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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater I have some leftover Mareko Fana pepper plants (55, but it looks like 10 may be spoken for). Mareko Fana is a medium heat fleshy pepper, prized in Ethiopian cuisine, and used to make Berbere spice. email me -- fred@growartisan.com if you want to pick any of them up. First come first served. |
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I'm growing a pepper called Berbere (no mention of Mareko Fana on the tag). Is that the same thing? From what I understand, as you say, it's dried and used for powder in Ethiopian cuisine.
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From what I understand, Berere is the brown spice, and there are a few similar brown peppers used to make it in Ethiopia. My Ethiopian collaborator says Mareko Fana is the gold standard.
Berbere is used to describe brown Ethiopian peppers, and a Berbere pepper may be Mareko Fana. Where did you get your "Berbere" seed? |
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The first link has a photo of the pepper.
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Fred - I didn't grow it from seed, I happened to get a plant at Cross Countries Nurseries in NJ:
http://www.chileplants.com/search.as...ed&pagesize=20
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Thanks for the link. That does not look like Mareko Fana. Mareko Fana typically ripens to deep brown, not red.
This "Berbere" links is also not Mareko Fana: http://www.reimerseeds.com/berbere-hot-peppers.aspx These links show peppers that are Mareko Fana, or something similar: http://www.rareseeds.com/ethiopian-brown-pepper/ http://pepperlover.com/pepper-seeds/...berbere-detail And this is our Mareko Fana: http://store.growartisan.com/product...farm-land-race |
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I guess I will find out
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40 pepper plants left
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