Also called 'frying peppers'.



"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> Dan Abel wrote:
> >
> > In article >,

> > wrote:
> >
> > > What surprised me, watching this thread, is that no one that I
> > > noticed said *Italian peppers* ... that's the kind to use. If I
> >
> > I live in California, and the only Italian peppers I have seen are
> > pickled. What are they like? Around here they sell various colors of
> > bell, jalapeno, serrano, anaheim and habanero as fresh peppers.
>
> How interesting. Well, they have another name which I don't remember.
> Around here you just call them Italian peppers. They are much paler
> green than green bell peppers. They are much thinner, and longer.
> I imagine they are equal on the scoville chart.
>
> They are most likely nothing like the pickled ones you know, which I
> assume are cherry peppers, like that.

> nancy (if I find a picture, I will post it)