Hi,

My chilli plant has lots of chillies, to many to use in the short term.
I've been thinking about pickling them, but have never tried this before.

Can I use left over gherkin jars (which are quite large) or do I need
proper pickling jars with the rubber seals?

Can I have some advise and/or recipes please and will the chillies stay
crisp or will they become soggy? Finally how long will they keep?

Many thanks,

MS

"MS" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> My chilli plant has lots of chillies, to many to use in the short term.
> I've been thinking about pickling them, but have never tried this before.
>
> Can I use left over gherkin jars (which are quite large) or do I need
> proper pickling jars with the rubber seals?
>
> Can I have some advise and/or recipes please and will the chillies stay
> crisp or will they become soggy? Finally how long will they keep?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> MS

Always use canning jars. And, what kind of chilis are you referring to?
Here's a nice guide someone posted recently:
http://missvickie.com/howto/spices/p...ppersdict.html

MS wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My chilli plant has lots of chillies, to many to use in the short term.
> I've been thinking about pickling them, but have never tried this before.
>
> Can I use left over gherkin jars (which are quite large) or do I need
> proper pickling jars with the rubber seals?
>
> Can I have some advise and/or recipes please and will the chillies stay
> crisp or will they become soggy? Finally how long will they keep?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> MS

I'm not a pickling expert, but I will note that many chilies can simply
be dried out. You can then store them at room temp until the grow bland
and loose the potency.

You can also grind them up into chili powder.

Dean G.

On 7 Sep 2006 13:20:07 -0700, "Dean G." > wrote:

>
>MS wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My chilli plant has lots of chillies, to many to use in the short term.
>> I've been thinking about pickling them, but have never tried this before.
>>
>> Can I use left over gherkin jars (which are quite large) or do I need
>> proper pickling jars with the rubber seals?
>>
>> Can I have some advise and/or recipes please and will the chillies stay
>> crisp or will they become soggy? Finally how long will they keep?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> MS
>
>I'm not a pickling expert, but I will note that many chilies can simply
>be dried out. You can then store them at room temp until the grow bland
>and loose the potency.
>
>You can also grind them up into chili powder.
>
>Dean G.

Wash them, dry them and freeze them.
Regards
JonH

> I've never pickled mine; I usually dry whatever surplus I have. You might
> try Googling rec.food.preserving. Those folks over there really know their
> canning stuff.

Thanks for the pointer. And thanks everyone.
Moving to r.f.p