Banana Peppers with mold on the INSIDE!! - August 11th, 2005 at 06:48 PM
Funny thing happened... we came back from being out of town and one of our banana peppers had started to turn orange. So we figured we'd pick it and see how an orange one tasted. Well it looked really good on the outside, but once we cut into it, (and thank god we did or I would have bitten right into it) the blossom end of the pepper had mold growing on the inside. it didn't look too bad, so we just cut that part off and ate it anyways. Some of the seeds were also a grayish-green color. I just can't figure out why in the world this would happen. I will now have to cut all my peppers up b4 I pickle or can them to make sure they are mold-free.
Does anyone know why/how this happened? Is the mold deadly or is it as harmless as cheese mold? I know I wouldn't pickle a pepper with mold, don't want to get botulism, but how harmful is the pepper if eaten raw?
I only ate one like that, but I am curious as to whether this is going to be a routine problem with the rest of the harvest. Thank you in advance.
Does anyone know why/how this happened? Is the mold deadly or is it as harmless as cheese mold? I know I wouldn't pickle a pepper with mold, don't want to get botulism, but how harmful is the pepper if eaten raw?
I only ate one like that, but I am curious as to whether this is going to be a routine problem with the rest of the harvest. Thank you in advance.