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Sonoran Dude > wrote:

> wrote:
> > from: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0709171645.htm
> >
> > Source: Smithsonian
> > Date: July 11, 2007
> > More on: Agriculture and Food, Ancient Civilizations, Endangered
> > Plants, Food, Archaeology, Fossils
> >
> > Ancient Americans Liked It Hot: Mexican Cuisine Traced To 1,500 Years
> > Ago
>
>
> 1,500 years ago? How about these guys...
>
> Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered evidence that humans were
> chomping on wild chiles, called chiltepins, during prehistoric times ‹
> as far back as 7500 B.C.
>
> Chiltepins Rock! We don't need no stinkin Tabasco peppers.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltepin

I have a rather large "wild" bush of those now that I've been babying
and keeping alive for at least 10 years. :-) I need to take pics of it.

I thought it had died the end of last fall as the upper part got
"crispy" dry but refrained from pulling it up.

This spring, it sprouted fresh branches off the base and is as large as
ever. It's a good 3 ft. tall and 3 ft. across.

I feed most of them to my Cockatoo as they are an excellent sources of
vitamin C and trace minerals. I can't always get her to eat Citrus
fruits.

She loves them! ;-)

It's looking lovely with a baby crop of peppers this year.

2 years ago, I allowed someone to come and pick the bush as all of his
wild volunteers locally had vanished. I've used a few for cooking but
my favorite way to use them is to dump a bunch into white vinegar, and
use the extract for salads and fish.
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