The Most Addictive Pickled Peppers (My Addiction Story)

Mergan Naidoo
Jul 10, 2017 · 2 min read

When it comes to versatility and tangy sweet deliciousness it does not get any better than Pepperdews in my opinion. They are Piquante peppers bred by the Pepperdew company in Limpopo Province, South Africa and they are the most addictive things to come out of bottle ever

I discovered them having 1st having them on a Pizza, at first my mistakenly thought that the sweet delicious piece of red tangy goodness was some sort of exotic sweet cherry tomato but oh I was wrong. I asked my waitress what exactly was this delicious piece of redness and she told they were a type of pepper called Pepperdews and that they were available at most supermarkets locally in South Africa.

So I next time I went out for groceries I made sure to get myself a bottle. Needless to tell you, as soon as I got home, I fished one out of the bottle and devoured that tangy red bundle of goodness but it was not enough I had to have another and another. I did manage to save some them to incorporate them into some of my meals, Pepperdews in my morning omelette, Pepperdews on my sandwiches, on some crackers, with my tuna melt even a side to my curries. It just went with almost everything you can think of. But the problem is within 2 days the entire bottle was out, me fishing out a Pepperdew out from the bottle for mid meal snacks had a lot to do with that.

After a couple more occasions of doing the the same thing, I set myself the groundrule of only no more eating them straight out of the jar, but then my entire meal plan started revolve around them, trying to incorporate them into every meal and not only that I used to put as much of these delicious peppers into them that I could justify to myself was warranted. All I managed to do was make a jar last from 2 days to just 3 days.

I soon came a realisation that a jar will only last me a couple days, I was faced with the choice of getting an entire month's supply which would of been 10 bottles but knowing myself I’d polish off all these bottles within 10 days max. A bottle a day would be a serious problem be it alcohol or tasty red pickled pepper. So I needed to take a step back and avoid that faith and now I just treat them as treat I give myself from time to time and appreciate the few occasions I enjoy them now.

If you want to try them for yourself they are available on Amazon:

Pepperdew 14 ounce: http://amzn.to/2tZ2PbK

Peppadew Peppers Mild Bundle of 6: http://amzn.to/2u3j5b9

These are affiliate links though.

Mergan Naidoo
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