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Flaquitas de Guanajuato

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These are from seed from chiles grown from pods originally imported from Guanajuato, Mexico and shared by señor Jaimito Torres.

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The pod shapes are distinct—sharper, longer, leaner—from the Guanajuato chiles I called "gorditas", but the leaves from the two plants appear pretty doggone similar.

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Gorditas and flaquitas de Guanajuato

Do "pequíns" show this much variation?

Not sure if I can differentiate these chiles by heat or flavour, but I'm having fun trying.

(Breakfast of champions today: chicken sausage white gravy with celery, white onion, black pepper, fresh sage, minced Guanajuato chiles, and Mexican- and Salvadoran-style cheeses over whole wheat toast and washed down with Lone Star Beer {bitter swill, but nice lid and cool Western swing song} and then a Blue Moon for dessert.)
 
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The gorditas look like a tepin variant. Just look at the little one at the 6 o'clock position.

The flacitas look like pequin to me.

Whatever they are, I like 'em.

Pequin's and chiltepin's are my favorite chiles.
 
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Whatever they are, I like 'em.
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Same here.

I have chiltepín, the reputed original Capsicum annuum, too.

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They are far smaller and much rounder than either of the Guanajuato chiles. The tepíns are perennial here on the border of zone 7B/8A, but the Guanajuato plants seem more vigorous through the 107°F days.

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Just look at the little one at the 6 o'clock position.
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Yeah, that one is fairly round. It dwarfs the tiny 'tepíns, though . . . maybe just as kids can dwarf their grandparents.

Names less generic than "pequin" would be more fun, though, I think . . . something like Spanish for "sharp little chile that will ignite your bowels".
 
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Pods  are 1 1/4 to 1 3/8 inches (3.2 to 3.5 cm) in length.  Heat is certainly into and likely north of the Cayenne range.  The scent of a freshly opened pod whispers, "I will burn you" . . . and it isn't lying.
 
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Least-closed blossom at photo time
 
All the commercial pods I've seen marketed at "pequins" are oval-shaped and smaller than a pinto bean, so these Heaven-facing pods with their longer, sharper shape have me wondering about ID.
 
Oh, I have seeds and dried pods in case anyone has a hankering to trade or try these.
 
 
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