RE: [CH] Purira pepper
Mike Benson (mbens@execpc.com)
Sat, 18 Aug 2001 01:04:31 -0500
I like Purira, and they are prolific, but I have difficulty getting a good
portion of the pods to ripen in my climate (Milwaukee). They are quite hot
for a C. annuum species, which is good, and they have fairly thick walls,
which I also like. If I get ripe ones this year I'll have to try smoking
some. One thing I don't like about them is they have a tough skin. One
time I put chopped puriras on a pizza I was baking, and the skins got to
tough it was almost like chewing on plastic. I picked a bunch of them from
the Open Fields last year and made some into hot sauce and some into powder.
Both turned out great. They also make a pretty plant when the pods are part
ripe, part changing, part unripe.