The Benefits of a Busy Lifestyle

It took me a week to get to processing my final jalapeño harvest of the season. Meanwhile, quite a few decided to continue the ripening process on the counter. These are the same ones in the second photo of my last post.

There is something distinctly mind-numbing about washing, drying, slicing, and de-seeding several dozen small hot peppers. That is, until you swoon over their disected shells and catch an enlivening whiff of capsaicin.