Jalapenos are really useful, and they're great fresh (not really a pepper for drying). They're very mild hot peppers, which means you can use quite a bit of pepper flesh in cooking and not risk fire mouth. With garlic and ginger, they're exceptional at starting up a stir-fry. They also are wonderful pickled (as you find them often in Mexican dishes), and they are among the easiest to grow of all pepper varieties.
