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Chilies in Asia are not from there, they came from the Portuguese during the period when they dominated the black pepper trade and also owned a colony in what i
by coldcode 10y ago
Chilies in Asia are not from there, they came from the Portuguese during the period when they dominated the black pepper trade and also owned a colony in what is now Brazil. pepper went to Europe and chilies went to India. Before then capsaicin was unknown there. Mexico I imagine also got chilies directly from the south.
- jacobolus 10y agoChilies originated in Mexico, where they have been eaten for at least 10,000 years. The word chilli is a Nahuatl word (indigenous language of central Mexico). Every little valley in Mexico has its own unique varieties.