Roll bones, for torching peppers, the kitchen torch doesn't cut it. It's good for brulee and browning meringue, etc, but definitely not for peppers. Takes forever and doesn't do the best job.
Thanks. I guess I need a propane torch like the ones plumbers use to sweat copper lines.
Should be less expensive as well.
You can get them for probably under $30 at home depot or lowes. Get one that has a sparker so you don't have to use matches. Bottle refills are pretty cheap.
Yesterday, my son and I used a propane torch to blacken my red peppers before I canned them. It was a little tedious but did a good job at evenly blackening them. There was less structural damage to the flesh than blackening them in the broiler. Now my son wants to buy me a 'kitchen torch'. I don't think it would be better or worse.
You can get them for probably under $30 at home depot or lowes. Get one that has a sparker so you don't have to use matches. Bottle refills are pretty cheap.
How about a link?
Bernzomatic TS3500KC Multi-Use Torch Kit-361479 - The Home Depot
Craig likes this 1because you can tilt it in different directions and that comes in handy with roasting peppers and starting coals down in the egg or the weber.
I've always just cut the peppers into quarters lengthwise and stuck them over the gas jet, just like most Italians do. It does a great job, and afterwards you can use the peppers for preserving in EVOO, or, for example, a dish which uses a dressing of garlic and anchovies, and is used as an antipasto, amongst all the other antipasti beloved by the Piedmontese (North West Italy, capital city Turin). I use them like that in other dishes as well - obviously without the anchovy dressing.
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Thanks. I am going into town tomorrow and will get one. How often to you have to replace your tank.
A 16 ounce disposable propane tank will burn for approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours on high when used on a burner or camping stove. If you use the tank for a lantern and burn it on the low setting, it will last for up to 8 or 9 hours