Re: [CH] Rocoto K-Marto?

Bob Torres (bob@torres.cx)
Sun, 28 Jan 2001 09:21:48 -0500 

What a great find!  All this talk about rocotos has me hungry.  When I
worked in Peru, they use to stuff huge rocotos with a meat/veetable mixture,
coat them in batter, and then make "rocotos rellenos".  Some of the best
chile rellenos that I've ever had.  They also used to make a nice sauce out
of the rocotos and spanish onion - all just ground to a paste with some salt
and garlic.  Lovely.  Anyway, just an anecdote that other chile-heads might
appreciate!

Bob 

P.S. Has anyone in the NE US had success growing these?  A friend of mine
smuggled in some seeds from Peru, but they never amounted to much, even in a
greenhouse.  

             b o b    t o r r e s
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On 1/28/01 12:55 AM, "Dave Anderson" <Chilehead@tough-love.com> wrote:
> I was at the land of the blue light special (Super K-Mart) in Carson
> City Nevada today. They have a US Post Office which is open on
> Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. On my way back to get some
> milk I checked out the produce section. Right next to the
> Habaneros were some strange looking peppers. I looked up at the
> sign and it said Manzano. No question about it, these were
> rocotos. They were starting to get a little old, but I grabbed a few
> decent ones, brought them home, cut them up and they are now in
> the dehydrator. I saved the seeds of course:-) They are a yellowish
> orange (peach?) color, not yellow or red as I'm used to seeing.
> 
> I asked the produce guy where they came from and he said he
> thought they were from Mexico. He said they'd been carrying them
> for a couple of months. I should wander through the produce
> department more often:-)
> 
> Before I hacked them up I took a picture. If you are interested it's
> at: http://www.tough-love.com/rocoto_manzano.jpg. It was getting
> dark so I had to use the flash which caused them to look a little
> shinier than they are, but the colors are fairly true.
> 
> 
> Dave Anderson
> TLCC
> Http://www.tough-love.com