The guy up the road with the veggie stand was asking me the other day about his pepperonchini's. He was saying he liked the ones the Papa Johns has in there pizza box. And was wondering if they pickle them or how they get the way they are all nice and soft. I didn't have an answer I just said those ones in your hand are fresh and who knows where those Papa' peppers come from or what they go through.
Any ideas on this? Are they pickled do you think or what?
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Every pepproncini I have ever seen has been pickled. I suspect that Papa John's comes in 5 gallon buckets from Pizza Supply Depot rather than being specially grown in Tuscany just for them. From what I understand it is difficult for home canners to get the right texture when pickling a peck of pizza peppers... something about chemical soaks and canning temperatures used by the food industy.
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The peppers are definitely pickled, and come in bags from the supplier, probably buckets for the larger/busier stores. They come out of the bag, into a container, then into the box after the pizza is cut. If there is some company secret, then it's one that is done before they get to the store. I'd give Beansie's suggestion a try.
I grew pepperoncini last year. Like a lot of people, I really like the pickled ones but, I'm not a pickler . Still, I thought that they would be an interesting little sweet pepper to try.
They were. However, there are others that I prefer fresh - like Giant Marconi - but then, that's not a little sweet pepper.
What surprised me about them is that they are wrinkled. I thought pepperoncini are wrinkled in the jar because they are pickled. No, they were wrinkled on the plants .
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They were. However, there are others that I prefer fresh - like Giant Marconi - but then, that's not a little sweet pepper.
What surprised me about them is that they are wrinkled. I thought pepperoncini are wrinkled in the jar because they are pickled. No, they were wrinkled on the plants .
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I love pepperoncini but hate what goes in them. I was at the grocery store last week and read the labels and was disappointed to find they were all full of the nastiest sounding preservatives and chemicals. I'm not saying they all have it, but I'm certain most conventional brands have the chemicals, even the ones with fancy Italian names on the label.
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LOL kind of what I told him.webmaster wrote:I love pepperoncini but hate what goes in them. I was at the grocery store last week and read the labels and was disappointed to find they were all full of the nastiest sounding preservatives and chemicals. I'm not saying they all have it, but I'm certain most conventional brands have the chemicals, even the ones with fancy Italian names on the label.