In reply to K ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo writes
Whilst in Spain, I had a few helpings of what they call "pimientos"
in tapas bars.

These are shrivelly chillis, about 2" long and about 1" across,
green, which they oven cook and sprinkle with sea salt, and they are
absolutely delicious[1]. I have asked Mr Greengrocer and he is
nonplussed, although he did say he would try to get me some.

Does anyone know what kind/sort/variety these things are and, if so,
is it possible to grow them over here? Maybe in a greenhouse or
cloche? I have grown many sorts of chilli before, indoors, with a
great deal of success so it can't be difficult.

[1]delicious in a Russian Roulette kind of way, about one in twenty
of them is a bit of a surprise.

A bit like those 'russian roulette' chocolates, where one of the box
is filled with a hot chilli mixture?

Similar, although these chillis do it naturally. Nobody knows which are hot
and not. The estimates vary between one in ten and one in twenty. The normal
tapas portion would be about ten [is very afraid].

I have a picture somewhere taken of me having just got the hot one, which I,
of course, put in whole. I'll dig it out ... maybe not this week.