Re: [CH] What's that Pepper?
Mike Benson (mbens@execpc.com)
Mon, 24 Sep 2001 16:08:11 -0500
Looks like cumari to me, one of my favorites. Sounds like cumari, except I've
never noticed a lot of delay in the heat.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Anderson" <Chilehead@tough-love.com>
To: <mstevens@exit109.com>; "Chile Heads" <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, 24 September, 2001 02:27 PM
Subject: [CH] What's that Pepper?
>
> > At each hotluck there is usually a standout dish that blows everyone away,
this
> > time was also the case, but with a twist... In Chip's extensive chile
garden
> > was an unassuming little plant with small, upright little chiles about the
size
> > and shape of corn kernals. When bitten they had a lemony citrus like
flavor
> > which was pleasant but unassuming. Thoughts would then go elswhere and you
> > almost forgot you had eaten the tiny little thing (Quote: "They certainly
don't
> > look dangerous..."), but a minute to 90 seconds later heat would begin to
> > assert itself and would continue to do so for like 5 minutes. It was the
most
> > delayed reaction burn I had ever expeienced and approached the intensity of
a
> > hab. This would go on for nearly 10 minutes, and at the peak could only be
> > tolerated with an ice cube in the mouth! Two of these eaten about 5
minutes
> > apart even had Chile King Doug on the mat! At one point we had Chip, Doug,
my
> > bro Rich and Andy B. eat them in unison. Talk about a ring of fire! Chip
was
> > red as a fire engine and cursing Doug for talking him into it... With all
of
> > this, we could not even figure out what the little @#$%&$ were! If anyone
> > wants to try to identify them I have a picture of them at:
> >
> > http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens/tinyblast.jpg
>
> DeWitt and Bosland's Peppers of the world has a C. Chinense
> called Yellow Birds Eye or Brazilian Bird Pepper which looks like
> it. The comments say: "Extremely hot; characteristic fruity C.
> Chinense aroma. Probably a wild form." They don't all look like
> Habaneros:-)
>
> Dave Anderson
> Tough Love Chile Co.
> Http://www.tough-love.com
>