/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.10676247]

>read recipe
>calls for either "green chilies"
>my store has dozens of varieties of chilies available

Why is this allowed? I especially have this problem with British recipes. I don't know which type of pepper to use since we have so many kinds. What do?

[Anonymous No.10676261]

>>10676247
Well at least you aren't colorblind. By ass would buy orange peppers and never know.

[Anonymous No.10676275]

>>10676261
don't orange peppers seem yellowish to you?

[Anonymous No.10676298]

>>10676275
It's not the orange so much as it is the green. I have a hard time seeing green so depending on it's shade it either looks yellow (like a tennis ball), orange (like those peppers) or brown (like lots of foliage)

[Anonymous No.10676345]

>>10676298
that's pretty wild

[Anonymous No.10676358]

>>10676247
you better not be buying your chile from Hatch because if you are ima have to come over to your house and monkey slap you on the dick
also if you buy your chile from Anaheim i will have to kill you
Good Luck!

[Anonymous No.10676453]

>>10676261
>>10676298

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vWM2N3GRjE

[Anonymous No.10676472]

>>10676453
Weird that this video actually shows peppers in it.

[Anonymous No.10676539]

>>10676358
where should I buy them from?

[Anonymous No.10677389]

>>10676539
>Listening to a frogposter

Hatch is good. Pueblo and Lemitar are just butthurt that their green chiles are subpar next to Hatch chiles. Hard to find Hatch outside of fall though. Those are just regions though. They are all Anaheim peppers. Just each region have been selectively growing their own crops so they each are kind of their own subspecies.

Anyway, it just depends on what you want to make. If you want the chile to be the center of the dish or if you're making a sauce, Anaheim peppers are the classic go-to. If you want to add some flavor and a kick without it being the focus of your meal you might want to go jalapeno or serrano or if you want to be an edgy teenager that thinks tongue-scorching hot = flavor then habaneros are your dish destroyer.

Still, there's a billion other peppers out there that have a billion different uses. It just really depends on the dish. If it just called for 'chile peppers' then Anaheim is a safe bet.

[Anonymous No.10677474]

>>10677389
I feel like anaheims are too large and lightly colored compared to what Gordan slices up on tv

[Anonymous No.10677718]

>>10677474
gerdens a feget, use hatch

[Anonymous No.10677806]

>>10676247
I'm fairly certain the generic "green" and "red" peppers sold over here are serranos. I don't know why they're named like that though.

Birds eyes are commonly sold too, and that's usually what the recipe will mean if it's supposed to be making something actually hot. They might be referred to as just "small chillis" or "finger chillis".

[Anonymous No.10677807]

>>10677718
cant get them except for canned

[Anonymous No.10677816]

>>10676261
>>10676298
Lol god you are a fucking moron. Who the fuck literally has issues distinguishing colours? Lmfao

[Anonymous No.10677825]

>>10677816
Grow up kid.

[Anonymous No.10677831]

>>10677474
Jalapenos and serranos are usually smaller and a richer green.

Probably using jalapenos. They are a popular. Serranos are usually pretty thin but I've seen some mutant huge ones.

[Anonymous No.10677833]

>>10677825
Part of growing up is knowing the different colours, you complete idiot.

[Anonymous No.10677836]

>>10677816
if this isn't bait you're an idiot

[Anonymous No.10677837]

>>10677833
trololololol xdd

[Anonymous No.10677873]

>>10677806
I should add, the anaheims that other anons mentioned are a good point. I've only rarely seen them in the big chain stores here, but a lot of non-asian ethnic supermarkets have them as their generic chilli, so if you're cooking a recipe written by someone who'd be shopping there, they're probably what you want.

Jalapenos will usually be specified in a recipe, I think that's the foremost chilli variety that most brits could actually name.

[Anonymous No.10677885]

>>10677873
Please stop shitting up the thread with these posts

[Anonymous No.10677903]

>>10677885
it's a relevant post anon

[Anonymous No.10677908]

>>10676247
"green chilli" = green bird's eye in 90% of cases.

[Anonymous No.10677916]

>>10677903
Shiposts, relevant or not, are still shitposts.

[Anonymous No.10677921]

>>10677908
>in 90% of cases.
Oh yeah? Do you have even one source to back this statistic up?

[Anonymous No.10677932]

>>10677389
what the actual fuck
if you really believe shitty htach and anaheim chile is the best your fucking retarded
do you go to olive garden and think wow this is the best and most authentic italian food and then go to italy and tell italians that olive garden is better than anything in italy
you a fucking huge faggot
>>10676539
buy them from whereever they care about what goes in the food >>10677389 is a fucking tool who prefers canned tuna over fresh tuna because hes used to using mass produced shitty ingridients
>>10677389
fuck you and burn in hell with your shitty canned goods fatass

[Anonymous No.10677940]

>>10677718
youre a faggot just like gordan then

[Anonymous No.10677945]

>>10677932
I just wanted you to know that I am crying right now IRL for the first time in 2 years. There is no reason to ever use or call someone the F word, it's bigoted and extremely hurtful

[Anonymous No.10678059]

>>10677908

[Anonymous No.10678063]

>>10677916
no it's helpful, that's not a shitpost

[Anonymous No.10678471]

Found a confirmation from Sainsburys that the generic ones are serranos.
https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/lifestyle/food/a-guide-to-chillies

[Anonymous No.10678474]

>>10678471
thanks man that's what I was looking for

[Anonymous No.10678647]

>>10676247
>my store has dozens of varieties of chilies available
>somehow, this is a bad thing
whites were a mistake

[Anonymous No.10678668]

>>10678647
OP's frustration seems to be directed at the recipe, not the produce aisle.

[Anonymous No.10678696]

>>10676247
I mean does it really matter? they are all pretty similar

[Anonymous No.10678715]

>>10678668
I have to travel 45 minutes to get a good chili selection. Some people would rather complain that they need to make inferences based on the dish, it would seem
>>10678696
Lol, no

[Anonymous No.10678741]

>>10678715
well yeah, how do you know what kind of heat level it calls for if you don't know the varietal? It's not common sense to me unless I make it more than once

[Anonymous No.10678814]

>>10677908