What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Mexican farmer's markets? Do you also see the beautiful formations made of threaded pepperoni pods in your mind's eye, which hang from the wooden stalls everywhere and transform the stalls into small, colorful sights? Get the South American flair at home by making the works of art yourself. It may take some effort to implement, but it's actually quite simple. Look for yourself.

Making ristras yourself is not that difficult

What is the purpose of threading dried peppers

  • preserve pepperoni
  • Drying for later processing into chili powder
  • Use as room decoration
  • varied gift idea

Tie Ristras

Ristras is what the locals call the carefully bound works of art made from dried peppers. What looks like a lot of work at first glance is actually quite simple and requires hardly any material. You only need:

  • a thread
  • a needle
  • pepperoni

Here's how to do it

  • 1. Knot one end of the string to hold the peppers in place
  • 2. thread the thread through the eye of the needle
  • 3. Pierce a pepperoni pod with the needle and pull it to the end of the thread
  • 4 Repeat this process until the thread is filled to the top with hot peppers
  • 5. Now you can hang up the container in a sunny place to let the pepperoni pods dry there
  • 6. It is up to you whether you remove the dried peppers after about 14 days to use them in the kitchen or continue to use the ristra as a decoration in the room

tips

The ristras look particularly beautiful if you use different types of peppers or adhere to a certain color pattern when threading them.

Storage of the ristras

You can make a ristra with fresh pods. The fruits only dry when they are threaded on the thread and thus become durable. To prevent your ristra from getting moldy, you should hang it up in a sunny, warm place. If you choose a place in the garden, no precipitation may reach there. Several ristras next to each other look particularly beautiful. Whether hanging freely or lying (e.g. in the windowsill), dried peppers are an exotic eye-catcher and a varied alternative to the classic mobile or wind chime.

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Vegetable garden