[CH] Chiltipin
Rob Solarion (solarion@1starnet.com)
Sat, 15 Feb 2003 12:02:34 -0600
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In 1794, Padre Ignaz Pfeffercorn, a German Jesuit living in Sonora, described
the wild chile pepper: "A kind of wild pepper which the inhabitants call
chiltipin is found on many hills. It is placed unpulverized on the table in
a salt cellar and each fancier takes as much of it as he believes he can eat.
He pulverizes it with his fingers and mixes it with his food. The chiltipin
is the best spice for soup, boiled peas, lentils, beans and the like. The
Americans swear that it is exceedingly healthful and very good as an aid to
the digestion."