Cayenne pepper

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The cayenne pepper is a type of Capsicum annuum. It is usually a moderately hot chili
pepper used to flavor dishes. Cayenne peppers are a group of tapering, 10 to 25 cm long,
generally skinny, mostly red-colored peppers, often with a curved tip and somewhat rippled
skin, which hang from the bush as opposed to growing upright. Fruits are generally dried and
ground to make the powdered spice of the same name, although cayenne powder may be a
blend of different types of peppers, quite often not containing cayenne peppers, and may or
may not contain the seeds.Cayenne is used in cooking spicy dishes either as a powder or in
its whole form. It is also used as an herbal supplement. The cayenne pepper is a type of
Capsicum annuum, as are bell peppers, jalapeños, pimientos, and many others. The genus
Capsicum is in the nightshade family, (Solanaceae). Cayenne peppers are often said to
belong to the frutescens variety, but frutescens peppers are now defined as peppers which
have fruit which grow upright on the bush (such as tabasco peppers), thus what is known in
English as cayenne peppers are by definition not frutescens. In the 19th century, modern
cayenne peppers were classified as C. longum, this name was later synonymised with C.
frutescens. Cayenne powder, however, has generally been made from the bird's eye
peppers, in the 19th century classified as C. minimum. Cayenne peppers are long, tapering,
10 to 25 centimetres (4 to 10 in) long, generally skinny, mostly red colored peppers, often
with a curved tip and somewhat rippled skin, which hang from the bush as opposed to
growing upright. There are many specific cultivars, such as 'Cow-horn',[ 'Cayenne Sweet',
'Cayenne Buist's Yellow', 'Golden Cayenne', 'Cayenne Carolina', 'Cayenne Indonesian',
'Joe's Long', 'Cayenne Large Red Thick', 'Cayenne Long Thick Red', 'Ring of Fire', 'Cayenne
Passion', 'Cayenne Thomas Jefferson', 'Cayenne Iberian', 'Cayenne Turkish', 'Egyptian
Cayenne', 'Cayenne Violet' or 'Numex Las Cruces Cayenne'. Although most modern
cayenne peppers are colored red, yellow and purple varieties exist, and in the 19th century
yellow varieties were common. Most types are moderately hot, although a number of mild
variants exist. Cayenne powder may be a blend of different types of chili peppers. It is used
in its fresh form, or as dried powder on seafood, all types of egg dishes (devilled eggs,
omelettes, soufflés), meats and stews, casseroles, cheese dishes, hot sauces, and curries.In
North America, the primary cultivar in Crushed Red Pepper is Cayenne. They are also used
in some varieties of hot sauce in North America, such as Franks RedHot, Texas Pete and
Crystal.