I went to Whole Foods today to get Hatch chilies because they said
they would be getting a shipment in last night. Price would be
$1.49/pound. Right there, at the front door, the Hatch were proudly
displayed on special at $.99/pound! I got 10 pounds of huge, fat,
shiny, firm, straight pods. What a deal! I went on to do my regular
shopping at Winco and to my surprise, Winco had Hatch as well -- at
$1.48 per pound. For once I got it right.
I did pick up a dozen green bell peppers for $.58 each. That's a good
price. I will chop and freeze them now and won't have to pay ransom
in the winter when they are double the price. I'll do the same for
red bell peppers whenever they go on sale. I use a lot of peppers in
my cooking. I used to always have the fresh peppers on hand but at
over a dollar a piece I wouldn't use any.
Janet US

On 8/17/2014 2:00 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> I went to Whole Foods today to get Hatch chilies because they said
> they would be getting a shipment in last night. Price would be
> $1.49/pound. Right there, at the front door, the Hatch were proudly
> displayed on special at $.99/pound!

Wow, great price. I'm curious what you do with all those
chilies.

> I got 10 pounds of huge, fat,
> shiny, firm, straight pods. What a deal! I went on to do my regular
> shopping at Winco and to my surprise, Winco had Hatch as well -- at
> $1.48 per pound. For once I got it right.

> I did pick up a dozen green bell peppers for $.58 each. That's a good
> price. I will chop and freeze them now and won't have to pay ransom
> in the winter when they are double the price. I'll do the same for
> red bell peppers whenever they go on sale. I use a lot of peppers in
> my cooking. I used to always have the fresh peppers on hand but at
> over a dollar a piece I wouldn't use any.

Especially if you want the colored bell peppers, they can cost
the earth. I prefer green peppers, myself, and I never particularly
noticed them costing a lot, but then I am a bit oblivious sometimes.
I do notice that the yellow ones next to it cost a lot more.

I have a bumper crop of green bell peppers growing right now.
I assume they'll turn a color if I leave them on long enough.

nancy

On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 14:42:12 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:00:17 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
>> I did pick up a dozen green bell peppers for $.58 each. That's a good
>> price. I will chop and freeze them now and won't have to pay ransom
>> in the winter when they are double the price. I'll do the same for
>> red bell peppers whenever they go on sale. I use a lot of peppers in
>> my cooking. I used to always have the fresh peppers on hand but at
>> over a dollar a piece I wouldn't use any.
>
>$.58/ea is standard price here. I don't think I've ever seen them
>higher. On sale they usually go 3 for $1 (often with cucumbers at the
>same price).
>
>-sw

I guess the extra money is for all their airplane tickets to get up
here
Tomorrow morning, early, I will fire up the Weber until I have white
coals and then toss the peppers directly on the coals. The tedious
part comes with the peeling and de-seeding. I will surely appreciate
having them until next season rolls around.
Oh, I forgot, Whole Foods is offering them already roasted.
Janet US

On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:44:11 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> I have a bumper crop of green bell peppers growing right now.
> I assume they'll turn a color if I leave them on long enough.

Are you going to wait and see what happens?


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On 8/17/2014 2:50 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:44:11 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> I have a bumper crop of green bell peppers growing right now.
>> I assume they'll turn a color if I leave them on long enough.
>
> Are you going to wait and see what happens?
>
>
They should turn into red bell peppers. Red bell peppers are simply
riper green ones.

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/17/2014 2:00 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>> I went to Whole Foods today to get Hatch chilies because they said
>> they would be getting a shipment in last night. Price would be
>> $1.49/pound. Right there, at the front door, the Hatch were proudly
>> displayed on special at $.99/pound!
>
> Wow, great price. I'm curious what you do with all those
> chilies.
>
> > I got 10 pounds of huge, fat,
>> shiny, firm, straight pods. What a deal! I went on to do my regular
>> shopping at Winco and to my surprise, Winco had Hatch as well -- at
>> $1.48 per pound. For once I got it right.
>
>> I did pick up a dozen green bell peppers for $.58 each. That's a good
>> price. I will chop and freeze them now and won't have to pay ransom
>> in the winter when they are double the price. I'll do the same for
>> red bell peppers whenever they go on sale. I use a lot of peppers in
>> my cooking. I used to always have the fresh peppers on hand but at
>> over a dollar a piece I wouldn't use any.
>
> Especially if you want the colored bell peppers, they can cost
> the earth. I prefer green peppers, myself, and I never particularly
> noticed them costing a lot, but then I am a bit oblivious sometimes.
> I do notice that the yellow ones next to it cost a lot more.
>
> I have a bumper crop of green bell peppers growing right now.
> I assume they'll turn a color if I leave them on long enough.

Mine do. I haven't hear of bell peppers that stay green. To me a green
one is under ripe.


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On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:06:13 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

> On 8/17/2014 2:50 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:44:11 -0400, Nancy Young
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I have a bumper crop of green bell peppers growing right now.
> >> I assume they'll turn a color if I leave them on long enough.
> >
> > Are you going to wait and see what happens?
> >
> >
> They should turn into red bell peppers. Red bell peppers are simply
> riper green ones.

In my limited experience, grocery store green bells have ripened into
red, orange and even purple (once) - so I think it would be fun to see
what their "true colors" really are.


--
Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On 8/17/2014 3:50 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:44:11 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> I have a bumper crop of green bell peppers growing right now.
>> I assume they'll turn a color if I leave them on long enough.
>
> Are you going to wait and see what happens?

I'm thinking no, as the longer you wait, the more chance
of some critter taking a bite. Already lost one.

nancy

On 8/17/2014 4:06 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 8/17/2014 2:50 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:44:11 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I have a bumper crop of green bell peppers growing right now.
>>> I assume they'll turn a color if I leave them on long enough.
>>
>> Are you going to wait and see what happens?
>>
>>
> They should turn into red bell peppers. Red bell peppers are simply
> riper green ones.

I really don't know how the subject came up at work, but I
said something along the line that green peppers turned red
or whatever when they ripened. The two people I was chatting
with almost took my head off. They will not!! Green Peppers
are Green!

That was before we had the internet to defend ourselves.
(laugh) So I let it drop after saying Don't you ever notice
some green peppers have red shoulders? and changing the
subject to something I suppose they didn't feel VERY
PASSIONATELY about.

nancy

On 8/17/2014 4:42 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:06:13 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:

>> They should turn into red bell peppers. Red bell peppers are simply
>> riper green ones.
>
> In my limited experience, grocery store green bells have ripened into
> red, orange and even purple (once) - so I think it would be fun to see
> what their "true colors" really are.

I was at a farm stand last week and I can't leave there without
grabbing a basket from the misfit table. $1. Generally a mix
of vegetables that maybe have a flaw, maybe getting a little old,
but definitely usable.

This one had a couple of smallish purple peppers. They ware
very thin fleshed, I didn't like that so much, but they were
great in my scrambled eggs. And they turn green when you cook
them.

nancy

On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:49:33 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 8/17/2014 3:50 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:44:11 -0400, Nancy Young
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I have a bumper crop of green bell peppers growing right now.
> >> I assume they'll turn a color if I leave them on long enough.
> >
> > Are you going to wait and see what happens?
>
> I'm thinking no, as the longer you wait, the more chance
> of some critter taking a bite. Already lost one.
>
I guess that's why green peppers because so popular for humans to eat.




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Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them.

On 8/17/2014 3:53 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 8/17/2014 4:06 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>> On 8/17/2014 2:50 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:44:11 -0400, Nancy Young
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a bumper crop of green bell peppers growing right now.
>>>> I assume they'll turn a color if I leave them on long enough.
>>>
>>> Are you going to wait and see what happens?
>>>
>>>
>> They should turn into red bell peppers. Red bell peppers are simply
>> riper green ones.
>
> I really don't know how the subject came up at work, but I
> said something along the line that green peppers turned red
> or whatever when they ripened. The two people I was chatting
> with almost took my head off. They will not!! Green Peppers
> are Green!
>
> That was before we had the internet to defend ourselves.
> (laugh) So I let it drop after saying Don't you ever notice
> some green peppers have red shoulders? and changing the
> subject to something I suppose they didn't feel VERY
> PASSIONATELY about.
>
> nancy
>

Many years ago, I was an out of work single mom needing to feed three
children. I took a job at a local farm market, open three days a week,
where they sold fruit and veggies. The owner would go to some big
market in Philadelphia, IIRC, and get produce there. Most of the
peppers would come in with red shoulders. Probably because they were
cheaper.

I got paid in cash, under the table and cost for my produce and I always
looked for the reddest green peppers as they were so much sweeter and
tastier.

I schlepped boxes of produce to people's cars, weighed and added up
stuff on a brown paper bag and learned to "make" the strawberries, by
dumping all the baskets and refilling more baskets than were on the
pallet. :-)

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 15:44:11 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 8/17/2014 2:00 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>> I went to Whole Foods today to get Hatch chilies because they said
>> they would be getting a shipment in last night. Price would be
>> $1.49/pound. Right there, at the front door, the Hatch were proudly
>> displayed on special at $.99/pound!
>
>Wow, great price. I'm curious what you do with all those
>chilies.
>
snip
>nancy
>
I freeze them in cigar size portions (maybe 3-4 depending upon size) I
use them throughout the following year for chili verde, chili, meat
loaf, fried potatoes, scrambled eggs, breakfast burritos, succotash,
beans (baked bean kind) They"re just another cooking flavor>
You might like my succotash recipe. I'll post elsewhere.
Janet US

On 8/17/2014 5:58 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 8/17/2014 3:53 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> That was before we had the internet to defend ourselves.
>> (laugh) So I let it drop after saying Don't you ever notice
>> some green peppers have red shoulders? and changing the
>> subject to something I suppose they didn't feel VERY
>> PASSIONATELY about.

> Many years ago, I was an out of work single mom needing to feed three
> children. I took a job at a local farm market, open three days a week,
> where they sold fruit and veggies.

You have had an interesting life, Janet, you've done so many
varied jobs and traveled so much.

> The owner would go to some big
> market in Philadelphia, IIRC, and get produce there. Most of the
> peppers would come in with red shoulders. Probably because they were
> cheaper.
>
> I got paid in cash, under the table and cost for my produce and I always
> looked for the reddest green peppers as they were so much sweeter and
> tastier.

I'm a green pepper person, I like that they are less sweet.
I have thing for them. Love them on my pizza.

> I schlepped boxes of produce to people's cars, weighed and added up
> stuff on a brown paper bag and learned to "make" the strawberries, by
> dumping all the baskets and refilling more baskets than were on the
> pallet. :-)

Cool. I've had worse jobs.

nancy

On Sunday, August 17, 2014 1:00:17 PM UTC-5, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> I went to Whole Foods today to get Hatch chilies because they said
>
> they would be getting a shipment in last night. Price would be
>
> $1.49/pound. Right there, at the front door, the Hatch were proudly
>
> displayed on special at $.99/pound! I got 10 pounds of huge, fat,
>
> shiny, firm, straight pods. What a deal!
>
The Whole Foods here in StL had them for $1.99/#. Grrr.
>
> Janet US

--Bryan

On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:33:03 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

>On Sunday, August 17, 2014 1:00:17 PM UTC-5, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> I went to Whole Foods today to get Hatch chilies because they said
>>
>> they would be getting a shipment in last night. Price would be
>>
>> $1.49/pound. Right there, at the front door, the Hatch were proudly
>>
>> displayed on special at $.99/pound! I got 10 pounds of huge, fat,
>>
>> shiny, firm, straight pods. What a deal!
>>
>The Whole Foods here in StL had them for $1.99/#. Grrr.
>>
>> Janet US
>
>--Bryan
Wow! I thought maybe it was a store-wide special.
Janet US

On Sunday, August 17, 2014 10:20:40 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> Towards the end of the Hatch season
>
> you'll start seeing red (sometimes yellow) Hatch peppers. They are 5x
>
> better than the green ones but they over-ripen (rot) quickly afetr
>
> they turn red.
>
I used to grow Big Jims. When they ripened, they were delicious.
>
> -sw

--Bryan

On 8/17/2014 9:20 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> Towards the end of the Hatch season
> you'll start seeing red (sometimes yellow) Hatch peppers. They are 5x
> better than the green ones


No they're not, you have NO clue what you're blathering about, Yappy.