1st Pepper Harvest

While I was watering the garden today I noticed that one of the peppers had turned red. I picked it and all the others that were the same size or bigger. We weren't sure if they were going to be hot but we hoped they would.

Peppers "hotness" is based on the amount of trauma the plant has. Since ours froze in a frost and almost died from lack of water they had lots of trauma. I bit into the red one and was disappointed that it wasn't hot...was I ever wrong! Another bite told me that these were the hottest peppers I had eaten in a long time. I finished the red one after giving Rich and Megan a bite and ate a green one...just as hot only not sweet too. That was five hours ago and now I THE worst heartburn ever. :o)