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All good I think I’ve figured it out, had to trim about a cm off the rod so it would all line up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well, I finally got around to starting this year's batches of hot sauce today. Let the magic begin! Red one on the left is Red Dragon peppers, which aren't very hot, so I tossed in a couple of Carolina Reapers that my neighbor grew to kick things up a bit. The yellow one on the right is Aji peppers - nice fruity/citrusy flavor with moderate heat. We'll see how they turn out in a few weeks.

Hang in there, man! We're all pulling for you out here!

I don't think there's any way I could do away with pork permanently. If I can eliminate the persistent problem which I believe to be due to oats (Instant Pot Oatmeal! Easy and delicious! Heart healthy too...when they aren't trying to KILL YOU), then I can tolerate the occasional pork-induced flair up.

@MacKenzie you get so much more winter than most. Not sure that I could handle that much dreaming time!

Hey man, sounds serious if pork avoidance genuinely has to be part of your long term future. Good luck with trying to rule it out or limit the types of cooking/treatment that most aggravate your allergy. I know from previous posts that you are not a fan of cats and couldn't resist teasing when I found that they are associated with pork allergies (according to mr google and uncorroborated by any other method).

Bad ole puddy tat!

Ooooh. I did a quick google search @Pequod and t'interweb says that pork allergies are caused by an allergy to cats. Stay away from cool cats and you'll be fine.

Hmmm. Those sauces look good @tony b! Looking forward to seeing how they turn out. Here I am finding that the sauces that I have made are not as hot as I would (sometimes) like. Going to do a bit more experimenting. Also need to decide which chillis to grow next year. Out and out heat is not the deal. I am liking the Seven Pot chilli, it is hot enough for seven pots of food and has a nice rounded flavour. Winter was invented for such dreaming.

Great miss, Tony. Keep up the good work.

Awesome job Tekobo they look nice and I bet they will taste great also

Been going through a series of allergy tests, and so far I've come up positive for...PORK. CRIKEY! Could this have been my last pork butt? What about BACON???

Been going through a series of weird, never before experienced dermatological issues for the last year, with strange, unexplained flair-ups even whilst on medication that is supposed to address such things. Most likely cause is allergies...but to what? I managed to deduce oats as a primary actor on my own. First round of allergy tests confirmed oats, but added crab and pork to the list. Have never previously had issues with any of these. Current course of action is total avoidance until fully cleared up, then will add pork back in to see what happens. The pulled pork pictured above on Saturday resulted in a flair up on Sunday, so that seems to be for real...for now. I had 53 good years. Time to pay the man... Tofu. Chickpeas. Kale. That's my fate. Hate cats. HATE 'em! And haven't been near any in a looong time. Yeah!