Re: [gardeners] Lemon Drop chiles
Liz Albrook (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 07:03:35 +0000
Cynthia Mayeaux <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote:
> George, these sound interesting. I've been making some ristra's with some
> little red chiles (don't know the name). Since I've been listening to all
> the chile heads 'round here... I want to try more varieties.
You want to make some mini-ristras? Even though I didn't plant a
garden this year, Margaret was kind enough to send a variety of
chiles with seeds, mostly of Asian origin, to me. I got
a neighbor to grow them so I'd have the seed preserved for next year.
At any rate, Prik y nu (ya gotta sound it out -- no two references
spell it the same way) are the tiny, hotter than Hades chiles that
are used in the hotter varieties of Thai foods. They run maybe 1/2
inch long. Mini-ristra material. If you're interested let me know
and I'll see if I can scrape togethor some seeds.
One great source of ristra pepper seeds are fresh ristras. There's a
purple, orange and yellow ristra I saw a couple of weeks ago that I'm
kicking myself for not buying just for the seeds.
Liz