Hot Little Deceptive Peppers

 

Ok, I know enough to not chop up hot peppers and rub my eyes or my nose or mouth.  Otherwise, we get that ‘burning’ feeling.  This is my first year of growing ‘Fiesta Bell Peppers’.

Now the description I read on them was this:   Peppers are mildly hot and turn from green to red when mature. Plant has green stems, green leaves, and white flowers. This variety is milder than the Mexibell. Excellent fresh or stuffed

Please note the terms ‘mildly hot’ and ‘milder than’.  Nope, they aren’t mildly hot….they are frigging hot!  Of course, I forgot they were hot bell peppers and scratched my nose and regretted it for about an hour.

  These are between the size of a golf ball and a tennis ball.  Will probably make some salsa out of them….once I get over the shock of them being as ‘spicy’ as they are.

So to sooth my palate, I sliced up some Black Prince tomatoes, added a little basil and drizzled with a little Italian dressing.

  Now I just need to stock up on some good mozzarella cheese and olive oil for the summer.  PS…..Amani (the dog) likes them too….as she leaned up onto the counter and ate 1/2 a plate of them!   And the basil too!