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what is this guy? found at grocery store

judo_and_peppers

10 years ago

I was at the grocery store today walking thru the produce, and in a pile of orange habs (normal fare for a grocery store in florida) I saw this guy. he was the only one like him in the pile. about twice the size of a normal hab. normal chocolate hab, or something more exciting? cost me exactly $0.08 for the one pod. gonna try to save the seeds, maybe germinate them this year just for kicks. they were on my grow list for next year anyway.

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flchilehead
10 years ago
Nice. I found about 6of those mixed in the Orange habs at sweetbay a while back. There are quite a few variations of the chocolate hab. Senegal, jamacian, guadalupe, and the list goes on. No telling which it could be or may have even been a mutation in a large field of orange habs. Most produce you buy in grocery stores here in fla comes from south america anyways.
judo_and_peppers
Original Author
10 years ago
LOL it was at a sweetbay where I found it. having looked at a bunch of pics, it does not look like the jamaican hot chocolate, especially since those are supposed to be smaller than a normal hab, and this one is enormous, far larger than my orange habs. the descriptions on thehotpepper refer to the normal choc hab as the st bernard of habs, leading me to think that's what this one is. it's also quite wrinkly like a normal choc hab. gonna eat it with my lunch today, maybe flavor will be an indication (not only an indication of what it is, but also whether to grow it next year). maybe next year I'll make some brown hot sauce. that oughta look appetizing.
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I still had lots of food in the house, but DH told me to go ahead and stock up since he'll probably be on the road for 5-6 weeks this time and the immediate future of our para-transit sytem is iffy at best right now due to budget cuts. (We won't know its fate until March 19. On the 22nd, we'll either have it or it's immediately gone.) So, hey, I'm no dummy. I stocked up. Trader Joes - greek yogurt eggs Cheddar cheese bacon almonds frozen haibut frozen green beans frozen mixed veggies frozen mixed peppers frozen naan butter canned diced tomatos quinoa mustard Regular Grocery Store bread Tortillas raisins black beans lentils canned tuna (my lucky day - albacore at .79 a can!) 5# chicken breasts (on sale at .99 a pound!) 2# pork bag of baking potaotes 2 cucumbers 3 onions 2 gree peppers # asparagas quart strawberries 1/2 gal milk canned mixed fruit # bananas # mushrooms garlic limes flour olive oil freezer bags pinto beans # coffee 2 boxes tea bags On the clearance shelf, we found organic pommegranate juice, V8, cherry juice and peanuts for $1.00 eash. The store isn't going to carry them anymore. So we got two each of those. And I had coupons for two free bottles of laundry soap that expire at the end of the month, so I got those now. Total - too much. OTOH, I'm set for another 4-5 weeks except highly perishable items like lettuce or milk. (Althogh I have some canned milk if I really need it.) That doesn't include the things we get for DH to take on the road as I consider his road supplies separate from my grocery budget.
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grrrr...wasted my time at the grocery store.
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Like a few here, I'd much rather grocery shop than shop for clothes!!! I'm not a one-stop shopper though. My main shopping is done at the Commissary at MCAS Miramar, once a month. That's what we call "Stock up". Then we shop Wal-Mart's food section (limited; we don't have a Super Wal-Mart yet, and though they're planning one, the town criers are lobbying against it). I shop sales and fresh stuff at Stater Bros and Henry's (like a Wild Oats), but will only go into Vons if they have a really good sale on something I need/want (like the red seedless grapes they have today). Wal-Mart, Stater Bros, Henry's and Vons are all within a half mile of my house so gas is not at issue. If Albertsons has something good, there's one on my way home from work, but normally that's not a stop. To Claudia near Bakersfield: I hear ya. My DH and I used to live in a small town in Arizona with one grocery store. Decent grocery prices were 70 miles away, down in Tucson or in Phoenix. We used to make a once-a-week run to Tucson for a class I had to take, so we'd take a cooler along and stop at the grocery store before class. Also, my daughter broke a bottle of Worcestershire in one of our cars about 6 years ago. Whew! It smelled until the day she wrecked that car! DonnaR/CA
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Laura, I'm probably not a good instructor, but if I happen to head towards Annapolis, I'll let you know for sure. I'm about 20% successful with my citrus, none yet really for production... all just practice. John is the professional... maybe we can all fly down to the tropics for a training course! That said, I've do T, inverted-T, L/inverted L, and cleft. I've had more success the first 4. I tried cleft many times as that is the fastest to produce, but have only had 1 of maybe 15 of them take.
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@Esther-B, Zone 7a thank you so much!!! They look very similar!! I’m gonna name it Pepper :)
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DMForcier
10 years ago
Shape looks kinda like a savina.
pepperchameleon
10 years ago
They have a ton of these at my local food lion. Methinks I'll be buying a few of these today just for giggles
pepperchameleon
10 years ago
Follow up....just bought 10 of these for $0.62 (that includes tax) can't wait to taste them and try to get some seed out of them.
habjolokia z 6b/7
10 years ago
Judo, I know you got the one mystery brown pepper, so not to put all your seeds in one pot, would you like some chocolate habanero seeds as a backup incase those don't germinate? If so shoot me an email and I will send them out to you.

Mark
judo_and_peppers
Original Author
10 years ago
email sent. thanks.
habjolokia z 6b/7
10 years ago
Got it, will be sending your way soon

Mark

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