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Chili peppers have been a part of the human diet in the
Americas since at least 7500 BC. There is archaeological
evidence at sites located in southwestern Ecuador that
chili peppers were domesticated more than 6000 years
ago, and is one of the first cultivated crops in the Americas
that is self-pollinating. Chili peppers were domesticated at
least in different parts of South and Central America.
Christopher Columbus was one of the first Europeans to
encounter them (in the Caribbean), and called them
"peppers" because of their similarity in taste with the Old
World black peppers of the Piper genus.
Chilies were cultivated around the globe after Columbus.
Diego Álvarez Chanca, a physician on Columbus' second
voyage to the West Indies in 1493, brought the first chili
peppers to Spain, and first wrote about their medicinal
effects in 1494.
From Mexico, at the time the Spanish colony that controlled
commerce with Asia, chili peppers spread rapidly into the
Philippines and then to India, China, Korea and Japan.
They were incorporated into the local cuisines.
Americas since at least 7500 BC. There is archaeological
evidence at sites located in southwestern Ecuador that
chili peppers were domesticated more than 6000 years
ago, and is one of the first cultivated crops in the Americas
that is self-pollinating. Chili peppers were domesticated at
least in different parts of South and Central America.
Christopher Columbus was one of the first Europeans to
encounter them (in the Caribbean), and called them
"peppers" because of their similarity in taste with the Old
World black peppers of the Piper genus.
Chilies were cultivated around the globe after Columbus.
Diego Álvarez Chanca, a physician on Columbus' second
voyage to the West Indies in 1493, brought the first chili
peppers to Spain, and first wrote about their medicinal
effects in 1494.
From Mexico, at the time the Spanish colony that controlled
commerce with Asia, chili peppers spread rapidly into the
Philippines and then to India, China, Korea and Japan.
They were incorporated into the local cuisines.
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