Giant Pepper For Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers Bred Specifically For Increased Cheese Payload
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
The NuMex Jalmundo Optimized for your popping pleasure Paul Bosland In a breakthrough with vast implications for both chiles and Chili's, the New Mexico State University chile pepper breeding program has bred a wholly new, extra large, medium-hot jalapeno pepper precisely optimized for jalapeno poppers-jalapenos stuffed with cheese and deep fried. Named "NuMex Jalmundo" (a contraction of "jalapeno" and "mundo," Spanish for "world"), the plus-sized peppers were created from a routine hybridization of a bell pepper and a jalapeno with help from NMSU's non-profit Chile Pepper Institute. No kidding.