It’s ironic how strongly some old world cuisines cling to spicy food these days, considering Europeans introduced Asians and Africans to chili in the first place, bringing them all the way from the americas not so long ago. Suddenly, only when it feels like lava on your tongue can it be called authentic even though they lived thousands of years without chili on an otherwise very similar diet.
Point being their cuisine wasn’t nearly as spicy before because they didn’t drop copious amounts of cheaply available chilies into nearly every meal. A lot of those spices were nearly impossible to obtain in large amounts even in their native regions and aren’t as spicy to begin with.
The American chilis were a replacement for a local one, with the benefit that because there was more spice density could be stretched longer. Spicy wasn’t invented by American peppers.
Often times, a new spice is simply surplanting a local not because the flavor wasnt there but because it was economically superior (you can stretch the same spice further)
It’s ironic how strongly some old world cuisines cling to spicy food these days, considering Europeans introduced Asians and Africans to chili in the first place, bringing them all the way from the americas not so long ago. Suddenly, only when it feels like lava on your tongue can it be called authentic even though they lived thousands of years without chili on an otherwise very similar diet.
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Point being their cuisine wasn’t nearly as spicy before because they didn’t drop copious amounts of cheaply available chilies into nearly every meal. A lot of those spices were nearly impossible to obtain in large amounts even in their native regions and aren’t as spicy to begin with.
The American chilis were a replacement for a local one, with the benefit that because there was more spice density could be stretched longer. Spicy wasn’t invented by American peppers.
Often times, a new spice is simply surplanting a local not because the flavor wasnt there but because it was economically superior (you can stretch the same spice further)
It was just as spicy prior. Chili replaced the black pepper, still often used as whole peppercorn in many south indian restaurants and home kitchens.
We’re pretty sick and tired of our history being rewritten to placate the feelings of white moderates.