Entries by ChrisS

Tour de Jalapeno Bike Race & Tour

Tito’s is proud to sponsor this years Tour de Jalapeno bike race & tour taking place in San Marcos, Texas on August 2, 2015.  Tito’s is even prouder that the organizers of the Tour de Jalapeno had to make a last minute announcement after picking up the jalapenos last week.  Per the Tour de Jalapeno Facebook […]

Pickle party: annual canning event draws fans from all over to Delmont

By Marcus Traxler on Jul 25, 2015 at 12:52 p.m. – www.mitchellrepublic.com DELMONT — They’re claimed to be “the best pickles you’ve ever had.” It’s a big statement, sure. But there may be justification for the Grosz family’s pickles. About 50 people—some traveling up to three hours away—recently spent their entire Saturday on a pickle-making […]

Burger lovers like to heat things up in Australia

David Johns | July 24, 2015, 9:00 AM | GUARDIAN EXPRESS WEST Australian burger lovers like it hot, according to new research released by fast food chain McDonald’s. Statistics gathered by the company show that WA customers were more likely to add jalapenos to their burger than customers in any other State. The research follows […]

In a real pickle

By Kitsey E. Burns – kburns@civitasmedia   yadkinripple.com Who doesn’t like a pickle? Ok, well, I’m sure there are some who don’t, but that’s OK, more for us! Summertime is in full swing and my cucumber vines are producing like crazy. I’m pretty excited about it because I love to can pickles. This year I […]

A Pickle A Day May Keep Your Anxiety At Bay

Fermented food appears to calm the nerves of the socially challenged By Helen Thompson smithsonian.com June 22, 2015 Pickles, like many other fermented foods, can be an acquired taste. But, evidence suggests that might be a taste worth acquiring if you suffer from anxiety, as Rebecca Rupp reports for National Geographic. A study in the August issue of Psychiatry Research finds that […]

Prevent pickling problems

Prevent pickling problems with good preparing, preserving and storing methods. Posted on July 21, 2015 by Jeannie Nichols, Michigan State University Extension There is an old tongue twister that you may remember. “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck […]

Jalapeños bring zing to enchiladas

By Linda Gassenheimer, Tribune News Service Published: July 21, 2015, 6:00 AM www.columbian.com Tortillas have become part of mainstream American cooking, and it’s no surprise. Whether made from flour or corn meal, they’re easy to use and are readily available. Cooking the tomato sauce with whole jalapeño peppers gives it just a hint of hot […]

Growing Cascabella Peppers

Cascabella is a popular variety of Chili pepper, which belongs to the Capsicum genus (Capsicum annuum longum group ‘Cascabella’). This variety is an Vegetable that typically grows as anAnnual, which is defined as a plant that matures and completes its lifecycle over the course of a single year. Cascabella normally grows to a max height […]