I just bit into a fresh chiltepin. I’ve only had them dried before, and they’re pretty safe to add to things.
So I’m sitting in the sun room next to my prized chiltepin plant, covered in black and orange-red berries and for some stupid reason decided to pop one in my mouth and bite into it. What a rush. A really cool, sweet, fruity taste. For one half second. Then the heat kicked my face into the wall. I forgot those things can be hotter than habaneros and maybe even Red Savina, according to wikipedia. They also say it’s described as arrebatado, ”rapid” or “violent.” No shit. I didn’t even know what to do for couple minutes, but ran-staggered to the kitchen and started putting everything in my mouth I could think of. Whew.
Thought I’d share. I love my chiltepin plant. It’s far prettier than the picture on wikipedia. Last time I try one fresh, though.
Wrong. “New Mexico Green Chile” is a name. The NAME/TITLE of a very specific type of pepper. It is often shortened to “Green chile”. If you want to refer to it generically as a chili, because that is the local term for peppers thats fine and locally acceptable in your area. But if you were to refer to “New Mexican Green CHILI” you would be making an error. A name is a name not just a descriptive term.
“Windy City” and “Chicago” refer to the same thing. But you could never accurately refer to the Dope’s parent company as the “Windy City Reader”. Its just wrong.
When refering to a New Mexican Green Chile, you must use CHILE, not chili.
And Lobsang is obviously refering to pepperoncini, which is not even CLOSE to being the same type of pepper. The pizza chain variety are often mild, but if you pick up a bottle at the grocery store (yes, by the olives/pickles) you can find some which have quite a bit of “bite”. Surprised me the first time, after only being exposed the “free with pizza” type. Delicious either way!
I’ve never heard of pepperoncini refered to as a green chile/chili before though. That term is generally reserved for the various varieties of Anaheim pepper (including the much love New Mexican Green Chile).