What's up, everybody! Mike from CT here. I'm not really a "tomato guy," but love growing hot peppers and making hot sauce. My newest passion is BBQ. Who am I kidding? "Addiction" is probably a more appropriate description

I met Rajun Gardener elsewhere on the internet, but wanted to congratulate him on starting this forum! Thanks for the invite, RG!

Looking forward to meeting you all, and catching up with others that I might not have talked to in a while!

Welcome Mike. We are so glad that Rajun dragged you over here. We have lots of pepper growers, so hopefully you will be learning some things.
We have a BBQ/Smoking thread too. We love that and I would like to see you posting. I smoked some ribs last night too.
Enjoy the site!

I'm glad you made it!

Mike throws some killer BBQ spreads and is a pepper fermenting/hot sauce maker. He should fit right in!

Hi Mike Welcome to the Junction. From another Mike

Welcome over here Mike. Pork belly rules!

rdback wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:26 pm Welcome over here Mike. Pork belly rules!

Ha! What's up, bud! You're not sick of seeing 40lbs of pork belly pics over the last couple of weeks? I'll start a thread over here eventually

Hey, I heard the Duck Man might be here too... Anybody seen "DMF"?

Welcome.

Glad to have you on Board!

Welcome aboard, even though I love my tomatoes I actually grow 3x more peppers every year than tomatoes.

hdrider wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:48 pm I actually grow 3x more peppers every year than tomatoes.

I hear ya! This is about the number of pepper plants I grow each year (on average)
Looking forward to gearing up for 2020!
I just started getting my seeds sorted the other day

Mike, I plan to make pork belly burnt ends for New Years, can you drop your recipe in the smoking thread? Pics too, we love pics!!!!

Rajun Gardener wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:10 am Mike, I plan to make pork belly burnt ends for New Years, can you drop your recipe in the smoking thread? Pics too, we love pics!!!!

Done!

I normally grow between 20 and 30 tomato plants and 60 - 80 pepper plants.

MikeUSMC wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 7:52 amI hear ya! This is about the number of pepper plants I grow each year (on average)

Rajun Gardener wrote: ↑Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:10 am Mike, I plan to make pork belly burnt ends for New Years, can you drop your recipe in the smoking thread? Pics too, we love pics!!!!

I've never heard of pork belly burnt ends before and I'm from the BBQ/burnt end capital of the world!
I've cooked pork belly many times before but always in the oven with an Asian style Hoisin sauce.
I'll have to hop over to the BBQ forum and check it out.

A Connecticut gal here, and I am definately a tomato gal, lol. Welcome!

Welome Mike!

maybe another hot humid summer like last year

Welcome to the Junction from Down Under

Welcome Mike! Glad you are here and hope you will share some of your hot sauce and fermenting tips!

HL2601 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:27 pm Welcome Mike! Glad you are here and hope you will share some of your hot sauce and fermenting tips!

Thanks! I really should make a few more batches soon. I've still got a few gallons of pods in the chest freezer from last year and the year before (and some from 2015! ). Time to start making room in there for this year