The only references I have seen thus far have been made to the orange variety. I stopped by chance into a local Mexican grocery last night and out of a whole bin of orange manzanos, I obtained the sole red one out of the bunch. what should I expect from the red that may differ from the orange, if anything?
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Other than the flavor, they should be similar....
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Heat should be about the same, texture as well. The flavor difference is just that yellow pod - Â red pod difference. I usually prefer red pods if there is a red/yellow/orange group of pods. Yellow/orange pods tend to be slightly less fruity and have more subtle flavors, but they are tend to be a bit sweeter.Â
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Keep the seeds for the red one - I`m sure you`ve already decided to do that!
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Other than the flavor, they should be similar....
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Heat should be about the same, texture as well. The flavor difference is just that yellow pod - Â red pod difference. I usually prefer red pods if there is a red/yellow/orange group of pods. Yellow/orange pods tend to be slightly less fruity and have more subtle flavors, but they are tend to be a bit sweeter.Â
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Keep the seeds for the red one - I`m sure you`ve already decided to do that!
Yes and sow them now. They grow slow. Like the cold and take years to ripen 
red manzano/rocoto are a very tasty pepper. no problem eating one in a sitting as you just keep going back for more with that thick flesh. of course, don't chew the seeds, they have to be the hardest things to chew.
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friday night i tossed some orange manzano that i have in the freezer into a beef stew, of course i had to intensify the heat with a red scorpion that wasn't ripening on the plant. but when i find them, i buy a bag and leave a few out before freezing them so i can snack on the fresh pods.
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all being said, many red peppers seem to have the red pepper undertone about them. i found paper lantern to be like that of the red rocoto, a pepper that wasn't so hot that avoided flavour but enough to give you an appreciation of the that red pepper hue taste.
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friday night i tossed some orange manzano that i have in the freezer into a beef stew, of course i had to intensify the heat with a red scorpion that wasn't ripening on the plant. but when i find them, i buy a bag and leave a few out before freezing them so i can snack on the fresh pods.
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all being said, many red peppers seem to have the red pepper undertone about them. i found paper lantern to be like that of the red rocoto, a pepper that wasn't so hot that avoided flavour but enough to give you an appreciation of the that red pepper hue taste.