Learning About Peppers - Page 2

AlittleSalt · November 6, 2014

I have learned that the pepper variety readily available nearby that is labeled as, "Ancho" is really a Poblano. I've looked for 4 years for Poblano pepper transplants in our local area without ever finding them. People around here call them Ancho even though Ancho is a dried Poblano. I figured a dried Ancho came from a pepper named "Ancho" Here's a link I should have clicked on long ago http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/glossary/g/Ancho.htm

Tonight, I learned that the other type pepper I have been unsuccessfully looking for - for the same 4 years, "Cherry Pepper" is actually called, "Pimento"

Again, I thought Pimentos were those sweet peppers in a tiny glass jar that you mix with cheeses and mayo to make Pimento cheese. Cherry tomatoes are the round/heart shaped pepper we used to buy pickled in gallon glass jar.

When I started gardening in 2010, there were three varieties of peppers I wanted to grow more than all others. Anaheim/Hatch, Poblano, and Cherry peppers. I grew up eating those 3 even more than jalapenos and bell peppers. Everyone in my family loves those three. I wish I had taken gardening more seriously. I have been using gardening as therapy through it being a hobby - instead of taking tons of pain meds for RSD (Nerve Disease).

Learning is fun and enlightening but it can also make you feel ... uninformed and even uneducated at times.

I am glad Worth told me I need to get ready to start pepper seeds in a month or so. I have learned a lot so far. Next spring/summer/fall there will be Anchos and Pimentos aplenty in my garden. I wish I had known 4 years ago.

November 6, 2014	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Learning About Peppers I have learned that the pepper variety readily available nearby that is labeled as, "Ancho" is really a Poblano. I've looked for 4 years for Poblano pepper transplants in our local area without ever finding them. People around here call them Ancho even though Ancho is a dried Poblano. I figured a dried Ancho came from a pepper named "Ancho" Here's a link I should have clicked on long ago http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/glossary/g/Ancho.htm Tonight, I learned that the other type pepper I have been unsuccessfully looking for - for the same 4 years, "Cherry Pepper" is actually called, "Pimento" Again, I thought Pimentos were those sweet peppers in a tiny glass jar that you mix with cheeses and mayo to make Pimento cheese. Cherry tomatoes are the round/heart shaped pepper we used to buy pickled in gallon glass jar. When I started gardening in 2010, there were three varieties of peppers I wanted to grow more than all others. Anaheim/Hatch, Poblano, and Cherry peppers. I grew up eating those 3 even more than jalapenos and bell peppers. Everyone in my family loves those three. I wish I had taken gardening more seriously. I have been using gardening as therapy through it being a hobby - instead of taking tons of pain meds for RSD (Nerve Disease). Learning is fun and enlightening but it can also make you feel ... uninformed and even uneducated at times. I am glad Worth told me I need to get ready to start pepper seeds in a month or so. I have learned a lot so far. Next spring/summer/fall there will be Anchos and Pimentos aplenty in my garden. I wish I had known 4 years ago.