Where were chili peppers first domesticated?

**carolyn137** · June 15, 2014

I ran across an article in one of my archaeology magazines that I sub to and was very interested in the article since lots of recent work and techniques were used to pin point that area.

I was going to post this in General Discussion, feeling that more folks grow tomatoes than hot peppers, so more would see it, but then decided it belonged here.

It's a Google search, but do pay attention to the PNAS articles, PNAS is the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , and all articles are given close attention as to methods used, and all else. I knew PNAS when I was still doing research

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...in+Mexico+PNAS

I hope some of you find this subject as intereting as I did. And yes, I used to grow hot peppers, almost died from eating one called Elephant Ears, that was sent to me from India and had no info at all on the pack,written in English, that it was a HOT pepper.

Carolyn

Worth1 · June 15, 2014

I have no doubt that C. annuum var glabriusculum is the wild pepper I have growing in my yard.
Its parent was found growing in the wild here in Texas.
It amazes me that many types of peppers could have came from a plant I have in my yard.

I found the PDF link and am reading it now.

Thanks.
Worth

dahoss2002 · June 16, 2014

This is a verse from the poem, "Hell in Texas". I first read this in a book called, "Texas Brags". Many moons ago. A "biblical" explanation of the chile pepper LMAO!

The wild boar roams through the black chaparral
It's a hell of a place he has for a hell.
The red pepper grows on the banks of the brooks;
The Mexicans use it in all that they cook.
Just dine with a Greaser and then you will shout,
"I've hell on the inside as well as the out! "

June 15, 2014	#1
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Where were chili peppers first domesticated? I ran across an article in one of my archaeology magazines that I sub to and was very interested in the article since lots of recent work and techniques were used to pin point that area. I was going to post this in General Discussion, feeling that more folks grow tomatoes than hot peppers, so more would see it, but then decided it belonged here. It's a Google search, but do pay attention to the PNAS articles, PNAS is the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , and all articles are given close attention as to methods used, and all else. I knew PNAS when I was still doing research https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...in+Mexico+PNAS I hope some of you find this subject as intereting as I did. And yes, I used to grow hot peppers, almost died from eating one called Elephant Ears, that was sent to me from India and had no info at all on the pack,written in English, that it was a HOT pepper. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

June 15, 2014	#2
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I have no doubt that C. annuum var glabriusculum is the wild pepper I have growing in my yard. Its parent was found growing in the wild here in Texas. It amazes me that many types of peppers could have came from a plant I have in my yard. I found the PDF link and am reading it now. Thanks. Worth

June 16, 2014	#3
dahoss2002 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Louisiana Posts: 43	This is a verse from the poem, "Hell in Texas". I first read this in a book called, "Texas Brags". Many moons ago. A "biblical" explanation of the chile pepper LMAO! The wild boar roams through the black chaparral It's a hell of a place he has for a hell. The red pepper grows on the banks of the brooks; The Mexicans use it in all that they cook. Just dine with a Greaser and then you will shout, "I've hell on the inside as well as the out! "