Blinky the Shark > wrote:

>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

>> 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.

>"The Tarahumara Indians of the Sonoran Desert in Mexico believe that
>chiltepins were the greatest protection against the evils of sorcery.
>One of their proverbs holds that 'The man who does not eat chile is
>immediately suspected of being a sorcerer.'"

On the other hand, in warfare one tactic of the ancient southwestern
Indians was to toss burning chiles into a kiva, killing the
persons inside with the fumes.

Steve

>Interesting!
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