Peppers - a photo glossary

A week or so ago, I made salsa with the farmer market's first tomatos of the season.  It was so fresh, and beautiful, and HOT!  I think I mistook a serrano pepper for a jalapeno.  Peppers are always just thrown in little baskets at the grocery store and the signs never seem to properly line up.  This drives me crazy, because I like to cook with new things, so I dont always know what things look like (fennel and celeraic come to mind here).  So although I am not yet ready to post the salsa recipe, let's take a look at peppers so you don't make the same mistake as I.

This is, generally, least hot to most hot:

from Miss Vickie

 Banana pepper

 

Poblano

 

Anaheim

Jalapeno 

 

Serrano

Fresno 

 

Cayenne

 

Scotch Bonnet

 

Habanero