SC - Period Chili

[Decker, Terry D.]

> From: 	LrdRas at aol.com[SMTP:LrdRas at aol.com]
> 
> lainie at gladstone.uoregon.edu writes:
> 
> <<  where does paprika come from? >>
> 
> Paprika is a variety of sweet pepper (actually a mid-range variety between
> sweet and spicy).. Sweet peppers were introduced to the Old World in the
> 1700's by the route of Africa, Arabia and Naples for the most part. 
> 
Trager places the introduction of paprika into Hungary as 1529 when the
Turks first took Buda.  The date is open to question, but the Turks were
engaged in military activities there through the 16th Century and
intermittently during the 17th Century, so its introduction via the Turks is
very likely.

Bear
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