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wow! and do they keep like that?? how long? our local garden centre has christmas decorations like that for sale-for a lot of money too.

There are several strings from different times of harvest, you can see the top ones are the freshest. When they are dry and crispy I cut the tops off and roll them upside down between my hands to get most of the seeds out. Then I either make hot pepper paste, (with or without garlic) with vinagre, or I chop them in an electric chopper to get flakes. Keeps for a long, long time.

Wow Ina  :o they look fantastic.. Im not a great lover of chillies but the colours are fantastic.

They look amazing Ina!  Really stunning.  So come on, spill the chillies!  How did you do it?  ;D

Ehm, whadayamean? How did I do it?

Well, I grew the chilies, harvested them and strung them up hehehe.

They look amazing - really decorative!

Did you tie them onto the string or sow them on?

That is impressive  ;D

Quote from: aquilegia on October 19, 2004, 13:21:04
They look amazing - really decorative!

Did you tie them onto the string or sow them on?

Oh jeez, I was thinking of a witty answer to this one, thought it was a joke. Peppers growing themselves onto the thread hehe.

Not being a native English speaker I took the sow as in to sow the seeds, this morning I read it again and realized it probably was a typo and you meant sew as in sewing with thread and needle hahaha.

I just took thread and needle and pushed the needle through the top of the peppers, simple as that.

Hey! Did you know that is one word you cannot write? ???
For example...
"The farmer was out in the fields sowing his seeds, whilst his wife was at home sewing the farmers socks".

"They were both s-wing" ???

;D ;D ;DRoy ;D ;D ;D

Huh? You got me confused now.
You can't hear the difference but you see the difference when written right?

Right, Ina!

Do you eat anything with your chillies? Much as I love them, that lot would last us 3 years!! =Tim

Well, they probably last us two years hehehe.

Strung mine this morning, inspired by you Ina.  They look absolutely stunning like this and would cost you a fortune in a deli!