Re: [CH] datil preservation

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I'm kind of a newbie here, and would appreciate an explanation of "pungency"
and "heat". Several seed catalogs use both terms for different chiles. One
chile may be described as "very pungent", while another may be described as
"very hot" in the same catalog. What's the true scoop? Thanky,
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Cutrell <ecutrell@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
To: Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998 5:12 PM
Subject: [CH] datil preservation


>
>To any of you who grow datils:
>
>I'm finally harvesting all my datils, and am trying to decide whether to
>dry or freeze them for preservation.  What I'm wondering is whether they
>loose much of their remarkable pungency when dried (I'm not talking about
>heat here--people who've tried datils know what I mean).  I
>would rather dry them, but I want to preserve that perfume if at all
>possible.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>ed
>
>

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