Recently getting an herb catalog, saw where the people putting it together listed various hot peppers as an herb, a spice with medicinal qualities. How about that?
So, come county or state fair time, here is one for you: If there is a garden area for the fair and if the garden portion of it also allows exhibits of potted herbs, submit a hot pepper plant. You may have to explain to everyone however just why a hot pepper can actually be displayed in the potted herb section.
But, what the hey, for the folks who view a tomato as a vegetable and not a fruit, the local Kootenai County Fair manages to confuse anyone who thinks a tomato is a vegetable by wanting it displayed in the fruit section of the garden section of the fair. So, let's display a hot pepper plant as an herb and really throw a kink in how people should understand what they grow in their gardens or buy in the supermarkets, Farmers' Markets, road side stands and etc.
So, come county or state fair time, here is one for you: If there is a garden area for the fair and if the garden portion of it also allows exhibits of potted herbs, submit a hot pepper plant. You may have to explain to everyone however just why a hot pepper can actually be displayed in the potted herb section.
But, what the hey, for the folks who view a tomato as a vegetable and not a fruit, the local Kootenai County Fair manages to confuse anyone who thinks a tomato is a vegetable by wanting it displayed in the fruit section of the garden section of the fair. So, let's display a hot pepper plant as an herb and really throw a kink in how people should understand what they grow in their gardens or buy in the supermarkets, Farmers' Markets, road side stands and etc.
