Re: [CH] Hot stuff: Add spice to your Valentine's Day withthis fiery menu
Brent Thompson (brent@kanha.hpl.hp.com)
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:42:32 -0800
> >Bhut jalokia is supposed to be red color I thought. If so, the only way to
> >get an orangish/tannish dried chile from it is for it to get horribly
> >bleached (e.g. sun, age, chemicals, molds) after drying.
> >
> > --- Brent
>
> Could of been picked before it fully ripened.
True. But then, if it came from India, it was most likely sun dried, which
always(??) takes long enough for the color to develop before dehydration
stops further change, especially if an uncut/un-injured C. chinense fruit.
--- Brent