| Christopher Columbus didn't just sail the
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| | Arawak Indians.Columbus might not have
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| ocean blue and discover the New World in
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| | been right about the origins, but he did
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| 1492 while trying to find a short cut to
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| | help popularize chile peppers. (A chile
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| the East Indies. He sampled a plant,
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| | by any other name will be just as hot,
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| thought it was a relative of the black
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| | right?) He brought back samples to the
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| pepper, and dubbed it a "pepper."So began
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| | Iberian Peninsula and they quickly spread
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| several hundred years of misinformation
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| | about the world. And if you think that
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| about chile peppers. Unlike what
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| | today's hot sauce explosion is amazing,
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| Christopher Columbus thought, they aren't
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| | check this out. According to the Foodies
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| related to black pepper and they didn't
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| | Corner of MSN.com, roughly 50 years after
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| originate in India.Hot peppers actually
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| | Columbus brought home peppers, they were
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| came from somewhere in South America.
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| | being cultivated on all coasts of Africa,
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| There they were known as Aji [technically
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| | India, Asia, China, the Middle East, the
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| there should an accent over the "I"
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| | Balkans, Central Europe and Italy.
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| leaning towards the right]. Chile
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| | Peppers spread faster than kudzu.And
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| peppers, which hail from the genus
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| | although Columbus brought peppers to
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| Capsicum are not related to black pepper.
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| | Spain, it was the Portugese traders who
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| Instead they are members of the
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| | actually spread their use and cultivate,
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| nightshade (Solanaceae) family and are
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| | according to the Foodies Corner.
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| related to tomatoes, cherries and
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| | Portuguese trading partners in turn
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| eggplant."Well into the 19th century,
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| | spread peppers to Asia and the Arab world
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| most Europeans continued to believe that
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| | by the early 1500s. The Turks reportedly
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| peppers were native to India and the
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| | brought the chile pepper to Hungary in
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| Orient, until Alphonse de Candolle, a
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| | the mid-15th century.Today, no matter
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| botanist, produced convincing linguistic
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| | what language you speak, peppers are
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| evidence for the South America origin of
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| | popular, especially with the Thais, who
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| the genus Capsicum," states MSN.com's
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| | reportedly consume more chiles on a daily
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| Foodies Corner.Whether you call them aji
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| | basis than any other people.This article
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| or chile peppers, these plants were
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| | was written by Eric Vinje of Cosmic
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| likely first cultivated as early as 5000
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| | Chile.
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| BC. By 1492, Native Americans had
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| domesticated at least four species. In
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| | Shop online for hot sauces, salsas,
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| the West Indies, Columbus found several
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| | spicy BBQ sauces and more. If it's fiery
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| different capsicums cultivated by the
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| | foods you're after...we've got it!
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