I've never ever had a piquant padron in the UK!! Always just the plain ones. I think the Spanish keep them all. One year i grew my own plant and each chilli was super hot!!
Ann Other It is getting difficult in Spain, too. The Padrón peppers come originally from Padrón, a village in Galicia, northwest Spain. Some plants are hot, and some are not, as you discovered, so eating them was like a Russian roulette because in a single plate most would not be hot, but some would be, very. In Galicia they used to say "Pimientos de Padrón, unos pican e outros non". But contrary to what many people think, in Spain very hot food is traditionally not very popular, what we consider "hot" is actually pretty mild by Mexican or Indian standards, we use hot spices just for a little edge. Padrón peppers, when hot, are sometimes very hot, with a very aggresive taste that takes you off guard after eating some sweet ones, and since you eat them in in single bite if your capsaicine tolerance is low, you either spit, or cry. This is the reason why commercial peppers that you buy in supermarkets are not really hot anymore, customers prefer them sweet, to be eaten as tapas, with no surprises, as Omar show here. If you want the real deal, you need to go to Galicia and buy local, and nowadays you may even need to ask specifically for some hot ones.
Ann, My local Sainsburys sell them and I've had a couple of roulette ones, I've never had a hot one in spain. Also you could try the tapas lunch company online as I'm sure these are galician.
@@annother3350 Apparently spicyness comes from the amount of sunlight and water, that a particular plant, or parts of it received. That is why it varies and only about 10% of the pepers grown in the Padrón area in Galicia used to be hot. There may also be a genetic side to it. In the farmers markets in Galicia you sometimes can ask for more or less hot peppers, because they seem to know which of their plants yields hotter peppers. Anyway, when they are hot, they can be very hot, and unlike in Mexico or other South American countries, in Spain traditional food is not usually too hot and spicy, and most people have a low tolerance to capsaicine. Peppers grown in greenhouses for the big supermarket chains are usually mild, and it is rare to find really hot ones in a bag.
oh shi...here we go. cg gg you just enlightened everyone. Now if I may enlighten you; if Spain (and the rest of the eastern globe) did not know the Americas existed....someone "discovered" them since we know for a fact the western native indians didn't cross the seas and spread the word.
+P.F Changs No. He was allegedly from Genoa, which back then was an independent republic. And he discovered America with three spanish ships, with spanish funds, spanish sailors and spanish crew. What's exactly your point?
+sseppel My point? Whats your point? You comment has no relevant contribution to the original conversation. I used the word invaded and another user used the word discovered!......In regards to Columbus descent, most research sites considered him of Italian descent, so whats your point, then?
Chef Omar. I love this video. You have a lot of passion and taste. Thank you for sharing this recipe. Many thanks fro Dubai ! Muchas gracias
Love both dishes.
Love cod & salsa Verde! Will try this recipe
nice dish! Will try it here in Denmark. We eat some cod here, but usually not like this.
I've never ever had a piquant padron in the UK!! Always just the plain ones. I think the Spanish keep them all. One year i grew my own plant and each chilli was super hot!!
Ann Other It is getting difficult in Spain, too. The Padrón peppers come originally from Padrón, a village in Galicia, northwest Spain. Some plants are hot, and some are not, as you discovered, so eating them was like a Russian roulette because in a single plate most would not be hot, but some would be, very. In Galicia they used to say "Pimientos de Padrón, unos pican e outros non". But contrary to what many people think, in Spain very hot food is traditionally not very popular, what we consider "hot" is actually pretty mild by Mexican or Indian standards, we use hot spices just for a little edge. Padrón peppers, when hot, are sometimes very hot, with a very aggresive taste that takes you off guard after eating some sweet ones, and since you eat them in in single bite if your capsaicine tolerance is low, you either spit, or cry. This is the reason why commercial peppers that you buy in supermarkets are not really hot anymore, customers prefer them sweet, to be eaten as tapas, with no surprises, as Omar show here. If you want the real deal, you need to go to Galicia and buy local, and nowadays you may even need to ask specifically for some hot ones.
Ann,
My local Sainsburys sell them and I've had a couple of roulette ones, I've never had a hot one in spain. Also you could try the tapas lunch company online as I'm sure these are galician.
@@Josec823 It's difficult to find hot ones in Spain? Maybe they're being grown too quickly or something
@@annother3350 Apparently spicyness comes from the amount of sunlight and water, that a particular plant, or parts of it received. That is why it varies and only about 10% of the pepers grown in the Padrón area in Galicia used to be hot. There may also be a genetic side to it. In the farmers markets in Galicia you sometimes can ask for more or less hot peppers, because they seem to know which of their plants yields hotter peppers. Anyway, when they are hot, they can be very hot, and unlike in Mexico or other South American countries, in Spain traditional food is not usually too hot and spicy, and most people have a low tolerance to capsaicine. Peppers grown in greenhouses for the big supermarket chains are usually mild, and it is rare to find really hot ones in a bag.
@@Josec823 Thanks for that. The ones we get int the UK tend to be much bigger than in Spain
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Jones grocer is also Singapore
So delicious, nice one ... 😋
Suficiente tiempo para los guisantes frescos? me parece muy poco
Pimenton and paprika are not the same. The pimenton is smoked.
His name should be Omar Oliveoil
Lolz..true...
Your name should be Shashank Redemption ;)
You should be called Rubin Murray,
What a mane
Columbus didn't discover anything. He just so happened to come across the islands and Americas
oh shi...here we go. cg gg you just enlightened everyone. Now if I may enlighten you; if Spain (and the rest of the eastern globe) did not know the Americas existed....someone "discovered" them since we know for a fact the western native indians didn't cross the seas and spread the word.
Greeks ?
1492 is when the Spanish invaded America....
+P.F Changs No, in 1492 Spain discovered America. It was after that we invaded it.
Clara You mean Christopher Columbus discovered America and he was of Italian descent.
+P.F Changs No. He was allegedly from Genoa, which back then was an independent republic. And he discovered America with three spanish ships, with spanish funds, spanish sailors and spanish crew. What's exactly your point?
+sseppel He does not like spanish people. Must be his point.
+sseppel My point? Whats your point? You comment has no relevant contribution to the original conversation. I used the word invaded and another user used the word discovered!......In regards to Columbus descent, most research sites considered him of Italian descent, so whats your point, then?
And OMFG OMAR TIE YOUR GREASY RAGGED HAIR UP!!!!
Wtf kinda nasty looking swamp water shit is this ?