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Basics of Peppers

by Kathryn Hatter

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Whether you grow your own peppers or you choose the brightest and best peppers from the produce section, peppers deserve honorable mention as one of the most popular garden vegetables. Receive valuable pepper information from these eHow experts.

  • About Peppers

    Peppers are a vegetable that can be commonly found in supermarkets and roadside stands, but many people are not aware of just how many different varieties are available and Read More

  • About Bell Peppers

    The hollowed cavity of a bell pepper makes an ideal vessel for baking up individual servings of meat loaf. Flavors from the pepper will season the meatloaf while providing Read More

  • Identifying Types of Hot Peppers

    Hot peppers, also called chilis, come in a variety of colors and types with varying levels of heat. The Scoville Heat Scale, created by Wilbur Scoville, is a scale that is Read More

  • How to Grow Peppers

    Peppers are a diverse group of plants that includes bell peppers, sweet peppers, chili peppers and pimento peppers. Find out how to grow peppers in a well-prepared seed bed Read More

  • How to Prune Peppers

    When pruning pepper plants, only prune one-third of each shoot, which will encourage a stronger vine, creating even higher-quality peppers. Maintain a pepper plant with Read More

  • How to Plant Peppers

    Peppers like moist, well drained and fertile soil. Pepper plants are frost sensitive, and only produce peppers when nighttime temperatures reach the 60s to 70s Read More

  • How to Harvest Bell Peppers

    Bell peppers are a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, commonly known as chiles. However, bell peppers have been given a recessive gene to prevent capsaicin from being produced, Read More

  • How to Use Peppers as a Companion Plant

    Peppers are a popular garden plant. You can grow either sweet or hot varieties, so there are some for every taste and recipe. Peppers also make great companions to many Read More

  • Picking Peppers When Produce Shopping

    How to pick peppers when produce shopping at the grocery store; learn more about produce shopping in this free food video. Read More

  • How to Use Hot Peppers

    Hot peppers add flavor and zing to any recipe. People who love hot peppers and the potent heat they bring are called "chiliheads" (not to be confused with the tailgating Read More

  • How to De-Seed Peppers

    There is many a wonderful recipe that calls for hot peppers. But that same recipe will most likely call for you to de-seed those peppers. It's an important step in the Read More

  • How to Freeze Hot Peppers

    Hot pepper plants, including jalapenos, serranos, habaneros and cayenne, often produce way more peppers than you can eat fresh. Luckily, hot peppers are one of the easiest Read More

  • How to Skin Peppers

    After the steam has penetrated between the skin and the pepper in the paper bag, they're easy to peel; learn this and more in this free online cooking video about French Read More

  • How to Dry Peppers

    Dried peppers are used as spices to add a very distinct flavor to various dishes. Drying keeps the peppers from spoiling and preserves the flavor. Below are some methods by Read More

  • Stuff Peppers

    Learn how to stuff the peppers with expert cooking tips in this free online video recipe clip. Read More

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