Re: [CH] chile para naranja

VoodooChile (rael64@qwest.net)
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:18:48 -0600

>Following the general rule of "If it's a pepper product and you 
>don't know what it is, buy it" I got a small package of La 
>Costenita's "chile para naranja" at a local Latino grocery (El Inka 
>at Sawmill & 161).  The package helpfully translates the name as 
>"chile for orange."
>
>It's a fine-ground orange-colored powder, with a slow burn and (I 
>think) a bit of actual orange flavor.  But I'm not sure whether I'm 
>really tasting a citrus tang.
>
>So what the heck is it used for?  I searched on yahoo, and got no 
>exact hits.  But I am imagining a nice cubed orange salad, maybe 
>with some minced Bermuda onion, and a sprinkle of this...
>

with the orange tones, I'm thinking fish.

Or something in the range of 18-22 years old...

(woof)

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