Re: [CH] Pipi- piri request/ orchestrated peppers
piripiri (piripiri@europe.com)
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:34:01 +0100
"Sue Callaghan" wrote
> Luke in Oz wanted to know about Piri-piri (or Peri-Peri as it's usually
> spelled here) peppers.......
> I don't think that there is a definitive chile used for this type of sauce
here.
Hello from an ex South African.
The same applies here in Portugal. In fact the word piripiri here is used as
a generic term for chile, and there is no distinction made about types of
chile.
That said, the supermarkets are filled with packets of dried chiles called
piripiris, which are very small and not unlike Tepins. I use them to flavour
olive oil, and they are reasonably hot certainly hotter than the (probably)
coloured and very salted mild red bottled stuff labelled piripiri sauce
which is sold to tourists. If anyone wants a packet, I'd be happy to oblige.
I have never tried growing seed from these packets, and don't know if it
could be done. The "local" chiles which I grow come from seed given to me as
piripiri. They are a small chile larger than a tepin and not growing
upright, shaped like a little fat teardrop about 2cms long (that's about 3/4
of an inch). They grow like weeds, self-seed all over the place, are
prolific and pretty hot (too me that is). I marinate them in whisky to make
my piripiri chicken.
all the best from the Algarve where the sun always shines except today
again.
piri
Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite, and furthermore
always carry a small snake. - W.C. Fields
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