Sqwertz > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> On the other side, some dried pasilla chili powder that
>> I buy is labeled "Pasilla (Ancho)". Which is it?
>> Is it the same, or different as dried chili labeled
>> "Ancho"?

>Ancho is dried poblano, nothing else. Perhaps this chile powder was made
>in California?

I am guessing so.

>> Finally, the "Pasilla (Ancho)" stuff is not nearly
>> as dark as packages of chili powder labeled mereley "Pasilla".

>Dried pasilla chiles are slightly darker then ancho.

Right, thanks...

S.