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Title
A Mouthful Of Fire
Artist
Leslie Montgomery
Medium
Photograph - Photo Art
Description
I grew these chili peppers this summer. This was the yield of 3 plants.
I am a big fan of pickled peppers so decided to make a few jars of my own this year. I got the seeds and plants, nurtured and watched as they grew into beautiful plants with bright red fruit hanging off of them. Then I lovingly plucked them and brought my harvest into the kitchen.
I made my brine and then started to remove the seeds. I wore rubber gloves and put on a cloth face mask, expecting some fumes but what I got was an extreme surprise.
As I worked in scraping away the seeds I started to feel nauseous and as I continued I started coughing violently. The fumes were coming through the mask and at times I had to stop and walk away. I didn't need a surgical mask, what I could have used was a gas mask!
Anyways it took me forever to get the seeds removed from these little devils and by the time I had finished I founds all these peppers were only enough for one large jar. So I pickled them and as I marveled in how pretty it looked I started thinking that I really didn't want to eat these things any more. Not after I got so ill over them.
I sent them to work with my husband. He has a friend there who loved hot stuff. He said he loved them and ate the jar in one sitting but next time I need to leave the seeds alone. They give the peppers the right amount of fire. I think he is crazy and told him this was a one time deal.
Next year I will plant and pickle banana peppers. I like a little spicy zip but when the fumes make you want to toss your cookies I say "No thank you!"
© 2021 Leslie Montgomery All Rights Reserved
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October 19th, 2021
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