Recent content by Skratch

Haha right on, as a matter of fact, I made a big pot of sarmale this past Friday. I guess I mentioned the restaurant thing 'cause not all families will have hot peppers with their sarmale, but the several restaurants I've ever ordered from did. Anyway, thanks for the advice - I'm going to try to...

Hehe, yes, that's stuffed cabbage, known as "Sarmale" in Romania. It's the best food ever and it's normally made for Christmas. If you go order it at a restaurant, it's normally served like that with 'mamaliga' which is a polenta, and a green pepper. Most people outside of cities grow their own...

Hi, I'm new here and a pepper lover, it looks like you all know your stuff, so I was hoping you could help ID this particular pepper. It's a Romanian hot pepper I've only heard referred to as "ardei iute" (literally "hot pepper") or "ardei iute verde" (literally "green hot pepper"). It's a...