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The habanero is named after the Cuban city of La Habana, known in English as Havana, because it used to feature heavily in trading there.(Despite the name, habaneros and other spicy-hot ingredients are rarely used in traditional Cuban cooking.) [2] [3] In English, it is sometimes incorrectly spelled habañero and pronounced / ˌ (h) ɑː b ə ˈ n j ɛər oʊ /, the tilde being added as a ...
[citation needed] The black habanero has an exotic and unusual taste, and is hotter than a regular habanero with a rating between 425,000 and 577,000 Scoville units. Small slivers used in cooking can have a dramatic effect on the overall dish. The chocolate habaneros take considerably longer to grow than other habanero chili varieties. [1]
The habanero is a variety of chili pepper. Habanero may also refer to: A person or thing from Havana, capital of Cuba; Sexteto Habanero (later Septeto Habanero), a Cuban son ensemble; El Habanero, a Cuban newspaper; Bōkun Habanero, a Japanese snack food company Habanero-tan, the Bōkun Habanero mascot
Chaparral in the Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara, California. Chaparral (/ ˌ ʃ æ p ə ˈ r æ l, ˌ tʃ æ p-/ SHAP-ə-RAL, CHAP-) [1] is a shrubland plant community found primarily in California, in southern Oregon and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico.
The scientific species name C. chinense or C. sinensis ("Chinese capsicum") is a misnomer. All Capsicum species originated in the New World. [7] Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817), a Dutch botanist, erroneously named the species in 1776, because he believed it originated in China due to their prevalence in Chinese cuisine; it however was later found to be introduced by earlier European ...
The Trinidad scorpion 'Butch T' pepper was, for three years, ranked the most pungent ("hot") pepper in the world according to Guinness World Records. [5] [6] A laboratory test conducted in March 2011 measured a specimen at 1,463,700 Scoville heat units, officially ranking it the hottest pepper in the world at the time.
Habanera or contradanza, a style of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century; Habanera, a work for violin and piano by Pablo de Sarasate, part of the Spanish Dances ...
Solanum quitoense, known as naranjilla [3] (Spanish pronunciation: [naɾaŋˈxiʝa], "little orange") in Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Panama and as lulo ([ˈlulo], from Quechua) in Colombia, is a tropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.