Category: Vegetables

Are Sweet Potato Fries Processed?

Most store-bought frozen sweet potato fries aren’t the best choice health-wise. They often count as ultra-processed foods, containing added sugars, refined flour, additives, and/or highly processed oils. This recipe for homemade frozen sweet potato fries is a less processed and more nutritious (i.e., healthier) choice. Are sweet potato fries considered healthy? “With very similar nutrient […]

Are Sweet Potatoes Disease Resistant?

Susceptible/resistance to common diseases: Soil rot: Resistant. Fusarium wilt: Resistant. Fusarium root rot: Resistant. Rhizopus soft rot: Intermediate resistance. What diseases do sweet potatoes get? Alternaria leaf spot & Leaf and stem blight Alternaria spp. Black rot Ceratocystis fimbriata. Fusarium root and stem rot Fusarium solani. Can sweet potatoes get potato blight? Southern blight, also […]

Are Sweet Potato Fries Full Of Sugar?

A serving of sweet potato fries contains from 21.2 to 21.69 grams of carbohydrates according to MyPlate. This total includes about five to seven grams of sugar and about three grams of dietary fiber. Are sweet potato fries high in sugar? French fries and sweet potato fries are both rich in carbohydrates, which raise your […]

Why Are People Allergic To Sweet Potato?

Certain white blood cells and mast cells release histamine. This immune system response causes many of the symptoms of a potato allergy. Several substances in potatoes may trigger the allergic reaction, including a glycoprotein called patatin and alkaloids such as solanine. Is it possible to be allergic to sweet potatoes? Sweet potato is a member […]

What Are The Other Names For Sweet Potato?

What is another word for sweet potato? batata camote Ipomoea kumara yam What are sweet potatoes called in grocery store? yamsSince the “soft” sweet potatoes slightly resembled true yams, they picked up the name and became what you see labeled as “yams” in most U.S. grocery stores. What do Americans call a sweet potato? YAMSYAMS […]

Are Peppers Native To India?

I found it very interesting to know that the red chiliesred chiliesChili con carne (also spelled chilli con carne or chile con carne and shortened to chili or chilli; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃili kon ˈkaɾne]), meaning “chili with meat”, is a spicy stew containing chili peppers (sometimes in the form of chili powder), meat (usually beef), […]

Why Do Peppers Burn Your Tongue?

The substance in a chilli pepper that causes the burning sensation in your mouth is called capsaicin. It binds to a receptor in your mouth and on your tongue called TRPV1 – the same receptor that tells you when something on your skin is too hot. How do you stop your tongue from burning from […]

Why Are Peppers Hot To Humans?

The main cause of the heat in peppers is the chemical compound Capsaicin, which binds with pain receptors in our tissue, causing a burning sensation. Why are peppers spicy to humans? The heat of a chili pepper is not actually a taste. That burning feeling comes from the body’s pain response system. Capsaicin inside the […]

Did Peppers Originate In Africa?

In truth, hot peppers first arrived in Africa during the 15th century from South America via the Columbian exchange. But today, hot pepper (genus capsicum) is as African as can be. Where did peppers come from originally? Peppers are native to tropical America and are particularly important in the cuisines of tropical Asia and equatorial […]

Did All Peppers Originated In The Americas?

They were probably domesticated first in southern Mexico, but there are literally dozens of domesticated species of peppers which arose from throughout the Americas. Are all peppers originally from the Americas? Peppers are native to tropical America and are particularly important in the cuisines of tropical Asia and equatorial America. Traces of pepper fruits have […]

Why Do Humans Eat Hot Peppers?

Because eating spicy can cause your body –pituitary gland and hypothalamus specifically, to release endorphins. Endorphins can be known as a trigger happy chemical, which gives you an instant feeling of pleasure from head to toe. People crave the spiciness of food just the same way they crave something sweet or salty. Why did humans […]

Why Are Hot Peppers Addictive?

While chili peppers contain no addictive properties, the experience of heat and pain triggers a release of pleasant endorphins. This experience is similar to a runner’s high or roller coaster rides that adrenaline junkies crave. So, you might say that capsaicin makes people feel “alive”. Why do people enjoy hot peppers? Because eating spicy can […]

Are There Poisonous Peppers?

Some of the most common garden peppers are poisonous. Pepper plants are in the Solanaceae plant family, which also includes violently poisonous nightshade and many other toxic species. Some pepper plants are poisonous to both humans and animals, even those peppers commonly used in food. Are ornamental peppers poisonous to humans? Ornamental peppers are not […]