chili question

On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 13:01:52 +0100, Elder
wrote:


Are you dense? You probably think pineapples originated in Hawaii,
tomatoes in Italy, green beans in France, and potatoes in Ireland.
Didja know that there is no produce originating from down under except
the macadamia... most everything that grows there is not only inedible
but toxic.
 
Brooklyn1 wrote:

Ahhh. You may have provided the answer to something I have
pondered, which is: chiles originated in the new world, but there
is sometimes a difference in where the burn occurs that I
associate with, say Asia, and not the new world. So maybe this is
because of the various hybrids that have been developed in
different parts of the world.

--
Jean B.
 
Elder wrote:
Chiles are most definitely from the new world. The cuisines
wouldn't have been "nonexistent"; they would have been very different.

--
Jean B.
 
On Apr 5, 7:13?pm, Elder wrote:


Across oceans can be a little more problematic.

Archaeologists, anthropologists, botanists, and specialists whose
fields span two or more of those disciplines have discovered
the origins and mapped out the spread of New World foods.

You should do some investigation, rather than making
stuff up. Here's a start:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile_peppers#History

No need to thank me.

Cindy Hamilton
 
In article
,
Cindy Hamilton wrote:


Thanks, Cindy. And I won't ask you to explain about the potatoes in
Ireland and the tomatoes in Italy, neither of which are native there,
and came from the New World.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
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