Little Malice wrote:
>
> Do you roast your own peppers, Mark? Or buy them -- I've
> used the jarred once in a recipe that called for them.
> I've heard that those lucky souls with gas stoves can roast
> them right on their range top, but I could be mistaken...

I always roast them. I've never bought the ones
in jars. It's simple as dirt to roast them on
a gas stovetop. It became much easier once I
learned the trick of just leaving it on the
burner, turning from time to time. Before that,
I would hold the pepper in the hottest part of
the flame with tongs. That gave a slightly more
uniform result, but the labor wasn't worth it.
It's better to just set it and not-forget it,
turning it whenever the sides exposed to the
flame become thoroughly blackened.