Dave:I was hoping you would help me identify a pepper that I have happened to grow, by mistake, in my garden. I bought several jalapeno, and bell pepper plants a month or so ago. but one of the plants seems to be growing a large green pepper unlike the bell, or jalapeno. It reminds me of a banana pepper, but …
Amarillo Chiltepin
Dear Dave:Have you ever heard of the Amarillo Chiltepin? Is this one a newly cultivated or is it one of those rare wild plants? Where could I find out more about Chiletepins/Tepin Peppers?-RichRich:The only yellow ("Amarillo") chiltepin I know about is the ’Brazilian Yellow Bird’s Eye’, a Capscium chinense that closely resembles the red chiltepin. It’s in my book, Peppers …
Carolina Pepper
Dave:I heard on the radio in Tennessee that North Carolina has a new crop of the hottest chile peppers, like ten time hotter than the habanero. I’ve looked all over the Internet, can’t find them. Please help.DavidDavid:Don’t believe it. Claims like this are made all the time and a few years ago the ’Carolina Cayenne’ was being touted in this …
Chicago Sport Peppers
Dave:Having grown up in the Chicago area a hot dog or Italian Beef sandwich requires two (or more) "Sport" peppers. While these pickled peppers are available in every grocery store in Chicagoland where I live now I have to travel 100 miles to stock up. Exactly what kind of peppers are these and where can I get a recipe for …
Mysterious Indian Tezpur Chile
Hi Dave,I have read a few newspaper articles in the last year or so about a chile from northern India called Tezpur. Are you aware of it? Reports say it is as high as 800,000 on the Scoville scale. Is it real?ThanksSteveSteve:We believe the entire affair was a hoax. See our coverage of the story at: assam_chile.html and assam_chile1.html–Dave