Sunday, August 25, 2013

Pepper Season!

A typical site while walking around Bundang:


Peppers are growing in EVERY garden and in any space possible. Culinary HEAT is a very big part of the Korean experience. They love their chili peppers and it is evident everywhere. Right now it is typical to walk by large mats full of peppers drying in the sun. Any flat, dry surface is used.



Half of this side road was taken up by the drying of peppers! I spotted peppers drying on top of stone walls, behind apartment buildings, in the parking lots of businesses, and of course the street.


Walking past these pepper displays on an 80-90 degree day you can smell the heat coming out of them! When I walked past the greenhouse pictured below my throat actually burned a bit.


According to our friends who have been here a while the pepper season lasts a couple of months. Right now the farmers in our dong have recently harvested their tomatoes and are starting another crop. I can't tell what it is yet, but I will keep you posted.








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  1. Gramma SueSeptember 6, 2013 at 12:38 AM

    Just seeing pictures of all those peppers makes my nose tingle!!! To HOT for me but I know others who would ask for more and more heat. Beautiful, though, and it will be interesting to see if your little ones grow up liking the heat more than their parents!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2013 at 1:03 AM

    Teeeheeeee and you LOVE peppers!!! Laura

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  3. UnknownSeptember 10, 2013 at 10:05 AM

    All I could think of is how gassy you would be if you indulged, ha!

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