[CH] "Tchilli" Peppers

Rob Solarion (robs@dctexas.net)
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:41:27 -0500

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.
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