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> The chilli plant evolved in such a way that humans don't like chilli pepper. The hottest chilli cultivars were deliberately bread because humans like them.
by unmole 4y ago
> The chilli plant evolved in such a way that humans don't like chilli pepper.
The hottest chilli cultivars were deliberately bread because humans like them.
- addaon 4y agoYes, but it's worth keeping in mind that everything that we call a chilli was selectively bred, and is quite different from the wild rootstock. Chiltepins [1], which is thought to be quite close to the wild variant, is much hotter than most commercial chillis today, although not up there with the hottest. [1] https://www.nativeseeds.org/collections/chiltepines https://www.nativeseeds.org/collections/chiltepines -- recommended, always have some in my pantry.