As we creep ever closer to spring, it’s stimulating to think of all the options for the garden. I would plant much more if I could, but we have limited space. Cooking and gardening work so well together; nothing’s easier than using freshly-picked ingredients that were, moments ago, growing out back. I’ll start off a spring “series” of posts offering tantalizing options for that perfect epicurian/cultivation mix.
Mole peppers did fairly well in our northern garden. I only wish I had room to grow more! Mole is one of those ultra-complex sauces that is never the same wherever you have it. I like a sauce that’s so complex, you’re hard-pressed to name all of the ingredients. I have tried making it, but the mole-making disaster of ’10 necessitates that I try again this year. This pepper will always have a home in my garden and the sauce will hopefully be a “win” this year on the plate.
http://gardening.about.com/od/plantprofiles/ig/2007-AAS-Winners/Pepper–Holy-Mol–.htm
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