SC - Steamed Pudding Recipes - 2nd installment

[Elaine Koogler]

Thank you...I'm unconfused now!  And that is a rare state for me.

Kiri (the perpetually confused!!!!!)

Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir wrote:

> I'm not sure if this explains anything - I think the Spaniards originally
> applied the term to all peppers but later, pimiento came to mean (in
> Spanish) just the red, sweet peppers. This usage entered English in the
> mid-19th century; at that time pimento was being used as an alternative name
> for allspice, but it has gradually become a synonym for pimiento (note that
> these are two different words who used to have different meanings, even
> though both are derived from Spanish pimienta).
>
> Nanna
>