[CH] chile ID question
Rich and Patti (macknet@pacbell.net)
Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:21:40 -0700 (PDT)
I've had trouble posting to the CH mailing list for the last few years. I'm giving it one last try. Hopefully, this message makes it to the list.
Last year (spring 2008), I found a chile I'd never seen nor heard of at a local (San Diego Co.) garden supply center. After planting, I placed the name stake next to the plant; but a month later, my landscape gardener decided to do me a favor and hoe down some weeds in my veggie garden, along with my plant name stakes.
I'm pretty sure the name started with an "m" and was Italian (about that, I'm less sure). The chiles were similar to an Anaheim (little fatter and longer maybe, with a rounder point). They ripened early to a deep, blood red color. The flavor was a little richer and sweeter than an Anaheim and lower in heat (somewhere between poblano and bell).
I'd hoped to plant some this year for experimental smoking with hopes of ending up with something similar to smoked paprika, but the garden center doesn't have 'em this year and I haven't found 'em elsewhere. I'm sure
I'd remember the name if I saw it.
Any help identifying this chile would be much appreciated.
Rich
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