Re: [CH] peppers defined?
Firehouse (bigdave@pe.net)
Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:17:59 -0800
On 14 Feb 99, at 9:39, Celeste or Dave Anderson wrote:
OK, I was at the market yesterday and the had Pasilla peppers, but the weren't long
they were the heart shaped peppers and dark green. Then the other day I bought
some dried peppers, they said on the package Pasilla/Ancho so that contradicts
what you said below. They had the look of a heart shaped pepper also and when I
dried them and made the powder it did have the raisan like smell of Anchos everyone
talks about.
See why I'm confused!
> > Ancho?
>
> A dried Poblano. If dried when ripe it has a darker color and is
> called Mulato
>
> > Pasilla?
>
> A completely different chile than the Poblano, but in the west and
> Baja California, the supermarkets call Poblano Pasilla. Pasilla is
> actually a long thin chile which is normally dried (Chilaca).
>
> > Poblano?
>
> A large heart shaped chile which is harvested green (Verde) or Red
> (Rojo). It is very sweet and not very hot.
>
>
> > Chipotle?
>
> Any thick walled Chile which must be smoked rather than dried.
> Jalapeno is used most often and canned Chipotles are usually
> Jalapenos. Serranos are also smoked, and Jim Campbell the elder
> smokes Red Savina Habaneros. He rolls his own <BG>.
> >
> > In the stores around here I can find fresh Pasillas and quasi-dried
> > Ancho's, but I need Poblanos.
> >
> > What is the difference since they all look basically the same?
>
>
> Dave Anderson
> Tough Love Chile Co.
> http://www.tough-love.com
> e-mail Chilehead@tough-love.com
>