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  3. 3.

    cosmic dust cloud

    You will love them…and if one gets a little big…just use it kinda like a spicy bell pepper!!

  7. 7.

    hells littlest angel

    Hmm. Mild sweet peppers, which are only occasionally blisteringly hot. The perfect pepper to eat while mopping the floor naked.

  11. 11.

    Bill Arnold

    Good choice!
    Padrón Pepper: Culinary Russian Roulette (Matt Bray, February 13, 2020)
    Well, a revolver with 10 chambers.

    Every chili pepper has a heat range, but very few pack the spicy surprise that the Padrón pepper does. 90% of the time these Spanish chilies (also known as Pimento de Padrón) are some of the mildest on the planet. And then there’s the one that bites. That one delivers an unexpected punch equaling a jalapeño. It makes Padrón peppers as fun to eat as they are tasty.

  14. 14.

    J R in WV

    @Amir Khalid:

    I’ve had jalapeño peppers. They aren’t all that strong.

    jalapeño peppers have a huge range of heat. Here in WV the usual jalapeño peppers aren’t really hot at all if you take out the white membranes.

    But there are also “Spicy jalapeños” for sale in special bags. Those are closer to NM Hatch chilies — which are classic wonderful hot peppers, famed all over the Southwest, and even sold as far east as West Virginia  some seasons.

  15. 15.

    J R in WV

    Spring Alert!

    We can hear frogs out our front door, mating and singing in the spring rain .

    Half an inch so far today, temps in the mid 40s, and frogs singing their glee to have a mountain side pond back again! Saw the first little clump of eggs this morning, laid last night.

    Hurray!! We’re so happy for them, almost like the first birds of spring, only these guys didn’t have to fly in from the deep south, they just woke up and dug out of the topsoil and started being happy frogs.

  16. 16.

    Spanky

    @J R in WV: Haven’t heard the frogs yet, here on the Ches Bay tributaries, but everything’s budding up. The maples already have red crowns, the daffodils are 6″+, and the lilacs have fat buds.

    We have had no snow at all this year. Zero. Unheard of. Long range forecast shows nothing into March.

  18. 18.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Zelma: Arundhati Roy is a great writer of fiction. As a political analyst she tends to be  a tad overwrought.

    Also this was written in November. Since December protests have roiled every part of the country. So events have overtaken her lament of protests having fallen silent in India.

  19. 19.

    mrmoshpotato

    No, I’m not sorry for doing this.

    ?It was twenty years ago today
    When Padron Pepper taught the band to play
    They’ve been going in and out of style
    But they’re guaranteed to raise a smile
    So may I introduce to you
    The act you’ve known for all these years
    Padron Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?

    Oops, fixed misspelling.

  20. 20.

    Roger Moore

    @J R in WV:

    Those are closer to NM Hatch chilies — which are classic wonderful hot peppers

    Strictly speaking, though, there is no single variety called a Hatch chili.  Hatch is an area in New Mexico where green chilies are grown, but they grow several different cultivars there that range from relatively mild to very hot.  They are typical of New Mexico chiles in that they are grown for consumption as a vegetable rather than a condiment or a spice, which limits how hot people want them to get.

  22. 22.

    m.glafmer

    Paw paws are amazing, but they don’t store/ship well. I’ve only had them fresh off the tree while hiking, when they’re fully ripe.

    Too lazy to try canning them. And the random seed arrangement makes separating fruit from seed difficult.

  24. 24.

    jl

    Pawpaws! Thanks you John G. Cole.

    Cole is forgiven a thousand times for not planting every fruit and vegetable known to humankind, as demanded by the commenters, if he plants pawpaws.

    Can get a couple of trees fairly cheap. Throw a BJ fundraiser.

    https://www.willisorchards.com/

    If Cole doesn’t plant pawpaws then he should consider a Tastykake tree. I hear you can graft different kinds of krimpets onto the same rootstock.

  27. 27.

    MagdaInBlack

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Well……I guess I really hadn’t considered the reason for the singing…..til now. ☺

    Eta: now I’m picturing Madelaine Kahn in Young Frankenstein.

  28. 28.

    WaterGirl

    I hope every single Democrat on the debate stage tomorrow gives holy hell to Mike Bloomberg.  I’d also like to see Warren mention the fact that they seem to be trying to erase her, but with good humor so it doesn’t seem whiny and also makes a good sound bite.

    This will be my first debate where I am on Team Warren going in.  I am getting pretty pissed about all the thumbs on the scale.  Make that lead bricks.  Or maybe gold bricks, since my sense is that it’s the money people who want Warren out.

    I think that’s why they are pushing Amy K, who is not nearly as progressive as any of the real democrats who are running.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    @mrmoshpotato: You have a lovely singing voice.  How did we not know that until now?

    Your song actually mostly worked to the tune of American Pie, also.  It’s in my head from the Founding Fathers singing it on youtube.

  36. 36.

    Anne Laurie

    @WaterGirl: I saw a tweet that Stheyer is ‘staking everything’ on Nevada & South Carolina.  With luck, he’ll pack up his bindle & toddle away before Super Tuesday…

  38. 38.

    smintheus

    @m.glafmer: Paw paws freeze well. It’s easier to de-seed them (with the help of a small paring knife) if the flesh remains a little bit firm.

    You can grow paw paws easily from seed (and for free). It takes a few years more before they bear fruit than buying a potted plant, and you won’t know what quality or size of fruit you’ll end up with – but in my experience the fruit of seedlings is typically good. I have both commercial cultivars and paw paws grown from seed; they vary slightly in taste, but I like them all.

  39. 39.

    WaterGirl

    @mrmoshpotato:

    The lyrics are astonishingly good.  The whole thing is really well done.

    Both times I watched/listened, tears started running down my face at this exact part:

    Yeah, we know that right is on our side

    And soon we’ll look back full of pride

    Together we can reverse the tide

    Before democracy dies , now we’re singin’

  41. 41.

    WaterGirl

    @Anne Laurie: I want him gone, too.  On the other hand, he seems to get the scope and depth of the crisis, and he seems passionate about what’s at stake, so I’ll give him that.

    I would choose him over Bernie or Bloomberg in a heartbeat.

    I still want him gone, though.

  42. 42.

    Nicole

    If they end up too spicy for you, we will take them.  WE WILL TAKE ALL OF THEM.

    I freaking love Padrón Peppers.

  43. 43.

    Another Scott

    @WaterGirl: I’m watching the BBC News now.  They say that St. Bernard is leading.  Rarely mention SP Warren at all.

    They’re just as bad as the US MSM in covering this election (worse in some ways – “Moderate Republican Joe Manchin” – etc.)

    (groucho-roll-eyes.gif)

    2020 democratic delegate count:

    ex-Mayor Pete: 22
    St. Bernard: 21
    SP Warren: 8
    Amy K Will Cut You: 7
    Uncle Joe: 6
    ex-Mayor Mike, everyone else: 0

    Eyes on the prizes.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  45. 45.

    Patricia Kayden

    It’s not enough for Barr to resign. I want him out of DOJ, disbarred, disgraced, & investigated for obstruction of justice. Barr sabotaged Mueller report, was in on Ukraine plot, & now he wants to free Trump’s criminal friends. In my estimation, they ALL belong in jail!— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) February 18, 2020

  46. 46.

    J R in WV

    Well, 90% mild and 10% really hot seems like sort of a crap shoot. I really prefer knowing this pepper is a serrano, and that one is a scotch bonnet. I can cook with serranos, but scotch bonnets are a whole different story.

    Good friend grows his own, dries them til they’re crunchy, and grinds them using a really fine grinder onto nearly everything he eats. I use his grinder, but I add about 20% compared to his addition.

    HOT stuff! Will look for Padron Peppers to see what they’re like. Or drop in at John g cole’s farm…

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