Is there a pepper that looks like a smaller (3/4 the size) red
poblano, but is 5x as hot - slightly less than a hot Hatch?

I picked up about 12 of these yesterday for $1.29/lb (a steal
considering this was the most expensive store in town). They were
labeled as poblanos, but they tasted much better (and different) than
any of the green, larger ones I'm used to.

I roasted them on the gas stove and ate them all today. Poblano and
minced garlic sandwiches, poblano, ham and bean soup, and just plain
poblanos with poblanos.

Gonna get me another 4-6 pounds of these. I see chili in my future.
These things were the best chiles I've ever had. Perfect heat/taste
ratio.

-sw

Steve Wertz wrote:
> Is there a pepper that looks like a smaller (3/4 the size) red
> poblano, but is 5x as hot - slightly less than a hot Hatch?
>
> I picked up about 12 of these yesterday for $1.29/lb (a steal
> considering this was the most expensive store in town). They were
> labeled as poblanos, but they tasted much better (and different) than
> any of the green, larger ones I'm used to.
>
> I roasted them on the gas stove and ate them all today. Poblano and
> minced garlic sandwiches, poblano, ham and bean soup, and just plain
> poblanos with poblanos.
>
> Gonna get me another 4-6 pounds of these. I see chili in my future.
> These things were the best chiles I've ever had. Perfect heat/taste
> ratio.
>
> -sw

Perhaps it is a mature poblano. DOn't the colors change from green to
red when fully ripened?


jim

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:15:12 -0800, Jim Lane >
wrote:


>Perhaps it is a mature poblano. DOn't the colors change from green to
>red when fully ripened?

Yep. But these were smaller than the green ones which makes methink
they weren't really poblanos. Could just be a seasonal difference.
I should have mentioned that there was no core and very little
membrane inside. Maybe 6-8 seeds in each one.

-sw

Maybe you bought Chile de Aguas - which are smaller than a poblano,
are much hotter and can be red.
Anyone else?
S


Steve Wertz > wrote in message >...
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:15:12 -0800, Jim Lane >
> wrote:
>
>
> >Perhaps it is a mature poblano. DOn't the colors change from green to
> >red when fully ripened?
>
> Yep. But these were smaller than the green ones which makes methink
> they weren't really poblanos. Could just be a seasonal difference.
> I should have mentioned that there was no core and very little
> membrane inside. Maybe 6-8 seeds in each one.
>
> -sw

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 02:48:58 -0600, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On 20 Nov 2003 16:58:45 -0800, (Shelora)
>wrote:
>
>>Maybe you bought Chile de Aguas - which are smaller than a poblano,
>>are much hotter and can be red.
>
>I can't find any reference (or pcture) of that chile on the web.

Try chile de agua (no final "s").

http://www.latimes.com/la-050102oaxa...,3663715.story

Doesn't look like a poblano to me but this one says they are a
substitute for poblanos:

http://www.oaxaca-restaurants.com/recipes.htm

jd

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a pepper that looks like a smaller (3/4 the size) red
> poblano, but is 5x as hot - slightly less than a hot Hatch?
>
> I picked up about 12 of these yesterday for $1.29/lb (a steal
> considering this was the most expensive store in town). They were
> labeled as poblanos, but they tasted much better (and different) than
> any of the green, larger ones I'm used to.
>
> I roasted them on the gas stove and ate them all today. Poblano and
> minced garlic sandwiches, poblano, ham and bean soup, and just plain
> poblanos with poblanos.
>
> Gonna get me another 4-6 pounds of these. I see chili in my future.
> These things were the best chiles I've ever had. Perfect heat/taste
> ratio.
>
> -sw

Try he
http://mexicanfood.about.com/gi/dyna...chiliscale.htm

Click on the cameras and get a photo. If the shape is the same as the
poblano then it probably is nothing more than a mature poblano.

Dimitri

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:56:31 GMT, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
> >Try he
>
>http://mexicanfood.about.com/gi/dyna...%3A%2F%2Fgourm
etsleuth.com%2Fchiliscale.htm
> >
> >Click on the cameras and get a photo. If the shape is the same as the
> >poblano then it probably is nothing more than a mature poblano.
>
> That certainly looks like it (and less like what I'm used to seeing in
> poblanos). That's a picture perfect poblano, when in my reality,
> they're much uglier and less uniform (they're also less pointy).
>
> I'll guess well just call them red poblanos, but drastically different
> than any poblanos than I've ever seen or tasted.
>
> -sw

How so?

Dimitri

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...

<snip>

> >> I'll guess well just call them red poblanos, but drastically different
> >> than any poblanos than I've ever seen or tasted.
> >>
> >> -sw
> >
> >How so?
>
> The poblanos I see in stores (also incorrectly called pasillas in
> Northern CA), are larger, flatter, have odd/ineven shapes and ot as
> pointed (for those resaons)
>
> -sw

Sorry, how do they taste different?

The shape could be a function of the watering, nutrients, and the climate
conditions they received.


Dimitri

Steve Wertz wrote:

> Is there a pepper that looks like a smaller (3/4 the size) red
> poblano, but is 5x as hot - slightly less than a hot Hatch?
>

Here are osme other sources of photos:

http://www.chiliplants.com/

http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/

http://www.pepperclicks.com/

http://www.pepperfool.com/index.html


jim