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Generic Italian name for hot chili peppers, specifically the cultivars of the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens. Peperone crusco: Sweet Italy 0 SHU: Italian name for crispy pepper, a dry and sweet variety of capsicum annuum typical of the Basilicata region. Pequin: Small Hot Mexico 100,000–140,000 SHU: Also spelled piquín ...
The Xiao Mi La pepper is often cited as one of the three most commonly used peppers in Chinese cuisines, along with facing heaven chilli and two vitex chilli. [2] It is also known in China as "Thai Pepper", although that is a name used in other parts of the world for a different chili cultivar than Xiao mi la.
The Fresno chile or Fresno chili pepper (/ ˈ f r ɛ z n oʊ / FREZ-noh) is a medium-sized cultivar of Capsicum annuum. It should not be confused with the Fresno Bell pepper. [ 1 ] It is often confused with the jalapeño pepper but has thinner walls, often has milder heat, and takes less time to mature.
Korean chili peppers or Korean hot peppers, also known as Korean red, [1] Korean dark green, [2] or Korean long green [3] peppers according to color (ripening stages), are medium-sized chili peppers of the species Capsicum annuum. The chili pepper is long, slender and mild in flavor and spice.
A mature datil pepper is 3-4 cm long with a blunt tip, a golden-orange color and weighs 3 grams. Its taste is a mix of both hot and sweet. The name datil was derived from the Spanish and Catalan language meaning date palm, because the shape of a datil pepper resembles it.
In 2012, the Chili Pepper Institute called the Trinidad Moruga scorpion the new hottest pepper, saying it had been measured at 2 million SHU, the first time the 2-million mark had been reached. [3] Many of the cultivars developed in the attempt to produce ever-hotter peppers are hybrids of chilies traditionally grown in India and Trinidad. [6]
Paprika (/ p ə ˈ p r iː k ə / pə-pree-kə, US also / p æ ˈ p r i k ə / ⓘ pa-PREE-kə, UK also / ˈ p æ p r ɪ k ə / PAP-rik-ə) [1] is a spice made from dried and ground red peppers. [2] It is traditionally made from Capsicum annuum varietals in the Longum group, including chili peppers.
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum, a chili-pepper variety of Capsicum annuum, is native to southern North America and northern South America. [2] Common names include chiltepín, Indian pepper, grove pepper, chiltepe, and chile tepín, as well as turkey, bird’s eye, or simply bird peppers (due to their consumption and spread by wild birds; "unlike humans birds are impervious to the heat of ...