RE: [CH] naming conventions

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> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Mary Going
>
> What is the difference between a chile and a pepper?
> Can a bell pepper be called a chile?
> If not, where is the line drawn?
> Are chiles always hot?
> What is a chile?
>

Technically, a chile isn't a pepper. Peppers are those little hard round
things that are ground up and put in a pepper shaker. A chile is a fruit
with a skin covered flesh and seeds inside. Although it has become common
practice to refer to chiles as peppers, that is technically incorrect.  I
believe that all the fruits referred to as peppers, like bell peppers, are
really chiles even though the level of capsicum in some of them is
non-existent.

Garry Howard - Cambridge, MA
garry@netrelief.com
Garry's Home Cookin' Website
http://HomeCooking.base.org

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