Re: [CH] Purple jalapenos = bad?
Dave Drum (xrated@famvid.com)
Sat, 09 Dec 2000 15:47:13 -0600
Coyote wrote:
> Any way it the article it says:
> "Bosland picked out a purple jalapeno from the small sea of jalapeno
> plants in the greenhouse.
> 'This purple trait, we have to get rid of that,' he said. 'People want
> certain kinds of chilies. People just don't buy a jalapeno that's
> purple. You want it green and that's just the way it is.' ... "
> I think purpple jalapenos would be cool. That's way I grow diffrent
> colored peppers.
> Is the geneeral public so set on things that a purpple jalapeno would
> not sell?
> What do you chyilieheads think?
The problem is that the big wholesalers want a crop that is uniform and
packs and ships well. They care nothing for taste and nothing for
appearance betond uniformity. It's the reason that tomatoes taste like
moist red cardboard, apples are bland with little flavour (but, great
appearance), rtc.
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