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Omkara

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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:55 am Post subject: What kind of pepper is the Korean Red Pepper? |
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| How similar is it to cayenne? |
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the_beaver

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:11 am Post subject: Re: What kind of pepper is the Korean Red Pepper? |
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| How similar is it to cayenne? |
Very similar. In the same species. Capsicum annuum. |
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sojourner1

Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:32 am Post subject: |
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I understand they were brought to Korea, China, and India from central America back in the 1600's by Portuguese. I know the Korean chili pepper is the same as in central America and many other parts of the world. It's a cayenne pepper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capsicum_cultivars |
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