Worth's 2017 Accidental Garden.

[Worth1]

Okay here is the deal.
Smokey lays in the shade of the okra.
The drip system comes on and she runs off as fast as she can.
Then she comes back and drinks from the drippers.
There is no way I can run anything but fresh water in my drip system.
Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Our cats did that with the drip irrigation too.

[Worth1]

This basket is full of cucumbers peppers and okra, all by accident.
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Beautiful, Worth! My okra's not even flowering yet, but the cukes are coming on. That picture could fascinate me for hours! Great picture

[Worth1]

These ought to be a big hit at the ladies auxiliary.
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[Worth1]

Originally Posted by MdTNGrdner

Beautiful, Worth! My okra's not even flowering yet, but the cukes are coming on. That picture could fascinate me for hours! Great picture

Thank you they will hit you hard soon.

The rest of the okra I made something I have never seen before.
Pickled mustard okra sort of like mustard pickles but with more habanero and lemon drop peppers too.
About a half gallon jar of them.
Worth


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Originally Posted by Worth1

Thank you they will hit you hard soon.

The rest of the okra I made something I have never seen before.
Pickled mustard okra sort of like mustard pickles but with more habanero and lemon drop peppers too.
About a half gallon jar of them.
Worth


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I think that sounds good; how long will you let them pickle until you try one? Let us know how they come out!

[Worth1]

Probably not long enough.

Worth

[Worth1]

Okay I just tried one of the regular okra and it tasted like a spicy hot watermelon from hell.
My lips are burning.

I have no idea how it picked up the watermelon taste but it isn't bad at all.
The mix was one quart of RO water one quart of 5% white vinegar and 1/2 cup of salt.
Each jar got 5 habanero peppers cut in half and a teaspoon of dill seeds.

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by Worth1

This basket is full of cucumbers peppers and okra, all by accident.
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That ain't no accident. A lot of elements has gone into it.

I mad a quart of okra pickle per your recipe, yesterday. .
Tonight I will blanch an freeze some bean. I need a chest freezer , me thinks.
I gotta get a small deep fryer and fry battered okra bits. They are shrimp of he garden.

Originally Posted by Worth1

Okay I just tried one of the regular okra and it tasted like a spicy hot watermelon from hell.
My lips are burning.

I have no idea how it picked up the watermelon taste but it isn't bad at all.
The mix was one quart of RO water one quart of 5% white vinegar and 1/2 cup of salt.
Each jar got 5 habanero peppers cut in half and a teaspoon of dill seeds.

Phew!! I'm growing habs for the first time this year and I'm already scared of them. What was I thinking???

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

That ain't no accident. A lot of elements has gone into it.

I mad a quart of okra pickle per your recipe, yesterday. .
Tonight I will blanch an freeze some bean. I need a chest freezer , me thinks.
I gotta get a small deep fryer and fry battered okra bits. They are shrimp of he garden.

That is so true the are the shrimp of the garden I never thought of it that way before.

Originally Posted by MdTNGrdner

Phew!! I'm growing habs for the first time this year and I'm already scared of them. What was I thinking???

You have to suffer before you can learn to enjoy.
I cant express it any other way.
One year I grew twelve plants.
At that time one would have been too many but I kept forcing myself to eat them.
And learning how to eat then with food.
Habanero ice cream and habanero root beer floats are the bomb.


Worth

You have to suffer before you can learn to enjoy.
I cant express it any other way.
One year I grew twelve plants.
At that time one would have been too many but I kept forcing myself to eat them.
And learning how to eat then with food.
Habanero ice cream and habanero root beer floats are the bomb.


Worth[/QUOTE]

I think I understand - build a tolerance. The reason I'm growing them is I know I love the flavor. There was a place that served habanero salsa that tasted wonderful and really unique... hot but just barely manageable (to me). The flavor is great, it's that heat that scares me.
I tried to grow Zavory last year but they didn't do well. I have lots to learn about growing peppers!
BUT, I just picked a big mess of Serrano and Cubanelle so I guess there's hope!
Your habanero ice cream sounds delicious!

[dmforcier]

I think there's something to physical tolerance. My fingers don't seem to burn so much when handling cut peppers.

But there's another side to the equation. The brain naturally equates (Pain == Damage!). Getting past that is more than half the battle. If you watch vids of people eating seriously hot peppers, what you see in their faces is panic! The brain reads it as damaging and can't figure out how to make it stop.


Now when I eat a really hot pepper I don't think it hurts any less, but there's serenity that kicks in knowing that "this too shall pass".



Or is that the good brain drugs (endorphins)?

Thanks dmforcier... I think??
That description of panic does fit my 'feeling', though. But then the question is, why eat it if it hurts? Is it for the taste, or the feeling it gives, or...? As a woman, I'm sure not going to eat them to prove how tough I am like they do on YouTube.

I hope this isn't getting too far off topic, Worth! But at least you do like and grow peppers