[CH] Caterinas, Cascobel, Manzano & Moritas
Robert Bush (bush@shbf.se)
Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:16:36 +0200
Hi all.
The subject title sounds like a poem but are the names of chiles I found
(dried, except the Manzano) when I worked in Calpulalpan, Tlax. in Mexico
last year. At the local market they also had the more common ones
(Guajillo, Pasilla, Habanero, Chipotle, Ancho etc) but the C,C, M & M I
hadn't heard of before or seen mentioned on anyones homepage. Maybe I
havn't searched hard enough.
Anyway, does anyone know of their origin, strenght and such?
I brought home as much as I could carry and put the seeds in the earth as
soon as I got home and got lashings of Caterinas, a few Cascobels, lots of
Guajillo and ONE Manzano (which was a shame because that one I really love;
chopped with onions, apple and avocado and put in a sandwich. It's a bit
like a weaker Habanero and also has the same kind of [black] seeds).
This summer the weather has been shite here in Sweden so all my plants are
still underdeveloped and I doubt they will bare any fruit.
I'm drifting; all I wanted was some info on the varieties mentioned but now
I'm thinking so much of Mexico and my friends there so I might as well ask
if anyone knows anyone in Calpulalpan with an e-mail address that I can
write to and maybe contact my friends at Cebadas y Maltas (a malting plant,
I work as a brewmaster). This autumn (OK, "fall") I'm going back and need
to let them know in advance and the regular mail doesn't seem to work. If
you can help, I'm greatful.
Cheers,
Robert Bush