rocotos
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Traditional Food
How to Make a Good Uchukuta Hot Sauce
A spicy sauce made of rocoto hot peppers and herbs the uchukuta* has a flavor that has gained it great…
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Food & Drinks
Stinging, Yet Popular and Delicious: the Rocoto Rellenos of Cusco
The people of Cusco desire their much loved rocoto rellenos (stuffed rocoto peppers). They are drawn by the absorbing color…
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Customs
What Makes a Hot Sauce Spicy?
Scientists tell us it is the quantity of capsaicin peppers have that makes them hot and spicy to one degree…
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