Re: [CH] peppers defined?

T (joemama@swissonline.ch)
Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:27:54 +0100

>OK, I was at the market yesterday and the had Pasilla peppers, but the
weren't long
>they were the heart shaped peppers and dark green. Then the other day I
bought
>some dried peppers, they said on the package Pasilla/Ancho so that
contradicts
>what you said below.

Where are you located?  As Dave pointed out,  they are misnamed in CA.

> > Ancho?
> A dried Poblano. If dried when ripe it has a darker color and is
> called Mulato

But my Poblanos turn red, and my Mulatos brown.

> > Pasilla?
>
> A completely different chile than the Poblano, but in the west and
> Baja California, the supermarkets call Poblano Pasilla. Pasilla is
> actually a long thin chile which is normally dried (Chilaca).

Agreed.  Turns from blackish green to brown when ripe.  Somewhat twisted
like a corkscrew.

Tom