Re: [CH] Terroir in Chiles?

=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:34:58 -0500 

Of course the perception of bitter varies from person to person.  Some 
folks find things like coffee, brussels sprouts and grapefruit bitter, 
while I detect none in any of these.  I find grapefruit juice to be overly 
sweet if anything.

=Mark

At 10:49 AM 1/31/03 -0800, Betsy Lasarow Tozzi wrote:
>Mary-Anne wrote:
> >  > I have also heard the Chocolate Habs are bitter.
> >  > Crossed them off my to grow list accordingly.
>
>Scott Parkhurst <KCK> replied:
> >     You might try a chocolate hab before you decide
> >  one way or the other.  I've never heard that choco
> >  habs were bitter.  More to the point, I've never
> >  tasted a bitter choco hab.  I've grown them myself
> >  since I never find them at the store/farmer's mkt.
> >  Maybe it's the soil in Wyandotte County... Is there
> >  such a concept of "terroire" for chiles?
>
>Hey Scott,
>
>I'd say there absolutely is a terroir role in growing habs, peppers,
>tomatoes and the like.  When I was training as a Master Gardener, several
>years ago, I was taught that terroir can make a huge difference in the
>flavor of virtually any fruit.  Although taken from a vineyard website, the
>concept of terroir below does apply  well to other land-grown edibles.
>Here's their snippet explaining the term "terroir":
>
>"The French term encapsulates the factors which play a role in
>differentiating one vineyard site from another, including climate, soil,
>clonal selection, etc."
>
>from: http://www.bellwine.com/pages/terroir.htm
>
>Since I'm not sure what a bitter pepper would taste like (okay, throw 'em at
>me, I can take it), I have to sort of try and transpose the taste of bitter
>other things (lettuce, cucumbers, etc.) onto that blistering heat and just
>don't do a very effective job of it. So, for those who have had bitter
>peppers, please help me: Does it have an alum- or tannin-like aftertaste?
>
>Betsy
>mostly lurking, but occasionally posting


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