>AFAIK peppers are native to the Americas You are right, the oldest proven use and origin of pepper is from Mexico, exported from the portugese all over the wo

>AFAIK peppers are native to the Americas You are right, the oldest proven use and origin of pepper is from Mexico, exported from the portugese all over the world...but the chinese and india peppers are still a bit of a mystery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper