I'm making do with pepperoncinis right now.

I have a jar in the fridge that I will treat as gold. Wonder if I can sell it on eBay?

rationed.

The last few times I've had lettuce on my list I'd say more than 1/2 their were no heads of lettuce in the store. I actually about it once (making BLT's that night) and they had none. Organic or caged.

I was at the supermarket last week and the grocery guy said, "Yes, we have no bananas." I wanted to roast them for my weekend Po Boy Sandwiches, but I substituted Anaheims and they were still tasty.

I remember reading it!

for at least 3 weeks. No idea what's up, but I imagine it's about price more than availability.

I also noticed Subway's pricing has changed drastically.

That pepper-picking bastard.

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He'll get to the bottom of it and break up the big banana pepper industry with all their phony baloney rationing and send the culprits to prison where hey belong!!!

Not likely, but I might actually go there if they did.

dude..

My lunch creation for the past couple days.
So good.
The kimchee/tzatziki contrast is wonderful to me.

Sounds like an episode of Criminal Minds.

Hate all peppers

Can taste that nasty taste even if my food cooked on same grill

Was there a crop failure or something? I gotta have my banana peppers...

Will a national report do? Follow this link to a calendar of report releases for February 2016. Find the Vegetable Ann. on Feb 4. Scroll down to page 37. Fewer acres planted in California and Texas and then the yields per acre in California got hammered in 2015. Possibly drought related? I don't know where the things are actually grown within either state to compare it with drought areas.

I do, however, get a strong sense of victory wherever I can actually find what I am looking for on the USDA website!

Alternately, grow your own:

Growing peppers is easy in any sunny, well-drained spot, and they are good candidates for roomy containers, too. Peppers have a naturally upright growth habit, so they often benefit from staking, which keeps brittle branches from breaking when they become heavy with fruit. Colorful peppers also make great additions to beds planted with flowers and other edible ornamentals, where they can easily serve as specimen plants. In beds or rows, the best spacing for most pepper plants is 18 to 24 inches apart (check the tag for exceptions). Peppers grow best in a soil with a pH between 6.2 and 7.0, although they can tolerate slightly alkaline conditions near 7.5. Mix a 3- to 5-inch layer of compost into each planting hole, as shown in the step-by-step planting directions. A generous amount of organic matter helps the soil retain moisture, and moist soil is crucial for good pepper production. After planting, mulch each plant to keep the soil cool and moist.

And then becoming a DU celebrity and all-around authority on tomatoes

I'm a sucker for infomercials, I know I know. Most are a waste of money, but sometimes there will be a gem in the rough. Just two days ago I got the XL Pressure Cooker. That thing is amazing!!! I've already done some canning and pickelling. I guess now I will just have to go to the market tomorrow to get some fresh peppers!!