I thought some of you may be interested in seeing the inside of a purple bell pepper; it’s cream color. Who’d of thunk it? It was an amusing surprise to me. I looked it up on the internet and it’s supposed to be that way, so that’s pretty neat.
As for what the purple pepper tastes like, I used it in a sauce and it tasted like a normal bell pepper to me. We haven’t found anymore ripe peppers. From what I can tell we have about 4 purple pepper plants. That’s okay, the 50+ other plants have lots of fruit, so we’ll be bell pepper poor by the end of the season.
We rescued a large Cherokee purple tomato from the garden when it was just turning. I set it in the kitchen window and after a few days it ripened all the way. It was mighty tasty. There’s nothing like home grown tomatoes. This will be the last Cherokee Purple tomato that we get. The storms made a mess of the tomato patch and the Cherokee purples that are on the vines are culls. But they won’t go to waste because as they ripen the deer eat them up.
My tiger lilies are blooming. The blooms makes me think of my Mom. I grew these from seeds off her tiger lilies and she grew hers from Grandma’s tiger lilies. It always brings a bittersweet smile to my heart.
I’m making tomato juice today. Our Early Girl Tomatoes are producing quite well even with the storm damage they’ve been hammered with. I didn’t want them to go to waste, so I’m making juice and then I’m going to freeze it.
Cookies with directions printed right on the back…
Not sure what that says about our society,
but it gave me a good chuckle.
Until I get the tomatoes done, I can’t do any blog visiting or commenting. Don’t give up on me, I’ll be around as soon as I can. I’m making this post while the tomatoes are cooking. Wish me luck to get the job done soon.
Wishing you all a pleasant week.
Thanks for the photo of the purple pepper. That is interesting. Have fun cooking tomatoes 🙂
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Thanks Laura
You’re welcome. The creamy color was a surprise to me. It’s fun to learn about little things like that.
I enjoyed cooking/freezing the tomatoes very much. 🙂
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Your crops always look so healthy. Lovely story about your tiger lilies, they are such a pretty flower. Good luck with your tomato juicing!
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Thanks Barb
My tiger lilies are really special to me. Thanks for your warm compliments.
My tomato juicing/freezing went quite well. Thanks for the luck you sent. 🙂
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I wouldn’t have expected the purple bell pepper to be that color inside.
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Hi Patti
It was a fun surprise to me too. 🙂
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Beautiful colors on the purple pepper. Love the tiger lily story. 😀 on the cookies.
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Thanks MW
I’m surprised at how deep and rich the outside color pf the purple pepper is compared to the creamy inside color.
The tiger lilies blooms like beautiful smiles to me.
The cookies were a good bit of fun. 🙂
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