Freeze Halopenia Peppers?

W. Wells said:

Can you freeze Halopenia peppers? I bought a gallon pickled and don't have
enough room in the frig.
Yes..Do it all the time...wash...dry..put in freezer bags and freeze.

I am talking about fresh ones...not pickled.

Yes, you can freeze them. We grew a whole bunch of Jalopenia last
year, and couldn't eat them all. I wrapped each one individually in
saran wrap, and then put them in a heavy duty ziplock freezer bag.
This year, whenever we needed a pepper, we just took one out an thawed
it. Worked beautifully--none were freezer burned, and the
texture/taste held up under freezing.--becky

W. Wells said:

Can you freeze Halopenia peppers? I bought a gallon pickled and don't have
enough room in the frig.

I assume you mean jalapeno peppers. If they're pickled they're already
preserved and need no refrigeration... they'll probably be fine at room
temperature for a year, or more. I don't think you want to freeze
them, the pickling brine will probably contain too much salt to freeze
solid in a home freezer anyway, plus freezing will turn them to
mush.... and you really don't ever want to freeze anything in glass.
If you want to refrigerate and the gallon jug is too combersome than
nothing is preventing you from transfering them into smaller jars
(duh)... most refrigerators will easily accomodate quite a number of
one quart jars without interferring with normal storage. I like the
new Hellman's mayo jars, they're the only ones still in glass (the rest
are in plastic) and now they have substantial plastic caps rather than
metal, very nice for pickling as they don't rust... that's what I use
for my pickled jalapenos... two quarts last me a year... I give away
many quarts to neighbors... that's what you should do with those you
can't use within a reasonable time, I seriously doubt you can consume
an entire gallon within a year... the fact that you can't spell
jalapeno tells me most of that gallon will be wasted... why don't you
scoop out a few for you and give the rest to a neighbor, find one that
can spell jalapeno, and doesn't write "frig" when they mean fridge...
but if she says frig your peck of pickled peckers may just get you
laid. hehe

Sheldon

tsr3 said:

Yes, you can freeze them. We grew a whole bunch of Jalopenia last
year, and couldn't eat them all. I wrapped each one individually in
saran wrap, and then put them in a heavy duty ziplock freezer bag.
This year, whenever we needed a pepper, we just took one out an thawed
it. Worked beautifully--none were freezer burned, and the
texture/taste held up under freezing.--becky

Guys, it's spelled "jalapeno." My keyboard can't make the doodad over the
'n' that gives it that "nyuh" sound, but we don't really need it. Trust me,
it's jalapeno.

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Wells said:

Can you freeze Halopenia peppers? I bought a gallon pickled and don't
have
enough room in the frig.

Jalapeño. I wouldn't freeze them; they'll be mushy when thawed. Can
you divide your bounty into a couple three smaller jars for storage?
They should keep for just about ever.
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 8/3/05 New York-Vermont tab (a
couple pictures added to the 7/29 note on 8/5)

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Sheldon said:

W. Wells said:

Can you freeze Halopenia peppers? I bought a gallon pickled and don't
have
enough room in the frig.

I assume you mean jalapeno peppers.
Sheldon

I think he mean's jalapeño peppers. "-)
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 8/3/05 New York-Vermont tab (a
couple pictures added to the 7/29 note on 8/5)

In article <[email hidden]>, "pennyaline"

Quoted message said:

tsr3 said:

Yes, you can freeze them. We grew a whole bunch of Jalopenia last
year, and couldn't eat them all. I wrapped each one individually in
saran wrap, and then put them in a heavy duty ziplock freezer bag.
This year, whenever we needed a pepper, we just took one out an thawed
it. Worked beautifully--none were freezer burned, and the
texture/taste held up under freezing.--becky

Guys, it's spelled "jalapeno." My keyboard can't make the doodad over
the 'n' that gives it that "nyuh" sound, but we don't really need it.
Trust me, it's jalapeno.

No. It's jalapeño. Trust me. "-)
The "doodad" is a tilde - say TEEL-deh or TEEL-day. And you really do
need it if you're going to insist on spelling it correctly. The ñ is a
separate and distinct letter in the Spanish alphabet. Without it, it's
just another misspelled word. (And I'll bet your keyboard will make the
tilde - you just have to know how. Easily done on a Macintosh, less so
in Windows.)
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> 8/3/05 New York-Vermont tab (a
couple pictures added to the 7/29 note on 8/5)

W. Wells said:

Can you freeze Halopenia peppers? I bought a gallon pickled and don't have
enough room in the frig.

Instead of freezing or pickling you should dry them. Slice them in
half, lay them on a cookie sheet and put in a warm oven until they
dry out. They're done when they have a dry, leathery texture.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

Reg said:

W. Wells said:

Can you freeze Halopenia peppers? I bought a gallon pickled and don't have
enough room in the frig.

Instead of freezing or pickling you should dry them. Slice them in
half, lay them on a cookie sheet and put in a warm oven until they
dry out. They're done when they have a dry, leathery texture.

I wouldn't recommend drying pickled peppers.

Sheldon

pennyaline said:

tsr3 said:

Yes, you can freeze them. We grew a whole bunch of Jalopenia last
year, and couldn't eat them all. I wrapped each one individually in
saran wrap, and then put them in a heavy duty ziplock freezer bag.
This year, whenever we needed a pepper, we just took one out an thawed
it. Worked beautifully--none were freezer burned, and the
texture/taste held up under freezing.--becky

Guys, it's spelled "jalapeno." My keyboard can't make the doodad over the
'n' that gives it that "nyuh" sound, but we don't really need it. Trust me,
it's jalapeno.

You can find the n with the tilde (ñ) in the Character map, under
system tools in the accesories section of your Start menu. Select
accessories from t he start menus, then select system tools, select
character map. Look for the ñ and copy and paste it into the text. I
have a Spanish language keyboard, so that letter is already on the
keyboard for me.

Sandi

pennyaline said:

tsr3 said:

Yes, you can freeze them. We grew a whole bunch of Jalopenia last
year, and couldn't eat them all. I wrapped each one individually in
saran wrap, and then put them in a heavy duty ziplock freezer bag.
This year, whenever we needed a pepper, we just took one out an thawed
it. Worked beautifully--none were freezer burned, and the
texture/taste held up under freezing.--becky

Guys, it's spelled "jalapeno." My keyboard can't make the doodad over the
'n' that gives it that "nyuh" sound, but we don't really need it. Trust me,
it's jalapeno.

Thank you! I was consciously restraining myself from responding to
that. ctrl+~,n jalapeño

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "pennyaline"

Quoted message said:

tsr3 said:

Yes, you can freeze them. We grew a whole bunch of Jalopenia last
year, and couldn't eat them all. I wrapped each one individually in
saran wrap, and then put them in a heavy duty ziplock freezer bag.
This year, whenever we needed a pepper, we just took one out an thawed
it. Worked beautifully--none were freezer burned, and the
texture/taste held up under freezing.--becky

Guys, it's spelled "jalapeno." My keyboard can't make the doodad over
the 'n' that gives it that "nyuh" sound, but we don't really need it.
Trust me, it's jalapeno.

No. It's jalapeño. Trust me. "-)
The "doodad" is a tilde - say TEEL-deh or TEEL-day. And you really do
need it if you're going to insist on spelling it correctly. The ñ is a
separate and distinct letter in the Spanish alphabet. Without it, it's
just another misspelled word. (And I'll bet your keyboard will make the
tilde - you just have to know how. Easily done on a Macintosh, less so
in Windows.)

Much less so in windows. I sent my last message by attempting
to ctrl+~, n - that said, there is always cut and paste and add to
dictionary.

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

W. Wells said:

Can you freeze Halopenia peppers? I bought a gallon pickled and don't
have
enough room in the frig.

I assume you mean jalapeno peppers.
Sheldon

I think he mean's jalapeño peppers. "-)

I thought he was talking about jalapeño poppers.
8-)

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "pennyaline"

Quoted message said:

tsr3 said:

Yes, you can freeze them. We grew a whole bunch of Jalopenia last
year, and couldn't eat them all. I wrapped each one individually in
saran wrap, and then put them in a heavy duty ziplock freezer bag.
This year, whenever we needed a pepper, we just took one out an thawed
it. Worked beautifully--none were freezer burned, and the
texture/taste held up under freezing.--becky

Guys, it's spelled "jalapeno." My keyboard can't make the doodad over
the 'n' that gives it that "nyuh" sound, but we don't really need it.
Trust me, it's jalapeno.

No. It's jalapeño. Trust me. "-)
The "doodad" is a tilde - say TEEL-deh or TEEL-day. And you really do
need it if you're going to insist on spelling it correctly. The ñ is a
separate and distinct letter in the Spanish alphabet. Without it, it's
just another misspelled word. (And I'll bet your keyboard will make the
tilde - you just have to know how. Easily done on a Macintosh, less so
in Windows.)

he he...and for those of us English speakers who happen to have a
Spanish language keyboard with our computers, it's EXTREMELY easy to
use correct spelling - it is an actual key on the keyboard as is the o
or a which represents st, nd or rd in numerals (1st, 3rd, 2nd,
etc.)All of the accent marks and punctuation marks also have their own
keys. I've gotten so used to the Spanish keyboard that I don't like
using the other computer with the English keyboard!

Sandi

Reg said:

W. Wells said:

Can you freeze Halopenia peppers? I bought a gallon pickled and don't have
enough room in the frig.

Instead of freezing or pickling you should dry them. Slice them in
half, lay them on a cookie sheet and put in a warm oven until they
dry out. They're done when they have a dry, leathery texture.

Dried pickled peppers just doesn't sound right. Yuck.

Sheldon said:

I wouldn't recommend drying pickled peppers.

You're right, the OP was asking about freezing pickled peppers.
Missed that.

PS - How are the tomatoes coming in this year? I'm jealous. I keep
trying to get the wife to let us move somewhere with room for
a decent garden but no luck yet.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

Reg said:

W. Wells said:

Can you freeze Halopenia peppers? I bought a gallon pickled and don't have
enough room in the frig.

Instead of freezing or pickling you should dry them. Slice them in
half, lay them on a cookie sheet and put in a warm oven until they
dry out. They're done when they have a dry, leathery texture.

My recollection is that you smoke them too, right Reg? (no, not THAT
kind of smoking, the cooking kind, you bad people!) Isn't that what
you sent to me with those deeeee-vine croissants?

TammyM
Sacramento, California

TammyM said:

My recollection is that you smoke them too, right Reg? (no, not THAT
kind of smoking, the cooking kind, you bad people!) Isn't that what
you sent to me with those deeeee-vine croissants?

Come to think of it I did include a bag of the smoked jalapenos.
Speakin' of, I'm just finishing up a load of gold habaneros and if
you dare (HOT!), I'd be happy to send you a batch. Just let me
know.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

Reg said:

TammyM said:

My recollection is that you smoke them too, right Reg? (no, not THAT
kind of smoking, the cooking kind, you bad people!) Isn't that what
you sent to me with those deeeee-vine croissants?

Come to think of it I did include a bag of the smoked jalapenos.
Speakin' of, I'm just finishing up a load of gold habaneros and if
you dare (HOT!), I'd be happy to send you a batch. Just let me
know.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

Are you kidding, I'd love it!!! I owe you big, buddy! Aren't you in
the Bay Area? I seem to recall.....

TammyM