Pepper-Guru
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Rooster Spur (annum) and Fatalii (chinense) are some worthy tasty candidates.
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heat I've read a lot of debates about the hottest, how about the tastiest?
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This is Rooster Spur. Asian annum like small upright dragon except tastier and more aromatic. Very productive plant structure averaging 5-10 peppers a node. As hard as I tried I couldnt make one taller than about 3.5 ft but they are very bushy. Me like. Heres one from 07.
Some family here in the south has grown them for 100yrs or something and make Rooster Sausage. Im sure its delicious.
I have some of those, but the vendor changed the name... The only difference I see is the pods are slightly darker green, but then that could be lighting.
That is awesome, Guru!
As I am generally more of an Annuum fan, you have really caught my attention!
As I am generally more of an Annuum fan, you have really caught my attention!
Agreed but I was referring to the ones grown in Mexico that inevitably end up in every grocery store here. I just don't like the taste. I call it "the hab taste" and get the same effect from Datils, Caribbean Reds, and red Scotch Bonnets. It seems prevalent in many chinenses and I suppose it's what I read about as being "fruity" or "citrousy" but I just find it unappealing. I find the taste I'm referring to as difficult to hide in many dishes... kind of like tossing some cinnamon in a glass a milk and pretending it's not there. I like fruit and citrous fruit, but I don't find most chinenses I've tried to taste like either. I do like the heat they provide and I do like the varieties mentioned in my previous post but eating one a la carte reminds me of gargling with gasoline. My palate is probably shot to hell.
I'm pretty much the same way. I'm not a huge fan of the chinense flavor on its own, it induces a gag reflex every time I've tried one. I like their aroma and what they bring to a dish, but on their own, no thanks. I wouldn't call them fruity, the aroma and flavor often remind me of citrus, but the taste is off. The only peppers I've had that I have found legitimately fruity (or at least, floral) have all been baccatums. I enjoy their flavor profile along with the smokiness of pequins. On the other hand, I have to say that Judy's Blue Mystery smelled ridiculously fruity when I popped one of the dried pods open, curious to see how a fresh pod tastes...