This news story on the BBC is reasonably interesting. Apparently research has shown that chillies have been cultivated, exported and used in cooking for over six thousand years. That is pretty much the dawn of agriculture, so nice to know that even ancient man enjoyed fiery food and would go to great lengths to make it.
Ancient chillies
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