Cachuga Pepper - Plants of Hot Springs Island
Pronounced
Ka-hoo-gah, and sometimes called "Magma Bites" or "Lava
Bursters", Cachuga Peppers can only be found on Hot Springs Island.
Vaguely pyramidal shaped woody bushes with profuse foliage bear clusters of
small, fragrant yellow blooms which eventually give way to fiery peppers of a
marbled red-orange. The bushes bloom continually in the tropical climes of the
Swordfish Islands causing Cachuga bushes to produce peppers in profusion. The
peppers themselves are 2-4 inches long and hang from the bushes by thick,
green, vein-like structures. Cachuga Peppers are exceptionally spicy and
flavorful, rivaling the heat and potency of even the Blindfire Vine. The skin
of these peppers is leathery and can be mashed into a paste then shaped and
dried into chips or a flavorful yet non-spicy paper-like wrapping, pairing
nicely with raw fish. The peppers dry well, retaining their fire and flavor for
exceptional periods of time, and their seeds can be ground into a powder that
causes *severe* eye and skin irritation.
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