Contributing editor (and former webmaster) Harald Zoschke and his wife Renate recently visited a huge outdoor fun trade show in Cologne, Germany, SPOGA (sports and garden). Here is his report on the barbecue and grilling aspects of that show. It was a HUGE show. The enormous growth of the grilling and barbecuing biz in Germany was evident by the …
Attention Industry People: Scam Alert
Doug "Captain Redbeard" at Captain Foods writes: " An e-mail from a person or company called Keith Moore Investments from Spain is looking for products for one of his stores in Spain. He says they will pay by credit card but the scam is in the shipping requirements that that they require you to meet. His English is very bad …
Huge ‘Aji Bird’ Pepper Plant
Allen Boatman, a friend who teaches horticulture in Tampa, Florida, sent me this photo of a variety of Capsicum baccatum that he calls ‘Aji Bird’. Amazingly enough, at the time this photo was shot, the plant was only about ten months old. The pods are very much like chiltepins, suggesting that this plant represents a very primitive type of baccatum …
Unusual Pods from Italy
Chile grower Sebastiano Marrone sends these photos of some rather unusual pods from his pepper garden. ‘Biquinho’ is a Brazilian variety that very little is known about. The name means "little beak." Rocoto Longo (long rocoto) is a stretched-out version of the Peruvian rocoto that is usually apple-shaped. It is native to the Canary Islands. ‘Aribibbi Gusano’ is called the …
An NRA-Themed Smoker
Reader Michael Cohn sent me this pic of a smoker undoutedly made in Texas. However, I have no further information on it. If any of you can tell us more, please email me here. -DD