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Orange pepper…reflected on my kitchen counter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Peppers are everywhere at this time of year! \u00a0I’m not complaining. I did plant a lot of them. But it’s amazing how selective amnesia makes me forget that when peppers ripen, they all come in at once. We must pick a huge bowl full of them every day. \u00a0But what to do with them?<\/p>\n

I’ve written about canning them…and making the delicious recipe from the book “Preserving the Harvest” for pickled peppers. It’s a great recipe, but it is time consuming. \u00a0Any canning recipe can be time consuming. \u00a0First, the peppers must be washed, cored, washed again and sliced into strips. Then there is the preparation of the canning solution, boiling the water, cleaning the jars and so forth. \u00a0It is an all-afternoon task I typically reserve for the weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Green peppers in my kitchen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

One quick way I have found to save peppers is to blanch and freeze them. \u00a0I purchased square freezer containers in bulk and I blanch the peppers for as long as the cookbook says, then pack them tightly into the freezer containers. \u00a0I make sure to label them with the date and year so I know to use the older ones first. \u00a0When defrosted, they are great for pepper steak or stir fry recipes.<\/p>\n

I don’t do anything special to grow them. \u00a0Good vegetables always begin with good soil. I start the seeds indoors in the spring, purchasing any good-quality green bell pepper seeds. \u00a0Then after the last danger of frost is past, I transplant the peppers into the vegetable garden area. \u00a0We did use the soaker hoses this year, which I think helped them young plants survive the early heat and drought. \u00a0The plants themselves remain small but are, as you can see, producing abundant\u00a0vegetables<\/p>\n

We’re enjoying the fresh peppers in dishes such as stuffed peppers, sausage and peppers, and home-made stir fry with chicken. \u00a0But there are a lot of peppers…everywhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Orange pepper…reflected on my kitchen counter Peppers are everywhere at this time of year! \u00a0I’m not complaining. I did plant a lot of them. But it’s amazing how selective amnesia makes me forget that when peppers ripen, they all come in at once. We must pick a huge bowl full of them every day. \u00a0But…<\/p>\n

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