Chile Facts • One fresh medium sized green chile pod has as much Vitamin C as six oranges. • One teaspoon of dried red chile powder has the daily requirements of Vitamin A. • Hot chile peppers burn calories by triggering a thermodynamic burn in the body, which speeds up the metabolism. • Teas & lozenges are made with chile peppers for the treatment of a sore throat. • The Capsaicinoids (the chemical that make chile peppers hot) is used in muscle patches for sore and aching muscles. • • Wild chiles are spread by birds because birds do not have the receptors in their mouths to feel the heat. • Chile peppers originated in South America and then spread to Central and North America. • •
The Indians of the American tropics cultivated the chile pepper for centuries for both its culinary and medicinal uses. • On his first voyage to the Western hemisphere Christopher Columbus mistakenly called the fiery chile pepper pod "pepper" because of its heat thinking it was a relative of black pepper. • All chile peppers are edible, even ornamentals.
Ornamentals however, have been breed for their appearance and usually have little to no flavor and can be very hot. • • Chile peppers are relatives of tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants, all belonging to the nightshade family. • • The color extracted from very red chile pepper pods, oleoresin, is used in everything from lipstick to processed meats. • There are 26 known species of chile pepper, five of which are domesticated.
The Indians of the American tropics cultivated the chile pepper for centuries for both its culinary and medicinal uses. • On his first voyage to the Western hemisphere Christopher Columbus mistakenly called the fiery chile pepper pod "pepper" because of its heat thinking it was a relative of black pepper. • All chile peppers are edible, even ornamentals.
Ornamentals however, have been breed for their appearance and usually have little to no flavor and can be very hot. • • Chile peppers are relatives of tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants, all belonging to the nightshade family. • • The color extracted from very red chile pepper pods, oleoresin, is used in everything from lipstick to processed meats. • There are 26 known species of chile pepper, five of which are domesticated.
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