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| Who were the first to use chili peppers in cooking? |
| Koreans |
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13% |
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| Chinese |
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13% |
[ 3 ] |
| Japanese |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Spanish |
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4% |
[ 1 ] |
| Portugese |
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8% |
[ 2 ] |
| Mexicans |
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17% |
[ 4 ] |
| Cajun Americans |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Native Americans |
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34% |
[ 8 ] |
| Icelanders |
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8% |
[ 2 ] |
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flummuxt
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:56 am Post subject: Who were the first to use chili peppers in cooking? |
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| Who were the first to cultivate and use chili peppers in cooking? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| The South American country is Chile |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| Central and South America. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Location: Your computer screen
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:31 am Post subject: |
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| Why? |
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Okibum
Joined: 28 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:41 am Post subject: |
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I was really interested in finding the answer to this and since I am putting off grading I decided to look it up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper#History
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Chili peppers have been a part of the human diet in the Americas since at least 7500 BC and perhaps earlier. There is archaeological evidence at sites located in southwestern Ecuador that chili peppers were already well domesticated more than 6000 years ago,[1][2] and is one of the first cultivated crops in the Americas.
Chili peppers are thought to have been domesticated at least five times by prehistoric peoples in different parts of South and North America, from Peru in the south to Mexico in the north and parts of Colorado and New Mexico (Ancient Pueblo Peoples).[3]
Christopher Columbus was one of the first Europeans to encounter them (in the Caribbean), and called them "peppers" because of their similarity in taste (though not in appearance) with the Old World peppers of the Piper genus. Columbus was keen to propose that he had in fact opened a new direct nautical route to Asia, contrary to reality and the expert consensus of the time, and it has been speculated that he was therefore inclined to denote these new substances as "pepper" in order to associate them with the known Asian spice. |
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juicyhumdinger
Joined: 03 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:14 am Post subject: |
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| Bet you didn't know that 60% of the world's commonly cultivated crops originated from Central and South America. |
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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:20 am Post subject: |
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| 10,000 years of history, 8,000 years of evolution. |
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flummuxt
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| Bet you didn't know that 60% of the world's commonly cultivated crops originated from Central and South America. |
No, I didn't know that.
Would you care to provide some other examples, or sources? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| Would you care to provide some other examples, or sources? |
Corn and potatoes would account for some, but I'm not sure I buy the 60% figure. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| flummuxt wrote: |
| Would you care to provide some other examples, or sources? |
Corn and potatoes would account for some, but I'm not sure I buy the 60% figure. |
perhaps he hasn't heard of the fertile crescent. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:09 am Post subject: |
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how did 20% of the people polled choose korea?
weren't chiles brought to korea by the portugese? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| uberscheisse wrote: |
| weren't chiles brought to korea by the portugese? |
A couple of different stories, but the Portuguese at behind them. One, for the Portuguese to Japan and the Japanese planted them in Korea as part of a nefarious plot (probably apocryphal because it seems pretty dumb). The other, that the Chinese got them from the Portuguese and from there to Korea. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:32 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
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| weren't chiles brought to korea by the portugese? |
A couple of different stories, but the Portuguese at behind them. One, for the Portuguese to Japan and the Japanese planted them in Korea as part of a nefarious plot (probably apocryphal because it seems pretty dumb). The other, that the Chinese got them from the Portuguese and from there to Korea. |
weren't portuguese people invented in korea? |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| uberscheisse wrote: |
| the_beaver wrote: |
| uberscheisse wrote: |
| weren't chiles brought to korea by the portugese? |
A couple of different stories, but the Portuguese at behind them. One, for the Portuguese to Japan and the Japanese planted them in Korea as part of a nefarious plot (probably apocryphal because it seems pretty dumb). The other, that the Chinese got them from the Portuguese and from there to Korea. |
weren't portuguese people invented in korea? |
The thread is strange though. The chances of anyone knowing without looking it up are slim, and if you have to look it up, not much need for the poll. Oh well |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| laogaiguk wrote: |
| uberscheisse wrote: |
| the_beaver wrote: |
| uberscheisse wrote: |
| weren't chiles brought to korea by the portugese? |
A couple of different stories, but the Portuguese at behind them. One, for the Portuguese to Japan and the Japanese planted them in Korea as part of a nefarious plot (probably apocryphal because it seems pretty dumb). The other, that the Chinese got them from the Portuguese and from there to Korea. |
weren't portuguese people invented in korea? |
The thread is strange though. The chances of anyone knowing without looking it up are slim, and if you have to look it up, not much need for the poll. Oh well |
Sad bastard that I am, I knew it... |
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