Anyone Harvesting some Hot Peppers?

What are you going to do with these?

I'll give most of them away......lots of people I know want one or two...I've frozen a bunch, dried some and turned into powder.

The flavor is terrific and smoky......you just have to be smart enough to use as an enhancement......pot of chili 2-3 gallons with a tsp of the powder is great..Personally I'm not a fan of heat just for the hell of it and you don't need much.

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can you make some homemade salsa with those?

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Absolutely.....combine small amounts of them with other hot peppers to get a blend of hot. There's a recipe in a thread somewhere......just do a search for Nuclear Salsa......you can add/replace one of the hot ones with these if you'd like.
Here's the recipe

NUCLEAR SALSA
WARNING FOR ANY WIMPS THIS WILL BURN YOU TWICE.
4 large beef steak tomatoes chopped
4 16oz cans diced petite tomatoes don't drain
3 Habanero peppers, diced
2 red chilies diced
3 Serrano chilies, diced
3 Thai bird chilies diced
6 jalapeno peppers diced
1 ghost pepper diced
1/10 of a small scorpion pepper
3 large sweet onion, diced
2 large red onions chopped
12 large peeled diced garlic cloves
2 bunch of cilantro chopped
3 Tbs. salt
1 tbsp granulated garlic powder
1 tbsp onion powder
4 Tbs. brown sugar
Juice of 6 limes
Juice of 4 lemons
5 Tbs Olive oil
2 Tbs black pepper
1 green pepper diced
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar

Wear gloves for sure and combine all ingredients in a large bowl and let sit in fridge to allow the flavors to meld together. This is for chileheads......you can adjust the type/amount of peppers as the base recipe is really good.

My habanero plant went crazy this fall/winter. I gave a ton away, smoked a bunch and made a mango hot sauce, i have a bag in the freezer and i also have a mason jar filled with vinegar and peppers.

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Do you keep your plants in a pot or inside? I planted a bunch of banana peppers last summer in my garden and they hardly made anything

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I just planted mine in the garden next to the tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, etc. they were about the only thing to do worth a damn and I had more than I knew what to do with.

Those sound good!!!

Have you dried and crushed them before? I'm thinking of investing in a dehydrator and looking for ideas.

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4 large beef steak tomatoes chopped
4 16oz cans diced petite tomatoes don't drain
3 Habanero peppers, diced
2 red chilies diced
3 Serrano chilies, diced
3 Thai bird chilies diced
6 jalapeno peppers diced
1 ghost pepper diced
1/10 of a small scorpion pepper

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