Re: [CH] Diavoletto

Bob Batson (rcb@kc.rr.com)
Thu, 31 May 2001 17:12:46 -0500

At 11:25 PM -0700 5/30/01, "Islandman" <islandman@islandman.com> wrote:
>Chile Heads:
>
>I've been doing a lot of cooking from a wonderful cookbook devoted to the
>Abruzzo region of Italy.  The book is called "Food & Memories of Abruzzo:
>Italy's Pastoral Land," by Anna Teresa Callen (See
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0025209159/o/qid=991249419/sr=2-1/104
>- -9919146-1787967 ).  Having descended from a long line of Abruzzese on my
>father's side, I was raised eating this great food.  The hot red chile
>that's used in many dishes from this region is referred to as a 'Diavoletto'
>(Little Devil).

[snip]

I didn't find 'Diavoletto' listed in the 2001 Yearbook. Besides 
'Little Devil', do you know of any other possible aliases? BTW, the 
USDA's GRIN website <http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/searchgrin.html> 
lists a LOT of C. annuums as "Diavoletto.


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