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W hen
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we speak about Carmagnola we speak about peppers, and when we
speak about peppers we speak about Carmagnola. It is owing to its pepper-
growing tradition, in fact, that the town is now famous all over the world. Four types of
pepper are grown here, the names of which refer to their appearance: quadrato (square),
trottola (spinning top), tomaticot (tomato-like) and corno di bue (oxhorn), also known as
lungo (long). The latter variety has been an Italian Slow Food Presidium for many years.
The aim of this project is to create new markets for a vegetable of such outstanding taste
and aroma, incredibly versatile in any kind of cooking, especially that of the Piedmontese
tradition. It’s worth adding that insects that prey on the parasites of the plants were re-
cently introduced to the Carmagnola area to combat the phenomenon organically, without
recourse to pesticides, thus protecting the integrity and wholesomeness of the peppers.
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