Going to be growing Guyanese Wiri Wiri in my 2011 season. It is C. chinense and I have never had any experience with it. Can anyone explain its flavor? Does it taste like a typical Chinense? Like a habanero?
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Wiri Wiri
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is that lisp for piri piri? ............. just kidding, I haven't seen that request before, off to google i go..... thanks for keeping me on my toes.
LOL! Kind of like a hair-lipped dog. . . MARF MARF!!!
This is what Chileman's database says http://www.thechileman.org/results.php?chile=1&find=wiri+wiri&heat=Any&origin=Any&genus=Any&submit=Search
here is what g6csy "Wirri-Wirri Very hot. Grows to 1.3 cm. Small berry-like red pepper. (Capsicum frutescens). From Guiana."
those 2 sources were weak, at least g6 got the country right.
those 2 sources were weak, at least g6 got the country right.
That's weird. Everything I've seen so far says that Wiri Wiri is C. chinense. So is it frutescens or chinense??? Now I'm confused
here is reimers:
100+ days. Capsicum frutescens. Plant produces good yields of small ½" long by ½" wide berry shaped hot peppers. Peppers grow upright, are very hot, and turn from green, to orange, to red when mature. Plant has green stems, green leaves, and white flowers. A variety from Guyana. Plant Height: 36" tall
pettersononline:
lists it under chinense
dave's garden:
lists it as frutescen
all others searches just mimic either chiliman or reimer.
move over on the confused couch, now i need to sit down.
100+ days. Capsicum frutescens. Plant produces good yields of small ½" long by ½" wide berry shaped hot peppers. Peppers grow upright, are very hot, and turn from green, to orange, to red when mature. Plant has green stems, green leaves, and white flowers. A variety from Guyana. Plant Height: 36" tall
pettersononline:
lists it under chinense
dave's garden:
lists it as frutescen
all others searches just mimic either chiliman or reimer.
move over on the confused couch, now i need to sit down.
hey redtail!!
that species sound familiar where did you get the seeds?? LOL
from what i can get it is chinense, and since it tastes like a hab in many respects i think that would also help to id its category not that this matters much,but in some ways tastes better than some habs but i seem to remember seeing it is Chinenseand is related to the habanero however if Burning colon goggled it and its fruitecens than i suppose it is?, it will produce a berry-like fruit anywhere from about 3/8 to 1/2 inch in diameter and is very prolific, the plant is a bush type and doesn't seem to get quite as tall as some Habs and it tends to spread out so give them plenty of room, im told from a Guyanese friend that they put them in pots and they grow very well like that
its actually one of my top favorite
people in Guyana make an awesome hot sauce for everyday use it has mango in it, i tried some of it and its quite good,but i dont know all that goes in it? the sauce is used daily by Guyanese people as a "table sauce" that seems to be used on almost everything
i used my version on Chinese chicken wings and it was incredible!! great on burgers too!!
hope this helps
thanks your friend joe
that species sound familiar where did you get the seeds?? LOL
from what i can get it is chinense, and since it tastes like a hab in many respects i think that would also help to id its category not that this matters much,but in some ways tastes better than some habs but i seem to remember seeing it is Chinenseand is related to the habanero however if Burning colon goggled it and its fruitecens than i suppose it is?, it will produce a berry-like fruit anywhere from about 3/8 to 1/2 inch in diameter and is very prolific, the plant is a bush type and doesn't seem to get quite as tall as some Habs and it tends to spread out so give them plenty of room, im told from a Guyanese friend that they put them in pots and they grow very well like that
its actually one of my top favorite
people in Guyana make an awesome hot sauce for everyday use it has mango in it, i tried some of it and its quite good,but i dont know all that goes in it? the sauce is used daily by Guyanese people as a "table sauce" that seems to be used on almost everything
i used my version on Chinese chicken wings and it was incredible!! great on burgers too!!
hope this helps
thanks your friend joe
i am not claiming the information i provided is correct, from the resources i found on the big mass of misinformation(the internet) it appears they are tied.
but, what the google information did confirm was that the natives of Guyana make a wicked sauce and its a popular local pepper.
so, the pakistanis have their dundicut, syrians have the aleppo, India has its bhuts, thai have their thai, florida has its datil, jamaica has its scotch bonnet, trinidad has its scorpians, mexican have their habanero and Guyana has its wiri wiri. the list is just the countries that worship their peppers and have a specific use for a certain type. i don't know, was kung pao named after the dish(kung pao chicken) or was the meal named after the pepper?
Well, there's another vote for Chinense.
What Guyana ? French Guyana ? Dutch Guyana (Suriname) ?
the most famous Surinamese pep is the Madame Jeanette , a cousin of the habanero.
FRENCH GUYANA SOUTH AMERICAN, ITS WHERE MY FRIENDS ARE FROM AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY THERE SAUCE LAST YEAR
IT WAS WONDERFUL
MA WIRI WIRI TASTE LIKE A HABANERO
thanks your friend joe
French Guyana and Suriname are neighboring countries, so I would assume we might be talking about a very similar, if not the same pepper.
With Suriname being a former Dutch colony we get a LOT of Madame Jeanettes here. They are a bit pointy.
The Surinamese Ajoema is very similar to a habanero indeed, pod shape, flavor and heat wise.
I have never heard of wiri wiri, but it may come from "piri-piri" which is Portuguese, which so happens to be the language spoken in another neighbor of both countries, namely Brazil.
Greets from the Netherlands
There is only one Guyana with a "y" and that is Guyana (formerly British Guiana).
There is French Guiana and there is Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana).
did you try growing the wiri wiri? how did it go?
Since I lost my hard drive I don't have the links but there are 2 different peppers called Wiri Wiri.
One from Gayana and one from somewhere else-i forget where.
One is a Frutescens and the other is a Chinense.
One has smooth round pods the other has a ridged pod.Both shaped pods are similar in size.
Since I have seeds for both maybe I'll have to grow them side by side to see plant differences.
I think I might still have seeds for each,maybe a dry pod for the Chinense,I'd have to check.
If I do I'll post a pic.
One from Gayana and one from somewhere else-i forget where.
One is a Frutescens and the other is a Chinense.
One has smooth round pods the other has a ridged pod.Both shaped pods are similar in size.
Since I have seeds for both maybe I'll have to grow them side by side to see plant differences.
I think I might still have seeds for each,maybe a dry pod for the Chinense,I'd have to check.
If I do I'll post a pic.
Here is some additional information at WildChilli.EU about Wiri Wiri from Guyana
"MariWiri" from Guyana
Seeing the distinct constriction between peduncle and calyx makes it chinense for me, without any doubt.
"MariWiri" from Guyana
Seeing the distinct constriction between peduncle and calyx makes it chinense for me, without any doubt.
I'm still wondering about the flavor and aroma. The one plant I had this year mysteriously died before flowering.
