GOGOSARI

GOGOSARI


I can't find the English word for it but they're type of pepper - sometimes they are spicy - though (as Mark would say) if you ask the vendor "are they spicy?" They will look at you with pleading eyes and the sense of offensive words being said and reply "mine? no! never!" When you find a spicy one! They are spicy!! And of course, he sold you spicy gogosari...

In a 5 Liter jar (this was all we could find in Sighisoara- we went all over looking for jars) - this is probably about 2 kilos of gogosari. We had so much left over that we have to buy ANOTHER jar! AND YES! I will have yet another HUGE jar of pickles peppers. Actually my jar is small compared with most Romanians that make at least between 15-20 Liter jars - though most make even MORE! They have barrels of gogosari and pickles!

Mark and I stayed up until midnight making gogosari and pickles! I went to bed and could feel my hands were burning - I guess we have some spicy gogosari. In another 8 weeks, I'll let you know!

This is a picture of the gogosari before going into the jar when I cleaned them out - you have to get out all of the seeds and wash them.