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"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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>> "J. Clarke" > wrote in message
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>> > Next time you make it keep a detailed record of everything that goes
>> > into it. Then the time after, cut the quantities in half and see what
>> > happens.
>> >
>> > The trouble with this is that you'll end up with half a pepper or a
>> > third of an onion or whatever that you'll then have to find other uses
>> > for.

>>
>> That is why I try to buy small amounts from a salad bar when I can. But
>> I
>> didn't do that this time.

>
> I haven't seen them lately, but a couple of years ago I was seeing a lot
> of packages of very small, mild, multicolored peppers. They were about
> an inch in diameter and three inches long. They kept very well in the
> fridge uncut. They were very tasty.


Here you can get those in the late Spring and Summer. Not sure how they
would do in a salad. The flesh is very thin. I just eat them as is and
toss the stems.