
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ybonesy, smoky makes sense for a chocolate pepper. Our one red pepper is still turning. I asked Liz yesterday when we stopped to water — how will be know when to pick it? Do you know how you know the pepper is ripe?
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QM, a real trick to knowing when the pepper is ripe is when you gently tilt it at an angle against its vine, it will snap off. If it doesn’t snap off, if you need to tug and tug or twist to get it off, it’s not ready.
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ybonesy, thanks. Will give it a tug tomorrow. Doesn’t look totally red yet. Still turning. But I want to see if it’s in the mood to snap yet.
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