Re: [CH] Re: Question for Texas CH'ers
Jim Graham (spooky130@cox.net)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:10:28 -0500
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:42:33PM -0500, J. Patrick Donohoe wrote:
> Jim,
>
> Here is the pepper I am talking about (tepin) ... and it is definitely
> "roundish".
> http://www.hotsauceblog.com/hotsaucearchives/tepin-peppers-a-habanero-killer/
This pepper is definitely NOT the one I'm talking about---the one I'm
talking about goes from green to red. There is no stage (except,
perhaps, when rotten) when it's anywhere near black, as shown in the
pics on this site.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltepin
This is it. The color is off in the photo (it looks like it's orange
instead of red) but that's probably the photographer's fault (wrong
color temp. lighting for the film/digital equivalent, etc.). It's
certainly not the color of the pepper if this is the same pepper I'm
talking about. The description more or less matches.
The ones I'm looking at look like little berries, and could easily be
slipped in with berries as a cruel joke on a non-CH type who thinks
bell peppers---particularly the red ones---add heat to food..... ;-}
At this point, I'm ready to say that the Texas Chile Pequins are, in
fact, Chiltepins that have been unofficially renamed in Texas.
Anyways, back to the original question: What is it (or what could it
be) about Texas growing conditions (growing freely along the fence line
in the back yard and cranking out peppers like crazy) that is missing
here in NW FL (using potting soil in containers, plants hardly doing
anything)? I want my [insert name here] to grow like they're supposed
to and crank out the peppers as well as they do in Texas...as well as
my habaneros do here (I've picked about 3 lbs of habs in the last
1.5 weeks, and the 8 or so plants I have are still loaded with more
that aren't ripe, plus blossoms all over the place).
> Here is what I would call a pequin (or piquin) ... more of the normal
> pepper shape.
>
> http://pepperfool.com/images/peppers/piquin/piquin2.jpg
These are longer and larger than the tiny peppers I'm talking about.
Those look more like a small version of a Thai Pequin (which I know has
another name, but don't know which other name it is---I've heard it
called "Thai Pequin", "Thai Dragon", and "Thai Hot" ... but according
to Wikipedia, the latter two are names for Prik Ki Nu, which is NOT
the same pepper). Btw, the small, semi-elongated/oval-shaped peppers
grow upward like tabascos and some Thai varieties. I do know this
about it, though.... When I brought some peppers from my garden to work
one day, a Thai lady I worked with saw the Prik ki nu first, and said
"they not hot." She then saw the "Thai Pequin" and said, "THEY HOT."
[emphasis hers] Oh, and they're probably about an inch long, 1/4"
wide at the end, and 3/8" wide at the stem. As with most, they go
directly from green to red. The small plants are fierce producers of
peppers, and I've had them survive hurricanes before.
Later,
--jim
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