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? It was imported from the new world around 1700 so 300 years.. not really a long time, just as new as the us.
by qikInNdOutReply 4y ago
? It was imported from the new world around 1700 so 300 years.. not really a long time, just as new as the us.
- biggc 4y agoSichuan Peppercorn is not a new world chili, and is endemic to Asia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanthoxylum_armatum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanthoxylum_armatum
- eloisius 4y agoSichuan peppercorns, not chili peppers. Although I don't know why gp provided them as an example. They aren't the slightest bit hot, they just have a tingly numbing sensation and a nice flavor.
- tintedfireglass 4y agoginger, black pepper or long pepper could be a better example
- tintedfireglass 4y agoSichuan pepper is native to Asia and is a citrus species. it is an old world plant.
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoWhy do people refer to it as new / old world when it's been around and inhabited since forever? It's a weird misnomer, just like calling its inhabitants Indians, and just like calling countries 3rd world.
- qikInNdOutReply 4y agoIts pretty universal though, all people have preconceptions like that. Like chinese tourists, calling home the mainland and the inhabitants of the visited country "foreigners". Its more prevalent in huge countries or ex empires though. Super annoying when your country is small and you have to adapt to these wrong pre conceptions because the other side gets insulted, if you call them "just another country among many".