Re: [CH] chile ID question
Jonathan Smillie (jonathan.smillie@gmail.com)
Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:01:25 -0400
Rich:
Might these be Marconni (or Marconi) chiles? I first encountered those
last Open Fields at Jim Campbell's place, where there was a sizable
patch of them, and they sound very much like your mystery plant in
color, size and heat.... I only picked a few but my friend Mike fell in
love with the flavor and went home with about a bushel.
Jonathan
Rich and Patti wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> Any help identifying this chile would be much appreciated.
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> Rich
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> Rich McCormack (Poway, CA) macknet@pacbell.net
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