Peppadew
Peppadew is the trade name of a sweet and spicy variety of paprika from South Africa . It is a cultivar of Capsicum baccatum , which, according to the manufacturer , is grown in the Limpopo province . In the past, the Mpumalanga province was also mentioned as a growing area.
history
The plant was allegedly discovered by a South African farmer in the garden of his holiday home in the Eastern Cape in 1993 and brought onto the market in the same decade. The name is a Portmanteau word from 'pepper', English for pepper or paprika, and 'dew', English for dew .
In 2000, the South African mushroom growing company Denny Mushrooms bought the brand name and the company behind it.
preparation
The seeds are first removed from the fruit to reduce the heat. Then they are inserted.
taste
The taste of Peppadew is sweet, with a slight sharpness around 1200 SHU on the Scoville scale .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Peppadew® International. In: peppadew.com. Retrieved May 11, 2018 (see section The Peppadew® Story ).
- ^ Agricultural information. In: peppadew.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2017 ; accessed on May 11, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Peppadew at thenibble.com (English), accessed on October 26, 2016
- ↑ a b US PVP Application Number 9800051 - Solanaceae Capsicum Annuum Pepper (Chili) "Juanita" . United States Department of Agriculture . December 30, 1997. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
- ^ Myriam Velia, Imraan Valodia: Assessing some Core Characteristics of the DTP (= Research Report No 56). University of Natal , 2003, ISBN 1-86840-495-1 , p. 28.
- ↑ Denny gets stake in Peppadew. In: news24.com. August 27, 2000, accessed December 6, 2018 .
