Re: [CH] Pequin vs Tepin
jim (jim@mail.wildpepper.com)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:16:48 -0500
Something I discovered on my first few trips as a chilehead out west- the
name "pequin" or "piquin" was attached to no less than about a dozen
completely different looking chiles depending on the region. What the folks
at the flea markets in NM called pequin bore no resemblance to what the
Texans called pequin which bore no resemblance to what I knew as pequin,
which....
Pequin must translate to 'bird pepper' ;-)
-Jim C
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Mild to Wild(R)