Comments on: Oh Chili Pepper, Where have you been all my Life?…

By: Ms. Sunshine

Ms. Sunshine — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:54:44 +0000

Thank you for your support!

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vegetable gardening — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:37:51 +0000

Great time line. you really did your research. well done.

By: gazli yangin sondurme

gazli yangin sondurme — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:51:09 +0000

thanks for nice post. keep going…

By: Berty Jolokia

Berty Jolokia — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:01:55 +0000

Great post, very comprehensive and good response to the the first commenter!

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Cooking With the Hottest Peppers on Earth | PlantingSeedsBlog.com — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:15:31 +0000

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By: Ms. Sunshine

Ms. Sunshine — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:54:31 +0000

Thanks Emily and same to you!

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:11:55 +0000

The quality of the info is what keeps me on this site, thanks!

Wish You a Merry Christmas.

By: Ms. Sunshine

Ms. Sunshine — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:57:20 +0000

Steve, thanks so much for your comment and the great link. It appears, based on the research that I’ve done, that the pepper may have made an appearance in Greece prior to it’s introduction to Europe by Diego Alvarex Chanca (from Columbus’ voyage)-

“In 1995, archaeobotanist Hakon Hjelmqvist published an article in Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift presenting evidence for the presence of chili peppers, a New World crop, in Europe in the pre-Columbian era.[14] According to Hjelmqvist, archaeologists at a dig in St Botulf in Lund found a Capsicum frutescens in a layer from the 13th century. Hjelmqvist thought it came from Asia. Hjelmqvist also claims that Capsicum was described by the Greek Theophrastus (370–286 BCE) in his Historia Plantarum, and in other sources. Around the first century CE, the Roman poet Martialis (Martial) described “Piperve crudum” (raw pepper) in Liber XI, XVIII, but describes them as long and containing seeds, a description which seems to fit chili peppers.”
http://translated.by/you/pre-columbian-trans-oceanic-contact/original/
Here are a few other links you may find interesting:
http://www.answers.com/topic/long-pepper-1
http://exportadoraguzman.com/Chili-Pepper.html

I’m so interested to hear your thoughts…

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:18:35 +0000

Capsicum was not known in Europe before Columbus brought them back from the Americas. How can you tell us with a straight face that some ancient Greek philosopher wrote about them?

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1996/V3-479.html#HISTORY