Re: [CH] Purple jalapenos = bad?
Andy (quark@erols.com)
Sun, 10 Dec 2000 00:38:16 -0500
Coyote,
For mass packers/distributors - no.
For chileheads - sure, depending on flavor.
E.g. I just love my ornamental Peruvian Purples.
For a nice surprise, my S.O. chopped up my reaming few and put them
in my omelet -- tasty.
Andy
Coyote wrote:
>
> I was looking for an acticle I read on cnn about a wild chile pepper
> perserve in the southwest when i ran across this article:
> http://www.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/10/16/chili.science.ap/index.html
> The article is about inproving chile peppers after the problems with the
> 2000 season.
> Any way it the article it says:
> "Bosland picked out a purple jalapeno from the small sea of jalapeno
> plants in the greenhouse.
>
> 'This purple trait, we have to get rid of that,' he said. 'People want
> certain kinds of chilies. People just don't buy a jalapeno that's
> purple. You want it green and that's just the way it is.' ... "
>
> I think purpple jalapenos would be cool. That's way I grow diffrent
> colored peppers.
> Is the geneeral public so set on things that a purpple jalapeno would
> not sell?
>
> What do you chyilieheads think?
>
> Coyote
> Howlin for Habaneros