Peppers

Datil peppers first came on my radar when I got a free packet of seeds from Baker’s Creek Rare Seeds. And since I see posts and questions about Datil peppers every day in the Baker’s Creek Facebook group, I thought I would do a deep dive into everything you might want to know about these…

Chipotles Moritas are ripe jalapeños that are then smoked and dried. They start out as regular green jalapeños but are allowed to ripen on the vine until they are a deep red. Because they are essentially jalapeños they are comparable in terms of spiciness, and fall on the milder scale of more chili peppers, but…

Chipotle is the smoked form of jalapeños, and there are two main types: meco and morita. What’s the difference? Chipotle morita is peppers that are harvested while they are red and ripe, while chipotle meco is peppers that are harvested once they have already started to dry on the bush. The morita variation is more…

Banana peppers, also referred to as yellow wax peppers or Ooty chiles, are a mild chili popularly pickled and preserved. They are picked when they are bright yellow, and then they mature to be red or orange, and grow to be around 2-3 inches long. They get their name because their shape and color resemble…

The Anaheim chili pepper is a mildly spicy pepper named for the city of Anaheim, California (where Disneyland is!) They were brought to California via New Mexico, and are extremely similar to hatch chilis because they originated from the same plant. While Anaheim chilis were cultivated in California, Hatch Chilis remained in New Mexico, and…

Alma paprika peppers are also referred to as “sweet apple” and hail from Hungary. The name “alma” means pie in Hungarian, and it is named after both pies and apples because they are round in shape. Alma paprika peppers are sweet and slightly spicy and are great for eating raw or drying and grinding into…