Apparently the cubans (los cubanos, not los cubaños) think it's spelled without one. Searching for "habana habanero" on google turned up this online newspaper- "El Habanero, edicion digital en español" http://www.elhabanero.cubaweb.cu/ with no tilde. Also, http://babelfish.altavista.com/ translates habanero to Havanan, and lists no translation for habañero. Also, from diccionarios.com, a spanish language dictionary: habanero http://www.diccionarios.com/index.phtml?diccionario=dgle&query=habanero 1. adj.-s. De La Habana, c. y prov. de Cuba. habañero http://www.diccionarios.com/index.phtml?query=haba%F1ero&diccionario=dgle El término habañero no ha sido encontrado en el diccionario. Translated- "The term habañero has not been found in the dictionary." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Dremann" <craig@ecoseeds.com> To: <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:11 AM Subject: [CH] Habañero spelling > RE: Habañero spelling: > > Apparently the scientists writing for the Journal of Food Science think > that Habañero is spelled with a tilde: > > http://www.confex2.com/store/items/ift/jfs67-0956.htm > > CITATION: J. of Food Sci., Vol. 67, No. 3, 2002 > HPLC Analysis of Capsaicinoids Extracted from Whole Orange Habañero > Chili Peppers > > AUTHOR(S): A.L. Kurian and A.N. Starks > > ABSTRACT: > A rapid, single-stage, quantitative extraction procedure is described > for high-performance liquid chromatographic > (HPLC) analysis of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin in whole chili > peppers. Individual and multiple Capsicum chinense > (orange habañero) pepper samples were analyzed in a 2 y study. Peppers, > both undried and dried, contained average > values of 1250 ppm capsaicin and 540 ppm dihydrocapsaicin relative to > undried weight. Relative to dry weight, the > orange habañero peppers contained 8840 ppm capsaicin and 3940 ppm > dihydrocapsaicin. > > KEYWORDS: peppers, capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, extraction, analysis >