"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 19:26:08 -0700, "DesertDad"
> > wrote:
>
> >Anyone have a good connection for Fresh Red Ripe Jalapenos in Phoenix or
> >Arizona for making Chipotles? I usually go to 2 or 3 Food City Hispanic
> >Markets around town and pick out the colored ones from the mountain of
> >Jalapenos but I would like to do a full box or bushel of red and ripe in
my
> >WSM smoker.
>
> I think the reds are different variety of jalapenos, though green ones
> will start to turn red as well. I can buy all-red jalapeno's here -
> they're larger and have a lot of brown veins running around the
> outside and are a darjerred than when the green ones turn red, which
> makes me think theres a different variety that specifically turns red
> sooner (and more consistently) than the greens.
>
> -sw

My markets aren't that sophisticated and only have two varieties of
jalapeño; in stock or out of stock.

Jack