Well...actually Dave...

by pokynojoe, Friday, February 15, 2013, 13:00 (4302 days ago) @ Dave B

These are "Sandia" green chilies. They're allowed to ripen on the vine, and then dried in the sun, as opposed to dried in ovens. That's what makes them so good. Oven drying can, and usually does burn the chili, thus robbing them of flavor. A box like in the photographs usually lasts about a year. They keep just fine in wire mesh box I made lined with cheesecloth or some kind of cloth that allows air flow.