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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Southern Ohio
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Dumb question but what exactly does a "frying pepper" mean? I've never heard that term for peppers before.
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rock Hill, SC
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I believe the "frying pepper" part just refers to the pepper's shape.
Jimmy Nardello is one of the most extreme as far as length. ![]() Carmen is more of an elongated Italian pepper and I don't know if it is referred to as a "frying pepper". ![]() Golden Marconi is even stubbier, and ripens to gold. ![]() They are all sweet peppers with similar texture and taste to bells and I am growing all 3 of them in lieu of bell peppers this year. I have to think, based on the poor production many people get with bells, that the square/rectangular/blocky shape of bells somehow precludes them from being very productive. I'm guessing the plant has to work very hard to produce a pepper with that shape. The ones above seem more "natural" in shape. Last edited by feldon30; March 25, 2007 at 10:40 PM. |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Northwest shore of Lake Ontario Zone 6b
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I much prefer the elongated types over a bell pepper. Thinner walls; more tender..With that said, why then am I growing Quadrato Asti Giallo this year?? Must have seen some good hype in a moment of madness, lol
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Virginia Beach
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Yes, a frying pepper has the thinner walls to cook quickly. I think way back last year, right around the beginning of T-ville, there was a big long thread about frying peppers.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rocklin, California
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I really liked Sweet Cayenne. It is an excellent frying pepper. Sweet Cayenne is much less seedy than Jimmy Nardello.
Here is a link to a picture of Sweet Cayenne. It is sold by www.tomatogrowers.com http://www.tomatogrowers.com/photos/...NE---L7402.jpg |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Thanks for the answers guys.
![]() Angelique, does the Sweet Cayenne have any heat?
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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No, it doesn't. :-)
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: cincinnati, oh
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yeah, thats a gorgeous pepper!
I love reading here, but sometimes its a bother. My name is Kelli and im a seed addict....... ![]() |
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