Sound the Alarms...Dad's Hot Peppers are Ready for Delivery

My father is a grower of hot peppers. He grows many varieties and knows the Scoville Units of each pepper he grows. The Scoville scale is the measure of the chemical capsaicin in each variety that presents the sensation of heat one experiences when eating a certain pepper. The range is 0 to 16 million. No capsaicin the measure is zero such as that for a sweet bell pepper. The level of capsaicin can vary in each variety to watch out!!!!! Jalapenos have 8,000 units, Serranos 23,000 units, Poblanos 2,000 units, Harbaneros 350,000 units and the list goes on.

This is a bag full of all sorts of hot peppers my father gives away to friends and family...

Today he picked a load of Cayennes and I strung them on dental floss and added a raffia bow to hang them and let them dry. Aren't they beautiful all grouped together!!!!!

This is an example of some of the varieties he grows....looks like a page out a magazine!!!!!

They are gorgeous...perfect examples of a hot pepper harvest...

My father has really taken to growing many many varieties and loves to share them...most amazing he never eats them...just grows and gives...a true gardener!!!!!

Elizabeth