2007-03-15 03:01:28 · 12 answers · asked by flower19602003 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Ohh ok thanks i never had them before and i'm from the uk. :)
2007-03-15 03:05:34 · update #1
The jalapeño is a small to medium-sized chile pepper that is prized for the hot, burning sensation that it produces in the mouth when eaten. Ripe, the jalapeño can be 2–3½ inches (5–9 cm) and either red, or more commonly, green. It is a cultivar of the species Capsicum annuum. The name jalapeño is pronounced IPA: [hɑləˈpeɪnjoʊ] in English (hah-luh-PANE-yo), and IPA: [xalaˈpeɲo] or IPA: [halaˈpeɲo] in original Spanish (depending on dialect). It is named after the city of Xalapa, Veracruz, where it was traditionally produced. 160 square kilometres are dedicated for the cultivation of jalapeño in Mexico alone; primarily in the Paloapán river basin in the north of the state of Veracruz and in the Delicias, Chihuahua area. Jalapeño is also cultivated in smaller scale in Jalisco, Nayarit, Sonora, Sinaloa and Chiapas. The jalapeño is known by different names throughout Mexico. Jalapeños are also known as cuaresmenos, huachinangos and chiles gordos.
As of 1999, 5,500 acres (22.3 km²) in the United States were dedicated to the cultivation of jalapeños. Most jalapeños were produced in southern New Mexico and western Texas.
Jalapeños are a pod type of Capsicum. The growing period for a jalapeño plant is 70–80 days. When mature, the plant stands two and a half to three feet tall. Typically, a single plant will produce twenty five to thirty five pods. During a growing period, a plant will be picked multiple times. As the growing season comes to an end, the jalapeños start to turn red. The fresh market is for green jalapeños and red jalapeños are considered inferior. Growers either discard the red jalapeños into the ground or use them for the production of chipotles.
2007-03-15 03:38:30 · answer #1 · answered by jewel64052 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jalapenos are a small to medium green pepper that is commonly used in the US in Tex Mex and Mexican dishes. They can range in heat units from mild to hot, and here in the US, can be found canned, pickled, fresh, dried.
2007-03-15 10:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by Dragun™ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very hot chile pepper
2007-03-15 10:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by staisil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hot chili peppers. Try chopping some and adding them to hamburg with taco cheese , put on grill to make a great burger.
2007-03-15 15:41:48 · answer #4 · answered by SAL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jalapenos are small to medium sized chile peppers
2007-03-15 10:04:10 · answer #5 · answered by Guinness74 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hot Pepper. They are really good.
2007-03-15 11:03:14 · answer #6 · answered by freebird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jalapenos are small chili peppers.
2007-03-15 10:06:08 · answer #7 · answered by Guriya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are small hot peppers.
2007-03-15 10:07:09 · answer #8 · answered by You Can't See Me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What planet are you from? o_O
K, jalapenos are really hot peppers.
2007-03-15 10:03:48 · answer #9 · answered by helloprissykitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are those green peppers you find on nachos :) Okay I'm being silly....but they are!
2007-03-15 10:12:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋