Re: [CH] chile descriptions
Ray (Brizby@comcast.net)
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:40:37 -0400
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle DeWitt" <chilehd@sunflower.org>
To: "Dave Anderson" <chilehead@tough-love.com>
Cc: "Michelle DeWitt Smith" <dmdsmith@kc.rr.com>;
<chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] chile descriptions
> That's what I'm thinking. I've prepared and eaten many a stuffed
pepper..but she really
> thinks she has a pepper called chile relleno. I think I'll buy one plant
just to see if
> it turns out to be a poblano. I have four anaheim plants already and the
leaves do not
> look the same as her plant.
>
> I could still use the addresses of sites with good chile reference
listing, with pics
> preferably. Forgive me since I know they've all been supplied many times
before.
>
> Thanks, Michelle in KC
>
> Dave Anderson wrote:
>
> > I've never heard of a chile variety called "Relleno" Chile Relleno is a
pepper stuffed
> > with cheese and fried in an egg batter. Most Mexican restraunts use
Anaheim
> > Chiles, but the good ones use a Poblano which allows a lot more
stuffing. Poblanos
> > are mis labled as Pasillas in the western US. Pasillas are long and thin
while
> > Polanos or Anchos are big, and heart shaped.
> >
I think you guy's are on the right track. What I could check I found
nothing. So I went to a Spanish dictionary and found, Relleno adj. stuffed;
filled; m. stuffing. Pimientos rellenos. Stuffed peppers. I hope this was
of some help.
Ray