Re: [CH] mystery Bolivian seeds update
Cameron Begg (begg.4@osu.edu)
Tue, 07 Jul 1998 10:01:43 -0500
Hi C-H's,
Luke in Oz quoted me:
>> but in February I was up at 19,000' in the Andes near the
>> Chilean/Bolivian border in the tropical dry desert.
and asked:
>So Cameron;
> What Goodies did you bring back ???
Two sachets of "hot" sauce :-(
Chile is almost bereft of chile. I had to ask for "Aji Chileno" at every
meal. It is an unremarkable hot sauce. Thank goodness I always take my own
stash or I surely would have perished. We stayed a few days in Patagonia at
the Torres del Paine National Park. There I was able to procure a bowl of
soup made from assorted marine animals and with much pleading, an aji. It
turned out to be a C. baccatum about 5" long but not very hot. The soup was
very tasty however. I had it every night we were there. You go to Chile to
eat one thing - seafood. The rest of the cuisine is pretty unremarkable and
in many cases rather bland. What a waste!
Can you believe the place is called Chile and they hardly know what it is?
When you go to Canada and ask for a canada good stuff, they sure know what
you're talking about!
The country itself though is mind blowing. Don't get me started.......
BTW - Bill sent me some of the mystery seeds and they are C. pubescens.
Will try to grow them.
Regards, Cameron.