"Thai" pepper?

[Terravexti]

I have been growing thai peppers for years. I like them fresh and I love them dried. I have had some issues with my local nursery before ( scotch bonnets turned out to be habeneros..ect...). This pepper was labeled "thai" pepper. I don't think that it isn't a thai variety, I just don't know what type. The thais I have grown in past years were shorter and more plump than this plant's, but the big differance is the taste. These taste AWFUL. I didn't even bother drying them. They did however look cool, so I put them inside for the winter. Any ides what this could be (sorry for the crappy cell phone pics.)?

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

The ripen red it appears. They grow like my Thai Yellow and Orange plants, Thai red grow in clumps and Thai sun is small. I have 20+ Thai types for 2013, hard to tell by that picture.

 

[Terravexti]

Maybe these less crappy, crappy pics will help.

 

[sudostahp]

Looks very similar to the thai birdseye peppers I can find around here, but the calyx is a lot more pronounced on yours. I'm guessing thai dragon.

 

[Indiana_Jesse]

Try them dried, they may surprise you. There are a few chiles out there that lack taste or are bitter when fresh, but when dried transform to something better.

 

[Terravexti]

I've tried them dried and they are still awful. These peppers don't just taste bad, there down right offensive to your mouth.

 

[megahurts]

Thats because you're not growing them in untreated human seweage......


I have some of those. I thought they tasted like their shorter cousin. I dont remember the name, but my neighbor brought the seeds back from Thailand last year and they took forever to develop. I didnt think they tasted that great, but they're very much like the peppers you get in your average Chinese food take out.

MHz

 

[texas blues]

Those could very well be Thai's or some form of them. These day's any number of medium to small, skinny and long chile's are badged as Thai. I've seen many such chile's in all sorts of Asian cuisine, some longer, some shorter, red, green, and in between. Usually hotter than tepins but not quite as hot as habs.

 

[Terravexti]

Thats because you're not growing them in untreated human seweage......


MHz

They taste like untreated human seweage.....pluse battery acid.

 

[ZenPepper]

if its that bad just throw it away, or buen it lol

 

[Terravexti]

if its that bad just throw it away, or buen it lol

Naw, I love my peppers (even the "bad" ones).

 

[windchicken]

Maybe the stink bugs got to them. They love my Thai pods more than any other...There's no mistaking that nasty flavor, even in two-year old dried pods.