Just got off the phone with a buddy who is new to gardening. He was looking at Hungarian Wax, and Hungarian Hot at the local K-Mart, and wanted to know what the difference was. To the best of my knowledge, they would BOTH be hot peppers, but I don't know why they were named differently. I also told him I thought the sweet ones that looked like Hungarians were called banana peppers. Anyone able to help us out here? Thanks! Ken
There are hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of varieties of peppers. Hungarian Wax and Hot peppers may be similar, ie, both might be wax-type peppers; or they may be two entirely different varieties. Are there pictures on the little tag? Do the pods look similar?
There is at least one hot banana pepper, btw; but I think most banana peppers are sweet.
Hope that's not too confusing...
Penelope
WalMart must have mislabeled our plants. We thought we were getting mild banana peppers. I took a bite of one last week and it blew my eyes out.
My neighbor is a hot pepper fiend...he eats our habanero sauce on crackers, and this one blew his eyes and socks off as well. And melted his face.
It was hot.
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