Before working with peppers, coat your hands with just a bit of olive oil. This will protect your skin, and then you can just wash your glove off afterwards
The seeds and vein contain most of the heat in a pepper
Most of the seeds will be near the stem
Green jalapeños will turn red if left on the vine
Green bell peppers are just unripe red bell peppers
Hatch chilies have the best flavor out of many similar peppers
A pepper gets “hotter” if it is stressed during growth
A dried pepper should still be slightly pliable
When cutting a bell pepper, use the outsides and keep the core intact. It will stay fresh for 3 days longer.
