[CH] Chilpotle
Dave Anderson (chilehead@tough-love.com)
Thu, 03 Jul 2003 15:11:27 -0700
Once upon a time, before people like you and I came along, thin skinned chiles like
cayennes were dried and thick skinned chiles were smoked to preserve them. The
thick skinned chiles would rot before drying out unless they were smoked.
Now that we have dehydrators and smokers and smoking dehydrators and
visionaries like Jim Campbell who was probably the first person roll up and smoke a
Red Savina Habanero, nothing is sacred.
Chilpotle, if I remember my Nahuatl means chil for pepper and potle, derived from
poctli means smoked.
Ergo, any smoked pepper is a chilpotle so you very well could have run into
something made with smoked cayenne and correctly labeled chilpotle. Any decent
hot sauce shop on this side of the pond would let you try a sample before your spent
your birthday money but maybe that's one of the reasons we're celebrating our
independence from you tomorrow:-)
Dave
TLCC
http://www.tough-love.com
>
> Must tell y'all though. I was window shopping the other day and
> spotted a bottle of Hot Chili Sauce. Not the love of my life 'Hab',
> but a strange item. It was labled 'Smoked Chipotle Chili Sauce' I
> could see enough to note that it was made from Chipotle Cayenne. Is
> this a rare item friends? I never knew they smoked Cayenne peppers.
> Well if it is true, then now you know why I love all things American.
> Yikes! I shall have a look in the shop when it is open. It is my
> birthday in a few weeks time, maybe the ever loving will treat this
> old codger to a bottle? Nah! She wouldn't do that. Would she? Love you
> all. Hottest regards. Walt. CH#2218. An old Chile-Head from the old
> country.