Re: [CH] Piri Piri Peppers

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I traded e-mails with Dave DeWitt on this a couple of months ago. He said Piri Piri 
and Pili Pili are Swahili for any pepper.

> 
> > Dear Chile-Heads:  The other day at Wal-Mart, I was looking at the various
> > peppers and spotted one I'd never seen before.  They are "Piri Piri
> > Peppers" imported from Spain and distributed by "Fragata", which is
> 
> As far as I remember the name Piri Piri is used mostly in Portugal and
> Brazil. The name stands for a group of peppers, like peperoncino stands for
> chiles in italy. There are some varieties called Piri Piri, but for my
> mediterranean expirience (i'am from the northern italy) the naming is quite
> blury here.

Dave Anderson
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