Who eats hot peppers and how do you fix them or whatever do you do with them?

[NW-Bound]

Fruits only to a botanist. For purposes of interstate commerce, tariffs, etc., and in the minds of burger lovers everywhere, tomatoes are considered vegetables.

In 1893, John Nix, a tomato importer, filed a lawsuit against Edward Hedden, a tax collector in NYC, protesting the latter levying a tariff on imported tomatoes based on the Tariff Act of 1883, requiring a tax to be paid on imported vegetables, but not fruit.

Nix claimed that tomatoes were fruits, not veggie. The case went all the way up to the US Supreme Court. After hearing arguments and listening to witnesses, the court unanimously ruled for the tax collector. The justices said in effect, what was eaten as a veggie (with the main course and not as a dessert) had to be taxed as a veggie. Case closed.

PS. In 2005, New Jersey declared the tomato as the state veggie.

 

[Walt34]

In 1893, John Nix, a tomato importer, filed a lawsuit against Edward Hedden, a tax collector in NYC, protesting the latter levying a tariff on imported tomatoes based on the Tariff Act of 1883, requiring a tax to be paid on imported vegetables, but not fruit.

Nix claimed that tomatoes were fruits, not veggie. The case went all the way up to the US Supreme Court. After hearing arguments and listening to witnesses, the court unanimously ruled for the tax collector. The justices said in effect, what was eaten as a veggie (with the main course and not as a dessert) had to be taxed as a veggie. Case closed.

PS. In 2005, New Jersey declared the tomato as the state veggie.

Ah, so THAT'S how ketchup could be declared a vegetable....

 

[Just_Steve]

I'm kind of partial to jerk chicken so scotch bonnets are on the top of my list but cherry peppers and banana peppers are up there, Also love some roasted sweet peppers.

 

[NW-Bound]

Ah, so THAT'S how ketchup could be declared a vegetable....

Whether ketchup is called vegetable or a fruit, it still adds to a balanced diet. One just has to eat a lot of it. A cup of ketchup on a burger, but beware of the salt content.

 

[CincyDave]

Whether ketchup is called vegetable or a fruit, it still adds to a balanced diet. One just has to eat a lot of it. A cup of ketchup on a burger, but beware of the salt content.

Lots of sugar too. Getting back to pepper related talk, bought some habanero ketchup which is pretty tasty. Not overly hot.

 

[tfudtuckerpucker]

I just made some jalapeno poppers. I would attach some photos but they are all gone. MMMMM

 

[EastWest Gal]

One year, I was able to get some black cobra peppers from a nursery to try. Aye, aye, aye, these are HOT. Sadly, the plants died off even in the mild SW winter, and I have not seen them offered in the nursery since.

On the other hand, my pequin pepper plants are perennial, and they survive both the mild winter here as well as the scorching SW summer. They just don't flower and bear fruit when it's too hot or too cold. Occasionally, a plant just slowly died off; I guess it's old age. However, the birds keep on propagating the plants for me, and at any time, I have more than a dozen plants growing haphazardly around the house.

I'll bet you can buy some black cobra pepper seeds online. It's pretty easy to start from seeds, especially if you start with a grow light indoors.

 

[38Chevy454]

I am close to addicted to Taco Bell hot sauce. The "hot" flavor. Even though it is not really spicy, I love the flavor of it. To paraphrase another hot sauce advertisement "I put that s#!t on everything". Especially great on some scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon mixed in for breakfast. Or to make it more Mexican, on some breakfast tacos made with scrambled eggs and whatever else mixed in like some potatoes, peppers, onions, cheese, etc.

 

[Tadpole]

I am close to addicted to Taco Bell hot sauce. The "hot" flavor. Even though it is not really spicy, I love the flavor of it. To paraphrase another hot sauce advertisement "I put that s#!t on everything". Especially great on some scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon mixed in for breakfast. Or to make it more Mexican, on some breakfast tacos made with scrambled eggs and whatever else mixed in like some potatoes, peppers, onions, cheese, etc.

Me too but only the hot. I don't even like the others.

 

[Lorenzo]

In 1893, John Nix, a tomato importer, filed a lawsuit against Edward Hedden, a tax collector in NYC, protesting the latter levying a tariff on imported tomatoes based on the Tariff Act of 1883, requiring a tax to be paid on imported vegetables, but not fruit.

Nix claimed that tomatoes were fruits, not veggie. The case went all the way up to the US Supreme Court. After hearing arguments and listening to witnesses, the court unanimously ruled for the tax collector. The justices said in effect, what was eaten as a veggie (with the main course and not as a dessert) had to be taxed as a veggie. Case closed.

PS. In 2005, New Jersey declared the tomato as the state veggie.

Yep, that is the story I had in mind.