According to The Dallas Morning News on 30 August 2006, here is something about the origin of chile peppers. "Thank Christopher Columbus for erroneously naming this fruit a 'pepper'. When the explorer encountered capsicum pods on his New World voyages, he mistakenly thought he'd found a new type of black pepper. But we also call the hot ones chiles, and the history of that word is more clouded. Best guess: The name is believed to have come from the Nahuatl word 'tchilli' which means red, according to the UCLA History & Special Sections Louise M. Darling Biochemical Library. Whatever you call them sweet bell peppers, sweet peppers and hot chile peppers are all at their seasonal peak." Bonne Semaine! R. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Books By Rob Solàrion, Northeast Texas OSIRIS, ISIS & PLANET X : CHASING THE CENTURIES PLANET X NIBIRU : SLOW-MOTION DOOMSDAY APOLLONIUS OF TYANA & THE SHROUD OF TURIN http://www.slowmotiondoomsday.com/ http://www.apollonius.net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Ye walked according to the Æon of this world, according to the Archon that has the domination of the air. We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against the dominations, the powers, the lords of darkness, the mischievousness of spirits in the Upper Regions." Ephesians 2:2, 6:12 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The future is behind us. The past is what's ahead." The Serpent Princess, NIGHTFALL =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CROSSOVER DREAMTIME IS COMING AGAIN. WHERE WILL YOU BE? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ..