Tag: Chili Pepper

The chili pepper ALSO has an auspicious meaning in the Chinese practice of feng shui, where hanging a red chili pepper tassel is said to bring good fortune and increase income. What does a chili pepper symbolize? Very similar to the evil eye, the good luck charm that is believed to protect its bearer from […]

Chili peppers were primarily used as a food seasoning in Native North American tribes, although they were used in some rituals by the Hopi and Pueblo tribes of the Southwest. In Mexican Indian tribes, chili peppers played a much more spiritually important role. Did Native Americans have peppers? The most important Indigenous American crops have […]

Puya chile peppers are a favorite in Mexican cuisine for making salsas but also for making sauces, particularly mole sauces, to flavor beef and pork, various seafood dishes, vegetables, and for use as ground chili flakes. They are used for seasoning soups and stews, breakfasts and dinners and anything in between. Why are chili peppers […]

The 13 Best Ways to Utilize Chili Peppers Pickled chilies. Dry your peppers. Chili powder. A basic pepper powder recipe: Freeze your chili fruits. Make a hot sauce! Create a chili jam. Fresh salsa. Cooked salsa. What are red chili peppers used for? Red chile peppers are also popularly incorporated into Asian cuisine, including stir-fries, […]

In 1494 the “pepper” arrived in Europe, where it was first received as an exotic plant used to decorate gardens, until some monks in Portugal discovered that it was a cheap, tasty and spicy pepper replacement. Thus the Portuguese explorers became the main allies of chili peppers’ conquests. How did pepper spread around the world? […]

Emoji Meaning A bright red Mexican chili pepper, slightly curled and with a green stem. May be used to represent something “hot and spicy,” figuratively or literally, as a dish on a restaurant menu. Hot Pepper was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. What does this […]

In South America, researchers have identified starch grains of Capsicum on milling stones and cooking pots recovered from house floors in southwestern Ecuador dating them to around 6,000 years ago. These microfossil remains are some of the earliest chili peppers documented from the region. Where did chili peppers originate from? Although originated in Mexico, chilies […]

Health benefits of Chili pepper includes improves digestive health and metabolism, alleviates migraines, may reduce risks of cancer, fights fungal infections, colds, and the flu, provides joint pain relief, fights inflammation, supports cardiovascular health, may improve cognitive functions, may improve longevity, What is the importance of pepper in the body? Pepper is an antioxidant that […]

Consumption By Country The countries with the highest volumes of pepper consumption in 2018 were Viet Nam (166K tonnes), India (86K tonnes) and the U.S. (68K tonnes), with a combined 41% share of global consumption. What country eats the most Chiles? With nearly X thousand tonnes, China became the world’s leading chili and pepper consuming […]

The Mayan Love Pepper originates from the jungles of South and Central America. It was used in ancient times as an aphrodisiac. This is possibly due to the endorphin effect that chilli possesses. It is a hot little pepper that can be used green or ripe or dried for winter use. What were chili peppers […]

So does it really matter which one you choose? In Mexico, this question is borderline offensive. With more than 150 varieties available across the country, and thousands of ways to prepare them, Mexican chilies are carefully selected to add heat and, more importantly, heaps of flavor to a dish. Are chili peppers native to Mexico? […]

From the chili plant’s metabolic perspective, capsaicin wracks up a very high defense budget. The molecule is relatively large and contains lots of precious nitrogen, which is critical for building proteins and DNA. Furthermore, as a byproduct of making capsaicin, the leaves of spicy plants have more stomata. Why do chillies have capsaicin? “Both the […]

They’re much like tiny habanero peppers in taste – fruity, nearing tropical. But unlike the habanero, they sit in the medium range of heat – comparable to cayenne peppers in spiciness. This is an excellent small chili pepper for the kitchen. Are small red chillies hotter than big ones? The smaller the chile, the hotter […]

There are of course many uses of peppers: you can dry them, freeze them, make chili powder, a chili stew, a hot sauce, chili jam, salsa, guacamole, and chili poppers. What can I do with fresh red chillies? Maximise flavour with these 13 store cupboard heroes every household needs. Freeze. Pop leftover chillies into a […]

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 pepper activates a protein in people’s cells called TRPV1. This protein’s job is to sense heat. Are chili peppers really hot? Hot chili peppers range from 100,001 to 350,000 Scoville Heat […]

Caribbean Red Chili Peppers SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS: 300,000 – 475,000 SHU This extremely hot pepper, originally from the Yucatn peninsula in Mexico, is now also cultivated in the Carribean and around North America. This pepper typically grows to about 1 inch in diameter and 1 1/2 inches in length. Are red chili peppers really hot? […]

Árbol chilies (often called by their Spanish name, chiles de árbol) are perhaps the most popular of the hot chilies in Mexican cooking. What is the most popular pepper in Mexico? The Ancho Pepper is the dried version of the poblano pepper, and one of the most popular peppers in Mexican cuisine as well as […]

The culprit of the burning feeling you get from jalapeno-loaded Mexican food: chemical compounds called capsaicinoids. The odorless, flavorless substances are hidden in the white flesh inside of peppers. What makes chili peppers taste hot? Capsaicin is the chemical in chili peppers that makes them spicy. Specifically, capsaicin occurs in the fruits of plants in […]

Chile peppers are complex fruits and, like wine, can express a wide range of flavors in just one fruit. They can be smoky and sweet or earthy and raisin-like. What is the flavor of chilli pepper? Flavor + Heat Describing the flavor of a chili pepper is challenging because there are over 200 varieties of […]

Red chile peppers are also popularly incorporated into Asian cuisine, including stir-fries, curries, or noodle dishes, and in Mexican cuisine, they are used to flavor enchiladas, dry-rubs for grilled meats, or bean dishes. What are red chili peppers good for? Fiery peppers pack major health perks. In terms of vitamin C, they beat oranges 3 […]