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 Rocoto -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Rocoto pods have thick walls, like a (Large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or fl varieties) bell pepper, but are quite hot.
The rocoto is probably related to undomesticated peppers that still grow in (A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama) South America (cardenasii, eximium, and others).
Although most rocotos are red, there is also a yellow type that is common in the (Region including the Caribbean islands) Caribbean and (A Republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810) Mexico.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/rocoto.htm   (166 words)

  
 Rocoto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The rocoto (Capsicum pubescens) is a medium sized round pepper common in Peru and Bolivia.
Like the other Capsicum species, the rocoto is a perennial, and if protected from frost and pruned back it will grow many years.
Rocoto is among the oldest of domesticated peppers, and was grown up to as much as 5000 years ago.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rocoto   (169 words)

  
 Nickys Chilli Peppers Paper Lantern to Raja's Pride seeds
Rocoto peppers have distinctive fl seeds, peppers mature green to red.
Rocoto peppers have distinctive fl seeds, peppers mature green to yellow.
Rocoto peppers have distinctive fl seeds, peppers mature green to their respective colour.
www.nickys-nursery.co.uk /seeds/pages/veg-chilipepper1b.htm   (590 words)

  
 Simchilli's garden log
But thankfully my lovely wife had the presence of mind and caring attitude, though she is eight months pregnant, and carried my biggies out to the back yard, watered them all and popped them in the greenhouse.
I happily replanted it and believe it may be a Rocoto as the colour of the stem is similar and it has fine hair on the stem like the other plants.
My Rocoto in the Chillery that I sprouted in June is now so high, I will have to move it out eventually.
www.geocities.com /simchilli/Simchilli_3.html   (18437 words)

  
 Rocoto Pepper, Tagetes
All: rocoto = Capsicum pubescens, perennial "tree pepper" of the Andes.
Rocotos are frost sensitive, but can take a lot of chill.
My rocotos are also fl until they ripen, at which point they turn color to either yellow or red.
www.cloudforest.com /cafe/forum/8592.html   (1054 words)

  
 Hot-cha-cha You can’t beat the heat for growing hot peppers May 1, 2003
Bosland recommends a little-known hot pepper known as rocoto or red manzana, which grows well in cooler climates because it is native to the high-elevation Peruvian Andes.
The rocoto takes longer to ripen than other peppers —; as much as four months — but is the hottest pepper likely to succeed locally.
With the rocoto, there is a slow but irrevocable buildup of heat along with an unusual sweet, fruity flavor.
www.santacruzsentinel.com /archive/2003/May/01/style/stories/06style.htm   (895 words)

  
 Rocoto Peppers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Also known as red manzana, rocoto peppers mature in 80 to 90 days and are a beautiful glossy red when ready for picking.
Some believe that the rocoto may be even hotter than the habanero, but this has not yet been tested.
The rocoto pepper (Capsicum pubescens) is thought to be the oldest cultivated species of capsicum.
modzer0.cs.uaf.edu /~kelli/recipes/Niftystuff/rocoto.html   (286 words)

  
 Rocoto
Rocoto (aka locoto in Bolivia) is Capsicum pubescens (hairy pepper).
More typical in Peru is the larger red rocoto that makes excellent rocoto relleno.
This plant is a perennial, you should plan for this in colder climates and pot it.
www.rocoto.com   (145 words)

  
 2Hot Rocoto Hot Sauce - Made with Rocoto Hot Peppers from Peru. With no vinegar
Rocoto who's scientific name is Capsicum Pubescens, is a pepper original from the Andes Mountains of South America.
The rocoto plant grows to an average height of 4 to 5 feet.
The pubescens varieties like rocoto contain a unique set of capsaicinoids (pungency compound), causing some people to believe they are hotter than habaneros.
www.2hotsauce.com /el_rocoto_en.htm   (323 words)

  
 Boring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Rocoto plant with yellow fruit (canario [Send your comments] Rocoto plant with yellow fruit (canario.
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The rocoto is characterized by thick-fleshed pods unsuited for drying.
www.iath.virginia.edu /~luoma/peace/dist/hdir/AaAbCFKAE7aqhK.html   (4650 words)

  
 Rocoto Relleno - Recipe. Peruvian & Latinamerican recipes.
Quitar las tapas a los rocotos, retirar las semillas y dejarlo 24 horas en agua con sal cambiando varias veces el agua.
Si los rocotos están muy picantes pueden ser hervidos con un poco de azúcar y vinagre.
Rellenar los rocotos con esta preparación y acomodarlos en un recipiente refractario aceitado con las papas cosidas, luego espolvorear con perejil picado.
www.amautaspanish.com /amautaspanish/learning/recipes/recipe.asp?CodSubCategoria=CAL&CodReceta=CAL0001   (165 words)

  
 Growing Rocoto's in Texas
I guess I should have mentioned that I also gro Rocotos, and most types I have grown have never had more than 2 to 3 on a plant at a time.
I have however, received seed for a type of Rocoto that is actually very productive (I had up to 15 on the plant at the same time).
These Rocoto are larger than av pear-shaped variety that ripebs to bright red.
www.sammcgees.com /webpost/d1/c2/html/65.htm?rnd=71   (323 words)

  
 Rocoto Peppers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Rocoto Peppers grow on a plant with hairy leaves and stems.
In the right climate, the plant is a perennial, with a life span of about 10 years.
Rocoto Peppers can be eaten fresh or cooked.
www.practicallyedible.com /edible.nsf/pages/ed.1113   (259 words)

  
 Capsicum pubescens
This may be due to the fact that this species cannot cross-pollinate with other Capsicum species, thus reducing its genetic diversity over time.
The most common cultivar is the Rocoto peppers.
Corolla is purple (occasionally with white margins to lobes and/or white tube), without diffuse spots at base of lobes (though a drop of yellow nectar may accumulate in this position and simulate a corolla spot) [flower is purple with a tiny white border]; corolla lobes usually straight.
www.g6csy.net /chile/var-pub.html   (235 words)

  
 LA Weekly: Dining: Counter Intelligence: The Gringo Killer
As bouillabaisse is the specialty of Marseilles and paella the most famous dish of Valencia, jalea is the great specialty of Lima’s industrial port suburb Callao, a fry-up reinforced with tubers and oniony salsa that seems to encompass half the creatures of the sea.
In Gardena, at the Peruvian restaurant El Rocoto, the jalea is an enormous thing, an acre and a half of fish and shrimp, squid and octopus, scallops and clams, potatoes and chunked yuca, brown and sizzling, piled halfway to the ceiling, still smoking from its bath of hot oil.
Weekends are the time to try the lamb stew known as seco de cordero, which is drizzled with a pungent cilantro purée, or the spicy chicken stew aji de gallina, or the house arroz con pollo, a concoction composed of almost equal proportions of rice and herbs.
www.laweekly.com /ink/05/13/counter-gold.php   (1078 words)

  
 blossoms starting and fruit set? - Hot Pepper Forum - GardenWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Well i have a rocoto pepper and i already have a few blossoms on them which i hope means i will get peppers in a decent time peroid.
The rocoto pepper is in a pot so i can bring it in during the winter.
Some rocotos are very easy to grow and the fruit sets easily.
forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/pepper/msg061500148887.html   (339 words)

  
 Chile-Heads: RE: [CH] White-flowered Rocoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
That's right, Ive also grown a verity called Red Manzano, its same fl seed, hairy leaves as rocoto, only has more apple shape fruit.
Very nice one but my experience is less hot and a little less tasteful as rocoto.
'Rocoto' (and Bolivian variant 'locoto') are names from South America.
www.globalgarden.com /Chile-Heads/Archives/vol.200307/3391.html   (177 words)

  
 Monster Munching: El Rocoto - Cerritos
I should have suspected something was wrong when they brought out the dish of saltado scarcely five minutes after we placed the order.
At El Rocoto (and also in the sad chain called Inka Grill), I surmised immediately that this was not the case.
It is, in fact, the same ice cream they serve at all the Peruvian restaurants in L.A. Now, if only I can find a store that sells it, I can make a complete three course Peruvian dinner at home!
elmomonster.blogspot.com /2005/05/el-rocoto-cerritos.html   (869 words)

  
 aha! Red Hot Sauce, Made with Peruvian Red Limo and Rocoto Peppers, 5 oz.
Red Hot Sauce, Made with Peruvian Red Limo and Rocoto Peppers, 5 oz.
Red Limo and Rocoto Peppers grown in Perus mountain valleys.
Red Hot Sauce is made with Rocoto and Red Limo Peppers grown in the mountain valleys of Peru.
www.incamaine.com /items/aha_red_hot_sauce_made_with_peruvian_red_limo_and_rocoto_peppers_5_oz_o74m.htm   (211 words)

  
 gourmet food: aha! Hot and Spicy Ketchup, Made with Peruvian Rocoto Peppers and Tomatoes, 13 oz.
Hot and Spicy Ketchup, Made with Peruvian Rocoto Peppers and Tomatoes, 13 oz.
Hot and Spicy Ketchup is made with tomatoes, Rocoto peppers and spices grown in the mountain valleys of Peru.
Hot and Spicy Ketchup, Made with Peruvian Rocoto Peppers and...
www.this-is-great.com /info/xbfffsxvxnxjfxa   (159 words)

  
 New-wave ceviche / Bay Area's Latino chefs create icy seafood starters that sizzle
Yet another ceviche style is the sashimilike tiradito, introduced to Peru by the Japanese, who arrived in large numbers in the early 1900s to work on sugar and cotton plantations.
Dressed with lime juice and served with a soy and ginger dipping sauce spiked with the Peruvian rocoto chile, tiradito is a unique blend of East and West.
Local chefs long for fresh Peruvian chiles, specifically the aji rocoto, which resembles a baby red bell pepper but is unabashedly hot; and the fiery aji amarillo, or yellow chile, that looks deceptively like a plump, sweet baby carrot.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/04/30/FD105423.DTL&type=printable   (2152 words)

  
 OMG Rocoto peppers :) - Hot Pepper Forum - GardenWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
I am in IL and have heard horror stories about people getting Rocotos from thier plants.
I got these from the chile woman and they were suppose to be 120 day peppers.
rocotos have been my most consistent plants, seem to be more cold hardy than the rest, they produced outside until january last year..
forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/pepper/msg0622521926708.html   (367 words)

  
 Rocoto Relleno
Quitar las venas a los rocotos y refregarlos por dentro con el dedo envuelto en un trapito.
Rellenar los rocotos y colocarlos en una asadera aceitada.
Poner sobre los rocotos y las papas el queso y verter encima la mezcla de huevo y leche.
www.mujer.com /la/internaCont_idc_7908_id_cat_60.html   (255 words)

  
 Manzano chile-Ingredients, Substitutions and Equivalents
Don't use phrases like substitute for tomatoes only type tomatoes and each item will show substitutes if they are available.
chile rocoto, chile peron or chile caballo, Peruvian rocoto
Other names for this chile include chile rocoto, chile peron or chile caballo.
www.gourmetsleuth.com /equivalents_substitutions.asp?index=M&tid=1863   (156 words)

  
 PepperFool.com Mexican Recipes...Rocoto Rellenos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Fill each rocoto with the meat mixture and cover with the rocoto tops.
Place the potatoes in a lightly greased pan and arrange the filled rocotos on top.
Beat the milk and eggs in a seperate bowl and pour over the rocotos.
www.pepperfool.com /recipes/mexican/rocoto_rellenos.html   (124 words)

  
 Fatalii's chiles
Besides the main greenhouse, I'm planning to build a new, simple greenhouse for the Rocoto's instead of the current Rocoto greenhouse.
That greenhouse could be a lot smaller than the current main greenhouse and with no electricity at all, other methods would be acceptable.
Actually, with rocoto's it's much easier when it comes to heating because they actually prefer cool temperatures.
juuri.org /fatalii?u=g&c=journal   (1924 words)

  
 Chile-Heads: Re: [CH] White-flowered Rocoto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It looked similar to this accession from Bolivia: http://www.fototime.com/626F816D4FD6E0C/standard.jpg jt ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 3:01 AM Subject: RE: [CH] White-flowered Rocoto Hi John, As rocoto always triggers me as its my favourite...
And had been the first time till now, rocoto did look to me that these didn't cross easy.
I've also a three year old rocoto from 1nd generation seeds, and a two year old rocoto from 2nd generation seed who are just starting to flower again and has nice flowers and beautiful pear shape fruit each year...
www.globalgarden.com /Chile-Heads/Archives/vol.200307/3384.html   (346 words)

  
 Food Network: Shrimp Cocktail with Rocoto Chile Dipping Sauce
Prepare the cocktail sauce in a large bowl.
Combine the chili sauce, ketchup, lemon juice, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, rocoto chile paste, and cilantro, mix well with a rubber spatula, and set aside.
In a large saucepot, fill with water and add the pickling spices, lemon halves, and hot pepper sauce and a generous amount of salt and pepper.
www.foodtv.com /food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_18520_PRINT-RECIPE-FULL-PAGE,00.html   (155 words)

  
 Home - ComidaBebida!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
As an added bonus switching from the 85% lean beef I was using to the super lean ground turkey breast removed around 60 GRAMS of fat from the total recipie.  So, much more heart healthy as well!
I know that I sure did when I first heard of its existence.  I wondered to myself....
If you happen to live near San Rafael California there are a couple of places right on the main 4th Street strip that you can get your fiery rocoto fix for a very reasonable price.
www.comidabebida.com   (179 words)

  
 Bailey Farms, Inc.
Rocotos are chopped and used in salsas or sometimes stuffed with cheese and meat and then baked.
3 fresh rocoto chiles, stemmed, seeded & minced
Mix all ingredients together, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
www.baileyfarmsinc.com /recipes.asp?PRODUCT=45&RECIPE=502   (126 words)

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