Check out my ripening Tangerine Dream peppers:

I have apparently had these confused with my Autopick peppers all year long. Last year I grew the Tangerine Dream peppers but as I have mentioned my pepper crop last year was really bad. I only had about 3 of these Tangerine Dream peppers ripen and they were very tiny. Basically about the size that the Autopick peppers are this year. So you can partly see the source of my confusion. Also the plant markers I put down had faded so those were of no help either.

So I discovered my mix up last night while having dinner. We made veggie-kabobs on the grill and I stuck a few of what I thought were the Tangerine Dream peppers on the grill. My partner doesn't like spicy foods so I thought these 'sweet' peppers would be a good addition. He took a bite of one (before I tried one) and yelled out in pain. I just thought he was overreacting so I popped a whole one in my mouth just to prove him wrong. OUCH! The Autopick are really hot. Both of our mouths were then on fire for about 15 minutes.

So the lesson of the day kids is not to mix up your pepper plants. And then don't be a smart-ass about it. Hehe. But now I know that I have some really hot peppers that will do awesome in some salsa. Not to mention that we have a ton of Tangerine Dream peppers in comparison to the Autopick. So next time we grill I'll be sure to use the correct peppers. Hopefully he'll trust me enough to try one again. :)