ISSUE 30, PEPPERS, Part 5: Hinkelhatz Peppers
Pennsylvania Dutch
Hinkelhatz Pepper
Shaped like a chicken heart, the Hinkelhatz is an heirloom Mennonite hot pepper cultivated since the early nineteenth century in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Its coloration is somewhat diverse when ripe—mostly red, sometimes yellow, and rarely orange. William Woys Weaver, the foremost historian of the Pennsylvania Dutch horticultural a…