Re: [CH] Chile de Arbol
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Tue, 08 Dec 1998 09:32:06 -0800
> But I have to wonder at your comment about cayenne not being used fresh.
> Does this mean perhaps that you are unfamiliar with Indian food?
Oh, I didn't even notice that comment, until your message made me re-read.
If I had, I would have made a big deal as usual about what a huge quantity
of cayenne is consumed fresh (green) in India, both whole-as-is as table
condiment, though most of all as ingredient in cooking and chutneys. And I
would have emphasized over and over how wonderful it tastes green, both
whole-as-is as table condiment, and of course as ingredient in cooking.
Fresh green cayenne is indeed one of the best of chiles.
--- Brent
P.S. In India, "chutney" mostly means a fresh concoction something similar
to what we think of as "salsa", not that sugar-syrup jam stuff ("mango
chutney") which occupies only at most 0.0001% of chutney consumption in
India.