Re: [CH] Piri Piri Chile?

shadow1@pioneer.net
Mon, 3 May 1999 10:11:31 +0000

G'day all,


I was surfing around trying to find info on the "smaller" pods type of
the chile varieties, and I wanted to see who knew what about piri piri
chiles. Now I know some will say that there is only piri piri sauce
etc, but apparently there is a piri piri  chile. Well piri piri
chile - if that's really your name, present yourself know to our
scrutiny!!!!


hi mark thought that I would reply to this note. I have first hand 
knowledge my wife comes from south africa and the lil peppers are 
known as piri piri  they are extremly hard to find anywhere other 
that there in a non sauce form . if you can find a friend in africa 
or portugal the two places were they grow wild, they are a main 
ingredient in portugese and porto african cooking I have a small cach 
of seeds that my wife was sent from portugal. if you can get the 
dried pods that they cook with you can start some plants. I was able 
to get some of these seeds to grow but I have not had a yield 
hopefully soon I was told that once they start to produce they do 
with multitudes of small 1/4 peppers. if I can get my plants to yield 
then I will offer them to the list but untill then my cach is 
dwindling fast with my wife using them for cooking.
cheers for know 
mark roache