doug jones seeds of change pepper tasting

Doug Jones grows a lot of peppers, so many varieties that it was hard to get through the forty types represented at a recent taste testing.

The first twenty-two peppers were part of a Seeds of Change variety trial.

Triple 4, Ferrari, Cal-Wonder, Celica, Bendigo, Leher, Hershey, Double Up, Sprinter – the list seemed endless.  I ended up cutting some of the peppers for the tasting and found that there was a pretty big difference between many of the varieties.  It seemed some would be better suited for cooking while others were awesome right off the knife.

Once on the table, the color breaks looked great; various shapes and sizes held to a colorful tablecloth.

A few dozen people showed up for the event, so I hope that Doug received some great feedback for all his work.

The tasting was such a success that there is talk of a pepper festival next year.