Jalapenos - where to buy?

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Anyone know where I could buy some of those pickled jalapenos that they use in the likes of Subway.

I love them, and reckon they'd be lovely on a homemade burger.

olaola

Old El Paso sell em in jars in any supermarket/shop.

Aldi/Lidl sometimes have Mexican specials too. M&S do them - quite nice too.
If you require largers sizes - Taco Taco (burrrito burrrrito) sell large cans of them in the Epicurean food hall.

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olaola wrote: »

Old El Paso sell em in jars in any supermarket/shop.

Do they?

Thanks for that.

I've never seen them, then again, I haven't really looked for them before.

Would they be right beside their kits?

olaola wrote: »

Aldi/Lidl sometimes have Mexican specials too. M&S do them - quite nice too.
If you require largers sizes - Taco Taco (burrrito burrrrito) sell large cans of them in the Epicurean food hall.

Hmm, I'll have a look in the german places soon, if not I'll head on down to the Epicurean for a look too.

Cheers.

biko

I get jars in African or Mediterranean shops. About a tenner for a big jar.
Sometimes they only have pfefferoni.

olaola

Des wrote: »

Do they?

Thanks for that.

I've never seen them, then again, I haven't really looked for them before.

Would they be right beside their kits?

Yup! Even the smallest Spar should have them. They are quite mild compared to other brands, so a good 'entry level' jalapeno

Gawd I love jalapenos.

thorbarry

Des wrote: »

Would they be right beside their kits?
Cheers.

yeah, theyre right beside the dinner kits along with the refried beans and stuff like that. You can also buy fresh ones is most places, i know superquinn do them

Alun

I'm growing my own at the moment (along with some other varieties). Pretty easy to do if you have a warm sunny spot like a conservatory. I'll be trying to pickle some of them when they're ready .. I've found some recipes on the net and it seems quite simple.

thorbarry

Alun wrote: »

I'm growing my own at the moment (along with some other varieties). Pretty easy to do if you have a warm sunny spot like a conservatory. I'll be trying to pickle some of them when they're ready .. I've found some recipes on the net and it seems quite simple.

wow thats cool, i know its off topic, but any tips on how to grow your own?

Alun

thorbarry wrote: »

wow thats cool, i know its off topic, but any tips on how to grow your own?

I just bought some small plants at a local garden centre (Powerscourt as it happens) in the spring. Potted them out into some larger pots and kept them watered, and fertilized as well once they started flowering and fruiting (use a potassium rich compost such as liquid tomato compost). That's about it really .. I'm certainly no gardener, and if I can grow them anyone can I've kept mine in the conservatory all the time, and once I left them for a day and came back to find all the plants looking as dead as a doornail, with the leaves wilted, but brought them indoors and soaked the soil with water and within an hour they were back to normal again! They're quite hardy things, and I've read that if you treat them mean (with water that is) they'll produce hotter chillies. I've also had quite a few flower stalks just dropping off without forming fruits, but I'm not sure what the reason for that is .. maybe I'm over watering a bit.

http://www.tropicalpermaculture.com/growing-chillies.html

thorbarry

Alun wrote: »

I just bought some small plants at a local garden centre (Powerscourt as it happens) in the spring. Potted them out into some larger pots and kept them watered, and fertilized as well once they started flowering and fruiting (use a potassium rich compost such as liquid tomato compost). That's about it really .. I'm certainly no gardener, and if I can grow them anyone can I've kept mine in the conservatory all the time, and once I left them for a day and came back to find all the plants looking as dead as a doornail, with the leaves wilted, but brought them indoors and soaked the soil with water and within an hour they were back to normal again! They're quite hardy things, and I've read that if you treat them mean (with water that is) they'll produce hotter chillies. I've also had quite a few flower stalks just dropping off without forming fruits, but I'm not sure what the reason for that is .. maybe I'm over watering a bit.

http://www.tropicalpermaculture.com/growing-chillies.html

Excellent thanks alot, I'm gonna buy some next time im in a garden centre and stick them in the conservatory

Honey-ec

olaola wrote: »

Old El Paso sell em in jars in any supermarket/shop.

The Old El Paso ones are totally overpriced, don't bother with them. Aldi now have them as a stock item (as opposed to as occasional specials). It's a far bigger jar than OEP and about €1.50 cheaper. You'll find them with the olives/gherkins/other condiments - in most Aldi stores that's on top of the chest freezer section.

mac123

olaola wrote: »

Yup! Even the smallest Spar should have them. They are quite mild compared to other brands, so a good 'entry level' jalapeno

Gawd I love jalapenos.

yeah i agree, theyre very mild!