Herbie’sSpice World by The Sultan of Spices, Ian “Herbie” Hemphill Part 2 Other Varieties of “Pepper” In part two of the pepper story, we have a look at some other spices commonly referred to as pepper. The first two, cubeb pepper and long pepper are related to the true vine pepper (Piper nigrum) we discussed before, while schinus, Sichuan …
Herbie’s Spice World, Part 1
Herbie’sSpice World by The Sultan of Spices, Ian “Herbie” Hemphill Part 1 True Pepper “Pepper” is the most confusing name that has ever been given to a spice. The problem is that there are too many spices referred to by that word. The original peppercorns (Piper nigrum) were so sought after and treasured that when the Spanish discovered chiles …
The Portuguese Piri-Piri Expedition
By Blaise Lawrence Recipes: Molho de Piri-Piri Caldo Verde Roasted Pork Piri-Piri Cataplana de Pescador (Fisherman’s Cataplana) Frango Piri-Piri (Piri-Piri Chicken) It all began right after Christmas when my wife Melloney told me what she had done. “We’re going on holiday to Portugal, Blaise. I’ve booked everything–all you have to do is supply the spending money.” Now that was …
Bhut/Bih/Morich: The Jolokia Comparison
By Harald Zoschke SuperSite Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to early June. Fresh pods ship September and early October. Go here Chile Pepper Seeds… from all over the world from the Chile Pepper Institute. Go here As part of an extensive extensive study, Dr. Paul Bosland and the …
Capsicum chinense Mutant Pods
Chile Gardeners from Around the World Sent Us Pics of Their Capsicum chinense Mutants! This mutant from Dan Prall’s gardenhas a filament extension. Glenn Reynolds calls this extension a dragon claw. Here are two unusualextensions on themutant from the garden of Dan Prall. The pod looks like it has exploded in this mutant from Glenn Reynold’s garden. …