In article >, goomba38
@comcast.net says...
> 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...
> >
> That's how I do mine. I just wash them and toss 'em on the flame,
> turning as they blacken. They do give off a slightly "hempish" smell,
> lol, which gave my kids a pause wondering what Mom was up to? LOL
> I roast a batch of them and toss them into my dutch oven to steam while
> doing the rest. After they sit awhile I can pull the charred skin off
> and proceed with whatever I want to do with them.
>

I dunno, I'd be more worried that your kids know what the smell is. I
remember a time I came home to a house reeking of the stuff and I looked
at my father and asked "Ok, who's smoking pot in the house?"

The gig was up there and then. But then I had the goods on the old man
who was dry roasting the stuff. We had a batch growing out back.