>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