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Ají Cachucha - Capsicum chinense
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November 14, 2018
Melanie
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The ají cachucha is any small and perennial sweet chili pepper. In some areas, the name refers to a specific variety of sweet chili pepper. The variety I am growing is most commonly called ají cachucha in Cuba. The ají cachucha fruit is bright red when fully ripe. There can be many variations in fruit size from plant to plant, but the flavor and color will remain almost the same. The most common shape that is seen in the ají cachucha cultivars is a round flattened disk shape. However, some plants will produce rounder fruit.
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Tindora - Coccinia grandis
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November 7, 2018
Melanie
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The tindora is a tropical vining plant that produces small fruit. The fruit can be eaten both while immature and mature. It is a vigorous perennial that readily grows from seed. The vine produces all year long in tropical regions, but production decreases during the colder months. When it is unripe the skin pattern resembles that of a watermelon and the inside of the fruit resembles that of a cucumber. As it matures the fruit begins to ripen and become very soft. The skin and flesh become a bright red color.
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Hi, I am Melanie.
I grow food in the tropics. Copious amounts of food till the point I am so overwhelmed about how to preserve it all that I eventually start crying. Can anyone relate?
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