Re: [CH] Rocotos V8 #489
Cameron Begg (begg.4@osu.edu)
Wed, 06 Feb 2002 08:36:18 -0500
Hi C-H's,
I am glad to see your interest in rocoto growing. Funny - I was about
to suggest that we take this discussion off the list so as not to
annoy the non "roc-heads" - duh!! How much more relevant could a
discussion be to this list? :-)
Before I get to that here is my two pesos on chipotle. Tom and Robert
had this little exchange:
>Actually, as I recall, chipotle is a generic term for any smoked chile.
>Chipotles are not generic. They are smoked Jalapenos.
From the dark and scary recesses of my box of synapses I seem to
recall that the word "chipotle" comes from Nahuatl words chi=pepper
and potle=smoke. If this is the case then Tom would have an argument
for it being a generic word. For my part I only use chipotle to
describe smoked jalapenos, <satire>but of course the English language
is a continually growing, living thing. </satire>
OK - the rocotos. Here is my take on the breeding notion. I was wrong
to suggest that we could go from seed to fruit to seed again in 6mo.
However this does not preclude the exchange of seeds between N&S to
gain a seasonal advantage. In fact I think it is just the thing for a
bit of C-H camaraderie. (Or is that Cameraderocorie?)
Yellow rocs of good size are obtainable fairly easily. I would like
to concentrate efforts on upping the size of the reds because I
prefer the flavor, but I'll go with the flow.
Brent - did you say that you had seen very large red rocotos in Peru?
That being the case I have a friend who visits Lima fairly regularly.
Any local info on produce (fruit & veg.) markets there?
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Regards, Cameron.