Re: [CH] Pequin vs Tepin

Paul Wilson (wilsonster@gmail.com)
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:59:48 -0700 

          Hello,

I have Texas Chiltepins, small round green to red, burn yo tush hot. I 
qalso have Chile tepins
also small but elongated, up to a half inch in length, also very hot and 
grows wild in most of
 Texas and in much of Calif.  I have 12 of each of them going strong. My 
favorite is and always will
be the Firecracker Piquin, perple to orange to red, best al around 
flavor I've ever tasted.
Paul in San Jose.


            jim wrote:
>             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
>             http://www.StepUpForCharity.org
>             Mild to Wild(R)
>
>
>               


          -- 
          Thanks, Paul


            Everyone is entitled to my opinion.